<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span><span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px;">> Most organisations will establish a code of conduct and disciplinary procedures. To avoid problems in the future I would put these in place as well.</span><br style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px;"></span></div><div></div><div> </div><div>Good point. We need code of conduct for members, and some sort of more substantial agreement in place for those of us with special access to Foundation resources.</div><div><br></div><div>* Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-family:
'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Dudley Ibbett <dudleyibbett@hotmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Simon Poole <simon@osmfoundation.org> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> "osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org" <osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, March 6, 2013 4:52 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Osmf-talk] OSMF Articles of Association - Discussion on Revision for 2013 AGM<br> </font> </div> <br>
The proposal related to ceasing to be a member to allow the board to expel individuals is certainly something the board should be able to do but I would advise that any recommendations to expel are done by an independent body set up to investigate such issues and make recommendations to the board. The most extreme being expulsion. I don't think that an AGM would be a fair place for an appeal to be held. It would be a serious matter requiring careful consideration of all the facts and is not something that can be done in fairly at a general AGM.<br><br>Most organisations will establish a code of conduct and disciplinary procedures. To avoid problems in the future I would put these in place as well.<br><br>Regards<br><br>Dudley <br><br>Sent from my iPad<br><br>On 6 Mar 2013, at 08:38, "Simon Poole" <<a ymailto="mailto:simon@osmfoundation.org" href="mailto:simon@osmfoundation.org">simon@osmfoundation.org</a>>
wrote:<br><br>> <br>> Dear OSMF Members<br>> <br>> The boards intends to propose a number of amendments to the current<br>> Articles of Association at this years AGM which is likely to take place<br>> at SOTM 2013 in Birmingham. The need for change has been long recognized<br>> and in 2011 a working group spent a significant amount of time<br>> discussing the issues. Like so many things the activity fell dormant<br>> during the "hot" phase of the licence change and has been revived now. <br>> From a procedural point of view the board felt that we should achieve<br>> consensus on the changes in general terms and then approach legal<br>> counsel to produce concrete new legal text for the AoAs and only have<br>> limited review of the results.<br>> <br>> Given that we will want a final new AoA text lastest beginning of August<br>> and giving us 2-3 months to get such a legal text prepared, I
expect<br>> this discussion period to last maximum two months. Because of the<br>> limited amount of time available (in OSM terms) we want to structure the<br>> discussion a bit and try to get agreement on the non-controversial<br>> important items first and then progress to topics that may be difficult,<br>> keeping in mind that we may need to move such changes to a 2nd, later,<br>> revision.<br>> <br>> A discussion document is located here:<br>> http://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/2013_OSMF_Articles_of_Association_Update<br>> . With the exception of item 1 this is simply a rewording of the output<br>> of the AoA working group. Point 8 is really pro memoria since there is<br>> currently no concrete proposal on the table, if time permits such a<br>> proposal could however be developed. It is likely that all changes will<br>> be presented rolled in to one document and that at the AGM there will be<br>> a single
vote on the changes.<br>> <br>> The current AoAs are here:<br>> http://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Articles_of_Association<br>> <br>> For starters I suggest that we limit the discussion to the items 1)<br>> through 3) .<br>> <br>> The LWG has taken ownership of this process and I'm sending this out on<br>> behalf of of the working group. Should you have any concerns and other<br>> comments that are not suitable for this list please address them<br>> directly to the LWG (<a ymailto="mailto:legal@osmfoundation.org" href="mailto:legal@osmfoundation.org">legal@osmfoundation.org</a>).<br>> <br>> Regards<br>> <br>> Simon<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> osmf-talk mailing list<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org" href="mailto:osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org">osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org</a><br>>
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