<div dir="ltr">Nobody on the board has made it a priority to work on this for as long as I have been on the board.<div>For me, it is clearly not a priority. I would support fixed term lengths. I don't think that forced term limits would bring us much, and I don't necessarily agree with the observation that incumbents have an advantage.</div><div>Martijn</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 8:47 AM, Christoph Hormann <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chris_hormann@gmx.de" target="_blank">chris_hormann@gmx.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Friday 10 November 2017, Kate Chapman wrote:<br>
><br>
> I don't think term limits are necessary. They did not pass<br>
> previously.<br>
<br>
</span>For future reference the opinions of the current board members as i have<br>
found them:<br>
<br>
* Peda:<br>
<br>
historically against<br>
<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Foundation/AGM14/Election_to_Board" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.<wbr>org/wiki/Talk:Foundation/<wbr>AGM14/Election_to_Board</a><br>
undecided later<br>
<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Foundation/AGM15/Election_to_Board#Board_term_limits" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.<wbr>org/wiki/Talk:Foundation/<wbr>AGM15/Election_to_Board#Board_<wbr>term_limits</a><br>
<br>
<br>
* Kate:<br>
<br>
against (see above)<br>
<br>
<br>
* Martijn:<br>
<br>
unknown<br>
<br>
<br>
* Mikel:<br>
<br>
for some kind of limitation<br>
<a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2014-September/002492.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.openstreetmap.<wbr>org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2014-<wbr>September/002492.html</a><br>
<a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2014-November/002916.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.openstreetmap.<wbr>org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2014-<wbr>November/002916.html</a><br>
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<br>
* Paul:<br>
<br>
for<br>
<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Foundation/AGM14/Election_to_Board" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.<wbr>org/wiki/Talk:Foundation/<wbr>AGM14/Election_to_Board</a><br>
<br>
<br>
* Frederik:<br>
<br>
for<br>
<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Frederik_Ramm/2016_OSMF_Board_Elections_Manifesto" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.<wbr>org/wiki/User:Frederik_Ramm/<wbr>2016_OSMF_Board_Elections_<wbr>Manifesto</a><br>
plus statement of a personal term limit<br>
<br>
<br>
* Ilya:<br>
<br>
for<br>
<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Foundation/AGM15/Election_to_Board#Board_term_limits" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.<wbr>org/wiki/Talk:Foundation/<wbr>AGM15/Election_to_Board#Board_<wbr>term_limits</a><br>
<br>
<br>
That would make 4 board members for some kind of term limit, one<br>
against, one unknown and one undecided.  Even if i count the unknown as<br>
against that does not really add up.<br>
<br>
So can someone please point out my error?<br>
<span class="im HOEnZb"><br>
--<br>
Christoph Hormann<br>
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