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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Dear Kate,<br>
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In my opinion it would be a good idea to include the principles of
non-discrimination and impartiality into the OSMF Core Values list
[1]. Similar as it is done at the Wikimedia [2] or the ICRC [3].<br>
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Still in 70s the general belief was that women cannot, say, run
long distances, that their anatomy is too fragile for this.
Marijke Moser [4] had to participate in races as a "clandestine"
to prove otherwise. Nowadays anyone who participated in a race
knows that a woman can be as strong runner as it gets. <br>
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But that epoch was not so long ago. So it makes sense to add these
two principles into the OSMF Core Value list, to remove any doubt,
which as we see does exist.<br>
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[1] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Mission_Statement">http://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Mission_Statement</a><br>
[2] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Values">https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Values</a><br>
[3]
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/misc/fundamental-principles-commentary-010179.htm">https://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/misc/fundamental-principles-commentary-010179.htm</a><br>
[4] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marijke_Moser">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marijke_Moser</a><br>
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With best regards,<br>
Oleksiy<br>
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On 27.07.17 18:40, Kate Chapman wrote:<br>
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<div>Hi All, Remember me? The only woman who has ever managed to
serve a full term on the OSMF Board? The fact that we continue
to have these superficial debates makes me wonder if I've just
wasted the past decade of my life being involved in
OpenStreetMap. (In just typing this I'm waiting for someone to
go, oh wait a woman is wrong on the Internet. Kate has only
done OSM for ~8.5 years not 10). </div>
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<div>I don't see much disagreement that OpenStreetMap does not
represent the make-up of the world we are trying to map. What
I do see is disagreement is if it is an issue, if the
community is causing it and disagreement as to what to do
about it. </div>
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<div>Is it an issue? Yes. It is pretty simple, if we are trying
to create a detailed worldwide map then we need to map
childcare, strip clubs and even chicken statues (my town has
at least 10, no they aren't all mapped yet). People from
different backgrounds have a different worldview, different
items are important to them and they will help make the map
just that much better.</div>
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<div>Is the community causing it? I would say partially. I'm
only saying partially because of the general sexism, racisim
and classism already existing in society. We certainly aren't
doing much to try to make it better though. In OSM it is death
by thousand cuts though. Before elected to the OSMF Board I
was told I would never win because I was a woman. That is one
cut. As Chairperson being called Chairman is another one.
Clearly the position was made for a man. Seeing subtle sexism
on mailing lists, yet another. </div>
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<div>How to fix it? There is a simple thing everyone can do,
everyday to help in a small way. Make room for other types of
people. For example Frederik, instead of spending 2 hours
analyzing Dr. Stephens' work because she was "wrong" in 2013.
I have a suggestion. Just don't. It happened years ago and it
doesn't matter. Often in OSM we get caught up in people not
doing it "our way". Don't just narrow in on a technicality.
Rather than looking at how the tagging methods she looked at
were incorrect maybe we should ask ourselves how we should
change this? Other ways to make room, communicate more gently,
assume good intent, let people just be wrong sometimes, the
world won't explode. </div>
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<div>-Kate</div>
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