<div dir="auto">I'm quite comfortable with the idea of waiting until the server is settled in and working smoothly before announcing the donation.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The details will come out eventually and the last thing a donor would like to see is publicity about a new server they had donated wasn't performing as expected.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I suspect there are too many conspiracy theories floating around at the moment.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Cheerio John</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 8 Dec 2017 5:38 pm, "Christoph Hormann" <<a href="mailto:chris_hormann@gmx.de">chris_hormann@gmx.de</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Friday 08 December 2017, Martijn van Exel wrote:<br>
> There is no malicious intent. The timing is entirely coincidental.<br>
<br>
I did not say there was malicious intent.<br>
<br>
But please don't tell me the timing is entirely coincidental if it is<br>
published a day before the AGM - that is frankly insulting.<br>
<br>
> We<br>
> are not trying to obfuscate anything. We are looking to serve the<br>
> best interest, needs and requirements of OSM, and from time to time<br>
> that means accommodating a donor organization as well.<br>
<br>
It is my understanding that formally as the board your obligation is<br>
foremost to the members. If you decide certain actions are in the<br>
interest of OSM you ultimately have to answer to the members for those<br>
decisions and for this to work the members need to be informed about<br>
them.<br>
<br>
Independent of that i think accepting a requirement from a donor to<br>
withhold information about a donation from the OSM community after it<br>
has been made is not in the spirit of transparency. If transparency in<br>
the OSMF is subordinate to financial needs and interests is somethings<br>
that could be worth discussing (although you can probably guess my<br>
opinion on the matter).<br>
<br>
--<br>
Christoph Hormann<br>
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