<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_24813">Dear Matt,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_24752"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_24973">My views are not particularly relevant. It is the views and policy of the board that I am interested in, not the, no doubt multiple, views of individual members of the Foundation.<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_24819"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_24817">Yours,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_24995"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_25073">Jerry<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_24750"><span></span></div><br> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_24875" class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div style="display: block;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_25078" class="yahoo_quoted"> <blockquote id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_25077" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_25076" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_25075" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_25074" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_25079" size="2" face="Arial"> <hr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_25159" size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Matt Sidor <seadour@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org" <osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, 4 January 2016, 18:59<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Osmf-talk] Promotion of personal projects on OpenStreetMap twitter a/c<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv7608312371"><div><div dir="ltr">Jerry,<div><br clear="none"></div><div>Do you think it would have been better if the OSM twitter account had instead retweeted a post from Steve's account, or do you think that would still be inappropriate?</div><div dir="ltr"><div><br clear="none"></div><div>/matt</div></div><br clear="none"><div class="yiv7608312371gmail_quote"><div class="yiv7608312371yqt3600739954" id="yiv7608312371yqt56550"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 10:43 AM Jerry Clough <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:jrclough2@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank" href="mailto:jrclough2@yahoo.co.uk">jrclough2@yahoo.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote class="yiv7608312371gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:16px;"><div>Dear All,</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">I notice that, a personal project of Steve Coast, who I believe is still chairman emeritus of OSMF, has <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/openstreetmap/status/684064823701823492">recently been tweeted</a> using the OpenStreetMap twitter account. This project appears to be for personal gain, and thus the tweet may be construed as advertising for the product, or endorsement of the product, by the board.<br clear="none"></div><div style="width:450px;font-family:'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;background-color:#ffffff;"><table style="width:450px;height:170px;display:block;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="8" rowspan="1" style="height:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1px;border-collapse:collapse;"><div style="min-height:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1px;line-height:0px;"> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1pt;border-collapse:collapse;"><div style="width:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1pt;"> </div></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="5" style="vertical-align:middle;width:168px;height:168px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);border-collapse:collapse;"><div style="width:168px;" align="center"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/openstreetmap/status/684064823701823492" style="text-decoration:none!important;text-decoration:none;color:#000000!important;"><img data-id="e01e7ed4-0fbb-5fdb-b1ce-b000ccde83bc" alt="image" src="https://s.yimg.com/vv//api/res/1.2/Mg6LPBpfihNQYubFZqnUyg--/YXBwaWQ9bWFpbDtmaT1maWxsO2g9MTY4O3c9MTY4/https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1332105692/OSM_fixed_512_400x400.png.cf.jpg" style="display:block;margin:auto;" height="168" width="168"></a></div></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:0pt;border-collapse:collapse;"><div style="width:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1pt;"> </div></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="5" style="width:14px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:0pt;border-collapse:collapse;"><div style="width:14px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:14pt;"> </div></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="1" style="height:6px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:0pt;border-collapse:collapse;"><div style="min-height:6px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:6pt;"> </div></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="5" style="width:20px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:0pt;border-collapse:collapse;"><div style="width:20px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:20pt;"> </div></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1pt;border-collapse:collapse;" width="1"><div style="width:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1pt;"> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="1" style="width:100%;vertical-align:middle;font-family:'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';"><div style="line-height:16.5px;background-color:#ffffff;min-height:135px;width:245px;"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;"><span></span><span></span><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/openstreetmap/status/684064823701823492" style="text-decoration:none!important;text-decoration:none;color:#000000!important;line-height:100%;font-size:18px;display:block;"><span style="margin:0;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:3px;font-size:18px;line-height:21px;max-height:43px;color:#000000;overflow:hidden!important;display:inline-block;">OpenStreetMap on Twitter</span></a><div style="font-size:13px;line-height:20px;color:#999999;max-height:81px;font-family:'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';overflow:hidden;">Hmm... Something went wrong. Please try again. </div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="1" style="height:4px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:0pt;border-collapse:collapse;"><div style="min-height:4px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:4pt;"></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:middle;font-family:'Arial', 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica', 'sans-serif';"><div style="font-size:0pt;"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/openstreetmap/status/684064823701823492" style="color:black;text-decoration:none!important;text-decoration:none;"><span style="display:inline-block;line-height:11px;max-width:145px;min-width:85px;overflow:hidden;max-height:13px;"><span style="vertical-align:middle;font-size:9px;line-height:11px;color:#999999;">View on <span style="font-weight:bold;">twitter.com</span></span></span></a></div></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:middle;width:100px;font-family:'Arial', 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica', 'sans-serif';"><div style="max-width:100px;min-width:80px;overflow:hidden;text-align:right;line-height:11px;max-height:13px;font-size:0pt;"><span style="vertical-align:middle;font-size:9px;line-height:11px;color:#999999;">Preview by Yahoo</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="1" style="height:9px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:0pt;border-collapse:collapse;"><div style="min-height:9px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:9pt;"></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8" rowspan="1" style="height:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1px;border-collapse:collapse;"><div style="min-height:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1px;line-height:0px;"> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">I personally believe that members of the board, whether elected, or appointed <i>ex officio</i> should not receive any special treatment with respect to non-board related activities. <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Given that several members of the board work for, or hold significant financial interests, in for-profit entities making use of OpenStreetMap data, I also think that it is incumbent that the board, and any one acting as an agent for the board (specifically those with the right to tweet using the 'official' twitter account) be held to high standards regarding equal treatment for all users of OpenStreetMap.</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">I would welcome a formal statement of the current board position on this issue, including the text of any existing policies.<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Yours,</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Jerry Clough<br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br clear="none">
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