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Just a couple of comments (some which I already made in Vienna).<br>
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- I don't see any reason not to allow legal entities to join as
normal members (with exactly one vote). With the current member
count it is possible that "normal" members could be out numbered,
it's rather unlikely and will hopefully only be a temporary danger.<br>
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- I'm strongly opposed to having board seats reserved for any
specific group, with the potential exception of local chapters (see
below), it's just asking for problems.<br>
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- I would support explicitly allowing the board to invite non-board
members to their meetings, but I don't really see the utility of
having non-voting and/or co-opted members (been that myself more
than once, makes for nice business cards, but otherwise?)<br>
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- I would consider it a good idea to -not- skimp on the local
chapter issue. In the current and planned model the OSM-F is
competing both for money (even if it is a small amount) and
attention with local chapters. Some thought should go in to trying
to see if we can't find a solution in where there is at least some
representation of the mappers that are just organized in local
chapters. A number of reserved board member seats could be a
solution (if there is one at all, I spent a good decade of my life
observing the constant bickering between a central and local
organisations in a very similar context). <br>
<br>
Simon<br>
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Am 18.07.2011 15:35, schrieb Henk Hoff:
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cite="mid:CADAPjUvnein_b9WQNyVjSoMjYkipZpjRvnUf-mMumzqTmum_WQ@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Hello all,<br>
<br>
The OSMF is updating it's Articles of Association. These articles
define how we (the Foundation) operate. Like: how can you become a
member, what rights do members have, how do we reach a decision,
how is the board elected, etc, etc.<br>
<br>
Our current set of Articles are accepted August 2006. We're 5 year
further in time. Time to review our current Articles and make the
up-to-date.<br>
<br>
The current working-document can be found here:<br>
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href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Strategic_working_group/Articles_of_Association_Review"
target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Strategic_working_group/Articles_of_Association_Review</a><br>
<br>
We're open for input from the OSMF membership. If you want give
opinions, suggestions, please put these on the talk-page of the
wiki or via this mailing-list (the OSMF-talk). Discussion on other
media may not be noticed by the AoA committee.<br>
<br>
The disussion is open until August 14th. From that time, we're
going to work on the legal text that will be presented for
acceptance at the Annual General Meeting of the Foundation in
September.<br>
<br>
We may send out an update every once and a while via osmf-talk
when we've made a significant update on the wiki.<br>
<br>
You may find that some items are not very clear. Please, give your
opinion how you would see this being clearified. That will help
us. <br>
<br>
Looking forward to your feedback!<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Henk <br>
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