<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">2014-10-24 6:24 GMT+02:00 Martijn van Exel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mvexel@gmail.com" target="_blank">mvexel@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I am just so mystified by these personal attacks and disappointed
to see the conversation spin out of control like this, especially when
fuelled by folks who have otherwise done great things for this project.
If you have a personal score to settle with Steve (or anyone for that
matter), we all would be better off if you would refrain from
piggybacking your gripes onto what was a pretty civil discussion. <br><br></div>Get some rest.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div></blockquote></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">+1 get some rest... calm down.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I considered a couple of time candidating for OSMF board, but the internal politics and fights made me stay out of that so far because I want to keep my time, energy and motivation for much more positive things than "getting into the arena".</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">A new kind of organization should emerge for OSMF, build more on local chapters, where OSMF becomes a federation of local chapters. This was not possible in the past as there was very few local chapters, but this was the past.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Currently a small group of people is elected mainly on their name which means politics one way or another (and we see it right now).</div><div class="gmail_extra">Conflict of interest is another problem to consider too.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr">Christian Quest - OpenStreetMap France</div>
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