Some topics:

• Support with systems. The idea here is that it is manually intensive for all Local Chapters to maintain their own systems (e.g. a membership system, basic hosting). Would shared platforms free up our precious volunteer time for more interesting work.

• Shared communications / outreach. A similar concept to the above. Some outreach is similar across many countries (e.g. reaching out to academic institutions). Would a shared effort with OSMF and other Local Chapters be better.

• Joined/discounted membership. Allowing you to become an OSMF and OSM UK member at the same time.

• Conflict resolution. Again another shared issue and manually intensive. Could a joined up approach help here?

• Ability to message new mappers via OSM.org. Currently you can write to mappers via OSM.org but this is not exposed via the API. Some local chapters have a process in which they identify new mappers, copy and paste a welcoming message in to OSM.org, send it, and then log in their own system that a welcome message has been sent. Could the Local Chapters be granted access to do this in a more automated way.

• The recent way in which the OSMF has been consulting and whether this reaches far enough. It has been great to see the OSMF moving things forward with more pace than previously, but are they missing the views of a wide audience by only posting to OSMF-talk and only providing a few days to respond?

• Concerns around the separation of Companies from Local Chapters in the Advisory Board. How does the OSMF intend to ensure that these groups share knowledge in a constructive manner?

• Local Chapter signup link on the OpenStreetMap.org website.

• Financial support such that more of the projects we wish to work on can be progressed. Without this we are relying on mappers to fund projects whilst it is clear that companies could do more. If the Local Chapter spends the funds then you create a bigger separation between those giving money and those reliant on it. This may help reduce some of the concerns people have about companies buying influence in OSMF.

• Support for the Microcosms project to make osm.org the go to portal for advertising and communicating events (less reliance on third party things like meetup.com). And generally adding more social elements to osm.org to help keep things there rather than on non-open/third party platforms.

That;s a bunch from me. What other ideas do you have?

All of the both are good talking points. If I had to pick one I would like to express my concern about outreach. The signal to noise ratio in OSMF-talk, or any mailing list for that matter is terrible. It's hard to follow individual threads.

The OSMForum is somewhat better but 'FluxBB' still leaves a lot to be desired. Zoomers will hardly be excited about any of the current platforms used by the OSMF. I agree that we shouldn't be dependent on third party solutions. But at least move to something more modern and integrated like 'Discourse' which aims to melt forums and mailing lists into one platform.

Loomio is already such a huge step in the right direction and the only reason why I am writing this.

There is already a OSMForum post in this regard and I hope this will get more traction. https://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=68929

Please feel free continue to add commentary in addition to voting

Well...I did it...29 Jan. Went well. I'm not expecting specific actions but OSMF to want a follow-up chat at future date. Hard copy at https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board/Minutes/2021-01#Monthly_Local_Chapter_presentation_-_OSM_UK