<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Randy Meech <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:randy.meech@gmail.com" target="_blank">randy.meech@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>To me, the presence of an ecosystem of companies doing work like this is an argument for the organization to do more of this work itself. That way it could be overseen by the board and foundation, and everyone could (theoretically) agree on the work to be done. Otherwise it's up to the differing motivations of multiple companies, their backers, etc. This will become a less comfortable place to be in over the next few years.</div><span class=""><div></div></span></blockquote><div> </div></div>+1<br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>@osm_seattle<br></div><div><a href="http://osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us" target="_blank">osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us</a></div><div>OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch</div></div></div>
</div></div>