<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_20381">Dear All,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_20400"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_20401">I notice that, a personal project of Steve Coast, who I believe is still chairman emeritus of OSMF, has <a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_20896" class="edited-link-editor" 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></div><div style="width:450px; font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';margin-top:5px; margin-bottom: 5px; background-color: #ffffff;" id="enhancrCard_0" class="link-enhancr-attachment link-enhancr-element richcompose-card" contenteditable="false"><table id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_20925" class="link-enhancr-element" style="width:450px; height:170px; position: relative; display: block;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_20924"><tr class="link-enhancr-element"><td class="link-enhancr-element" colspan="8" style="height: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1px; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="height: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1px; line-height:0px;"> </div></td></tr><tr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_20928" class="link-enhancr-element"><td rowspan="5" class="link-enhancr-element" style="width: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="width: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1pt;"> </div></td><td class="link-enhancr-element link-enhancr-image-wrap enhancr-image-crop" rowspan="5" style="vertical-align: middle; width: 168px; height: 168px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="width: 168px;" align="center"><a href="https://twitter.com/openstreetmap/status/684064823701823492" class="link-enhancr-card-urlWrapper link-enhancr-element" style="text-decoration: none !important;text-decoration:none; color: #000000 !important;"><img data-id="913f826f-ec1a-2403-92fe-f5cbb570cdcf" 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" class="link-enhancr-thumbnail-image link-enhancr-element yahoo-ignore-inline-image" style="display: block; margin: auto;" height="168" width="168"></a></div></td><td rowspan="5" class="link-enhancr-element" style="width: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 0pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="width: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1pt;"> </div></td><td rowspan="5" class="link-enhancr-element" style="width: 14px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 0pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="width: 14px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 14pt;"> </div></td><td id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_20927" colspan="2" class="link-enhancr-element" style="height: 6px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 0pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_20926" class="link-enhancr-element" style="height: 6px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 6pt;"> </div></td><td rowspan="5" class="link-enhancr-element" style="width: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 0pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="width: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 20pt;"> </div></td><td class="link-enhancr-element" rowspan="5" style="width: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1pt; border-collapse: collapse;" width="1"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="width: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1pt;"> </div></td></tr><tr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_20923"><td id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_20922" class="link-enhancr-element" colspan="2" style="width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_20921" class="link-enhancr-text-part link-enhancr-element" style="line-height:16.5px; background-color: #ffffff; height: 135px; width: 245px;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_20920" class="link-enhancr-element" style="word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;"><span class="link-enhancr-element icon icon-shrink link-enhancr-toggle"></span><span class="link-enhancr-element icon icon-close link-enhancr-delete"></span><a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_20919" href="https://twitter.com/openstreetmap/status/684064823701823492" class="link-enhancr-card-urlWrapper link-enhancr-element" style="text-decoration: none !important;text-decoration:none; color: #000000 !important; line-height: 100%; font-size: 18px; display: block;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_20918" class="link-enhancr-element link-enhancr-card-title" 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;" class="link-enhancr-card-description link-enhancr-element">Hmm... Something went wrong. Please try again. </div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="link-enhancr-element" style="height: 4px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 0pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="height: 4px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 4pt;"></div></td></tr><tr><td class="link-enhancr-element" style="vertical-align: middle; font-family: 'Arial', 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica', 'sans-serif';"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="font-size: 0pt;"><a href="https://twitter.com/openstreetmap/status/684064823701823492" class="link-enhancr-card-url link-enhancr-element" style="color: black; text-decoration: none !important;text-decoration:none;cursor:pointer !important;" target="_blank"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_20915" class="link-enhancr-element link-enhancr-view-on" style="display: inline-block; line-height: 11px; max-width: 145px; min-width: 85px; overflow: hidden; max-height: 13px; word-break: break-all;"><span class="link-enhancr-element link-enhancr-mobile-no-resize" style="vertical-align:middle; font-size: 9px; line-height: 11px; color: #999999; -moz-text-size-adjust: none; -ms-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust:none; text-size-adjust:none;">View on <span style="font-weight: bold" class="link-enhancr-view-on-domain">twitter.com</span></span></span></a></div></td><td class="link-enhancr-element" style="vertical-align: middle; width: 100px; font-family: 'Arial', 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica', 'sans-serif';"><div class="link-enhancr-element link-enhancr-preview-wrapper" style="max-width: 100px; min-width: 80px; overflow: hidden; text-align: right; line-height: 11px; max-height: 13px; font-size: 0pt;"><span class="link-enhancr-element link-enhancr-preview-by link-enhancr-mobile-no-resize" style="vertical-align:middle; font-size: 9px; line-height: 11px; color: #999999; -moz-text-size-adjust: none; -ms-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust:none; text-size-adjust:none;">Preview by Yahoo</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="link-enhancr-element" style="height: 9px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 0pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="height: 9px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 9pt;"></div></td></tr><tr class="link-enhancr-element"><td class="link-enhancr-element" colspan="8" style="height: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1px; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="height: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1px; line-height:0px"> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_20493" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_20491" dir="ltr">I personally believe that members of the board, whether elected, or appointed <i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_20492">ex officio</i> should not receive any special treatment with respect to non-board related activities. <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_20937" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_20938" 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 id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_20580" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_20597" dir="ltr">I would welcome a formal statement of the current board position on this issue, including the text of any existing policies.<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_20598" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_20639" dir="ltr">Yours,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_20640" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_20954" dir="ltr">Jerry Clough<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_20482"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451806472175_20483"><br></div></div></body></html>