<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hey The book includes history and details about the community and the map. I am also not a member of the Board for OSM, but are we not all here to support the growth of OSM.  <br><br></div><div>I say we support each other whatever our OSM journeys.<br></div><div><br></div><br></div>Heather <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Heather Leson<br><a href="mailto:heatherleson@gmail.com" target="_blank">heatherleson@gmail.com</a><br>Twitter: HeatherLeson <br>Blog: <a href="http://textontechs.com" target="_blank">textontechs.com</a><br></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 10:40 PM, Jerry Clough <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jrclough2@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">jrclough2@yahoo.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_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 Matt,</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">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><br></div><div>Yours,</div><div><br></div><div>Jerry<br></div><div><span></span></div><br> <div><br><br></div><div style="display:block"> <blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16,16,255);margin-left:5px;margin-top:5px;padding-left:5px"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,Sans-Serif;font-size:16px"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,Sans-Serif;font-size:16px"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> Matt Sidor <<a href="mailto:seadour@gmail.com" target="_blank">seadour@gmail.com</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> "<a href="mailto:osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org</a>> <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><div class="h5"> <div><br><div><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><div><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 10:43 AM Jerry Clough <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:jrclough2@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">jrclough2@yahoo.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote 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" href="https://twitter.com/openstreetmap/status/684064823701823492" target="_blank">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" href="https://twitter.com/openstreetmap/status/684064823701823492" style="text-decoration:none!important;text-decoration:none;color:#000000!important" target="_blank"><img 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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