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COMMUNITY CHAPTE2013
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welcomeDear Friend,
We’re so glad you’re interested in making MapStorytelling part of your community, and your
way of contributing your knowledge back to the world. If you choose to get involved, you’ll
be at the forefront of a new movement that we hope will dramatically improve our ability to
understand ourselves, our neighbors, and our history as human beings on planet Earth.
We created MapStory in 2012 in order to better our citizens’ education about the world,
improve public dialogue and debate, and reduce social conict. MapStory empowers a global
user community to organize its knowledge about the world spatially and temporally, and to
commit this knowledge into the global data commons, in perpetuity, as a gift to generations to
come. Perhaps more important, MapStory is an infrastructure for enabling “MapStorytelling” as
a means of communicating important issues to a global audience. The objective is to enable
any student, teacher, practitioner, and citizen on Earth to tap the power of this new mode of
conveying one’s stories, arrayed across geography and as they unfold over time.
MapStory enables users to contribute their knowledge of the world into the global data
commons, creating a cultural resource that the world can learn from, build upon, and share
alike. Based on the lessons learned by analogous projects, MapStory users are asked to
contribute their data via an Open Database License (ODbL), and (geo)graphical representations
of their data via a Creative Commons Share Alike (CC-by-SA) license.
Over time, we expect MapStory to become the convening point where MapStorytellers of all
kinds come to publish their expressions, and to critique each others’ MapStories, leading toa consistently accumulating and improving global body of knowledge about global dynamics,
worldwide, over the course of history.
With any new project, there are both great risks and rewards. In this packet you’ll learn how
to get involved as MapStorytellers – either on your own as an individual or as a full-edged
MapStory Community Chapter. Whatever path you choose, I ask that you be patient as we all
work together to improve on this nascent endeavor, and to be ambitious in the projects you
take on and the impact you seek.
Happy MapStorytelling,
Dr. Christopher Tucker
Founder, Chairman & CEO
MapStory Foundation
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communityAs MapStorytellers, you join a global community of students, teachers, practitioners and
citizens working together to create, share, and collaborate on MapStories that organize ourknowledge of the world spatially and temporally.
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EDUCATORSIgnite their students’
historical imaginations
by inviting them to be
creators and contesters of
knowledge itself.
RESEARCHERSParticipate in a common
environment for inter-
disciplinary exploration
anchored in the variables of
place and time.
POLICYMAKERSPublish data in visual
formats that are easily
digested by the citizens and
politicians they serve.
BUSINESSESNarrate the spread of their
operations, the impact they
see themselves making and
lessons they learn along the
way.
CULTUREReligious traditions, ethnic
communities, and other social
groupings are able to tell
their own stories of growth,
movement and change over
time.
NATIONAL SECURITYProfessionals gain a tool to
better understand the current
complexities and rich histories
of the societies they engage.
NONPROFITDevelopment, humanitarian
and advocacy organizations
advance their missions by
telling their own data-rich
stories and incorporating the
prior knowledge of others into
their work.
STUDENTSFind new ways to learn
about the world and
express the themes
from their own lives and
communities that they feel
are important to convey.
JOURNALISTSImprove government
transparency and publicawareness by drawing upon
and visualizing a vast array of
open data.
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get startedThere are many ways to get involved with MapStory as a local communityresident. Make sure you choose the right option for you.
Go it alone ...
Anyone can create a free account at mapstory.org and begin working on StoryLayers
and MapStories right away. Visit www.mapstory.org and click “Sign Up”.
GO BIG ... and start a MapStory Community Chapter ...
MapStory Community Chapters provide dedicated citizens an opportunity to build their
skills, make connections with each other and professionals, receive recognition on
MapStory.org, and more.
Bring MapStorytellers together ...
Organize an event to bring together MapStorytellers in your community to share work
and build relationships. Search for and launch Meetups at www.meetup.com/mapstory
Incorporate MapStorytelling into an existing community group ...
MapStorytelling can be a powerful tool for organizations to conduct research, promote
themselves, and engage members. Group members can simply create personal
accounts and begin, or you can purchase an Organization Page where your group’s
work can be featured at www.mapstory.org/OrganizationName
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launchMapStory Community Chapters are the vanguard of the MapStorytellingcommunity, receiving unique benefts and being held to a high standard inexchange for their participation.
TO GET STARTED ...
BENEFITS REQUIREMENTS + EXPECTATIONS
• Feature on MapStory.org as a
recognized Community Chapter
• Free MapStory.org/______
Organization Page to feature all of your Chapter’s StoryLayers and
MapStories in one place.
• When feasible, provide MapStory
merchandise to support the
Chapter’s launch
• Organization and content advising
from the MapStory Foundations
staff and community of experts
• Access to grants, webinars and
other opportunities exclusively for
Community Chapters
To be recognized, your group must:
• Have a founding team with at least three
adult members over the age of 18
• Provide a cover letter that details why you
want to start this group, what you perceive
its mission to be, and some early project
goals you have in mind
• Sign and submit our Memorandum of
Agreement, along with other attachments
you choose to provide
1. Check out wiki.mapstory.org to see if your community already has a MapStory chapter you might join and to read
about the activities of chapters on other communities
2. Send a quick email to chapters@mapstory.org to let us know you’re interested. A MapStory Foundation staff
member will then reply to discuss further details.
3. Read the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) on the next page, and complete it and submit it per the instructions
in bold, along with your Cover Letter and other attachments. Also review the Community Ethics and Terms of Service
posted at wiki.mapstory.org.
4. Upon receipt of the MoA, a MapStory Foundation staff member will contact your Point of Contact to solidify your
participation and help you get started.
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To STAY recognized, your group must:
• Adhere to the Community Ethics and Termsof Service you committed to through the
Memorandum of Agreement
• Maintain a current Point of Contact for the
MapStory Foundation at all times
• Complete a biennial reection survey
provided by the MapStory Foundation
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memorandom of agreement• Cut and paste text below into your own MoA document.• Replace “ORGANIZATION” with the name of your Chapter.
Replace “MUNICIPALITY/STATE/COUNTRY” with the location of your Chapter.• Have it signed by three charter members over the age of 18.• Print to .pdf and email it along with your cover letter to chapters@mapstory.org for approval.
The MapStory Foundation, a 501c3 non-prot educational organization based in the United States, and
(ORGANIZATION), a community organization based in (MUNICIPALITY/STATE/COUNTRY), enter into this
Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) on (DATE).
The purpose of this MoA is to recognize (ORGANIZATION) as a Community Chapter within the MapStory
Foundation’s global network. As a recognized Community Chapter, (ORGANIZATION) declares that it has completed
the following:
• Reviewed any local, state, and national laws that might affect the Chapter’s operation and committed to adhere
to them.
• Secured participation from at least three adults over the age of 18 who will serve as Charter members.
• Reviewed the MapStory Community Ethics and Terms of Service at wiki.mapstory.org
Additionally, (ORGANIZATION) declares its intention to fulll the following commitments, at a minimum, in order to
maintain its status as a recognized Campus Chapter:• Adhere to MapStory’s Community Ethics and Terms of Service
• Produce new StoryLayers and MapStories for the MapStory global community.
• Maintain a current Point of Contact for the MapStory Foundation at all times
• Follow the law of the land.
In return, the MapStory Foundation commits to conferring, at a minimum, the following benets upon
(ORGANIZATION):
• Feature (ORGANIZATION) on mapstory.org as a recognized Community Chapter
• Provide (ORGANIZATION) with a free mapstory.org/______ Organization Page to feature all StoryLayers and
MapStories
• Provide free MapStory merchandise to support the Chapter’s launch when available• Provide organization and content advising on occasion
• Provide access to grant, internships and other opportunities when available
• Priority registration and reduced cost for MapStorytelling webinars and conferences when available.
This MoA is understood to endure for four years after the signature date, at which point the MoA must be reviewed,
amended if necessary and re-signed by all parties. A reection survey must be completed by the Community
Chapters two years after signing this MoA.
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If at any time the MapStory Foundation considers (ORGANIZATION) to be out of compliance with this agreement, or
otherwise unt for recognition as a Community Chapter, it reserves the ability to revoke its chapter status and resolve
any other forms of partnership and/or recognition.
Similarly, (ORGANIZATION) retains the ability to end its status as a Community Chapter at any time. The MapStory
Foundation requests at least two weeks notice of any decision to close a Community Chapter in written form by the
current Point of Contact and two other persons.
Signatories to this MOA understand that “MapStory” is a trademark of The MapStory Foundation, and the Community
Chapter’s use of the term must comply with the MapStory trademark’s terms of use as outlined at wiki.mapstory.org/
Terms_of_Service
The MapStory Foundation retains no legal responsibility for any actions taken by (ORGANIZATION) and its members.
All parties recognize that this MoA is not accompanied by the force of law and serves only to support a mutual
agreement made by the parties listed below of their own free will and accord.
SIGNATURES
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Charter Member 1 Charter Member 2
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Charter Member 3 Faculty Sponsor
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MapStory Foundation
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