<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpbb9f647ayahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div>Paul, you made reference to a form that people can use for applying for a fee wavier if the fee would constitute an unreasonable burden to the member, but I didn't see that link. Can you share that form? </div><div><br></div><div>If you do end up emailing, that would still need to be something we need to act on.</div><div><br></div><div class="ydpbb9f647asignature">* Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron</div></div>
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On Thursday, November 15, 2018, 9:54:02 AM EST, Paul Norman <penorman@mac.com> wrote:
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On 2018-11-15 6:33 AM, Mikel Maron wrote:<div class="yiv9204737660yqt9555385800" id="yiv9204737660yqtfd67501"><br clear="none">
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<div style=""><font size="3">Very good to note that people can
simply apply for a waiver now. The resolution states<br clear="none">
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<div style=""><font size="3">> <span style="font-family:osmftext, sans-serif;">In order to be eligible for the
membership fee waiver, the applicant may be required to
contribute something else of value (e.g: time, …) to the
Foundation, for example write a paragraph on mapping in
their region</span></font></div>
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<div style=""><span style="font-family:osmftext, sans-serif;"><font size="3">So if this holds, an interested potential member
emails the board (<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv9204737660moz-txt-link-abbreviated" ymailto="mailto:board@osmfoundation.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:board@osmfoundation.org">board@osmfoundation.org</a>) and MWG
(<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv9204737660moz-txt-link-abbreviated" ymailto="mailto:mwg@osmfoundation.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:mwg@osmfoundation.org">mwg@osmfoundation.org</a>), with the details required for
associate membership (name, OSM id, country) and a paragraph
describing their need and some details on their contribution
to OSM, we'll need to vote on it. </font></span></div>
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<div style=""><span style="font-family:osmftext, sans-serif;"><font size="3">We'll be discussing this in the OSMF Board meeting
later today.</font></span></div></div>
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The board has approved the fee waiver program with
<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv9204737660moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" href="https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board/Minutes/2018-01-18#Membership_fee_waiver_program">https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board/Minutes/2018-01-18#Membership_fee_waiver_program</a>.
The form is done, it's been an issue of someone has needed to write
the text for the various parts of the process. There's been a desire
from board members to be able to point at processes and
documentation (e.g. for WG membership, how decisions are made, etc),
so we wanted to get those in place so we'd know what the responses
to send were after people filled out the form.<br clear="none">
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That the WG could use more people helping them set up the program is
not new news. If you believe it is important, join the WG and help,
particularly with fee waivers for financial need, where work still
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Please don't send emails like mentioned above, because that's what
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