<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I think that solving matters in a friendly way with GlobalLogic is not against setting rules or mechanisms that disallow this from happening again, and the board should aim to both of them.</div><div><br></div><div>But I suppose we should start providing positive ideas about how to avoid this situation in the future. When should we restrict the voting rights for new members?<br></div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,<br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>--<br>David Marín Carreño <<a href="mailto:davefx@gmail.com" target="_blank">davefx@gmail.com</a>><br><br></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">El lun., 22 abr. 2019 a las 11:12, Christoph Hormann (<<a href="mailto:chris_hormann@gmx.de">chris_hormann@gmx.de</a>>) escribió:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
A closed discussion of the GlobalLogic matter was just added as the only<br>
agenda item so far for the board meeting on Wednesday.<br>
<br>
I find this fairly disturbing - on the one hand since i thought we had<br>
established that closing parts of the meetings requires specifying a<br>
reason. On the other hand because i think it is inappropriate for the<br>
board to have secrets from the membership regarding dealing with<br>
membership matters. And above all of this because of the following.<br>
<br>
With the recent comment from Joost:<br>
<br>
> What happened was more in breach of<br>
> the spirit of the law than the law itself. I think this sets a fine<br>
> example for other companies: we will -not- allow transgressions of<br>
> the spirit of the project, but we -will- give companies the chance to<br>
> make mistakes and learn from them. Just like we do with anyone<br>
> involved in the project.<br>
<br>
you now essentially set a precedent that the risk for an attempt at<br>
hostile takeover of the OSMF is a slap on the wrist and special<br>
positive attention. In other words: short of actually successfully<br>
infiltrating the OSMF with a hundred voters is there any more positive<br>
outcome from the whole thing GlobalLogic could have hoped for? I don't<br>
think there is a feeling for the need "to put them on trial". I think<br>
there is a perception of the need for an effective deterrent against<br>
future attempts in the same direction.<br>
<br>
If there is one thing the OSM community expects from the OSMF board<br>
until the next board elections (though i am not sure if "expect" is the<br>
right word here - actual expectations might not be that high) it is<br>
implementing robust measures against future hostile takeover attempts<br>
of the OSMF. And with "robust" i mean something more effective than<br>
trying to talk them out of it.<br>
<br>
And i don't see much progress in that regard so far from the board while<br>
one third of the year is already over. I mean you are still in the<br>
process of secretly negotiating with GL on the matter. What is there<br>
still to talk about? They tried to cheat, they got caught, end of<br>
story. Based on the information currently available I get the distinct<br>
impression that the board is going to sweep this under the rug by<br>
settling things quietly with GL in a buddy-to-buddy fashion and then<br>
try to continue business as usual.<br>
<br>
If the board is unable to develop and agree on an effective strategy for<br>
that matter the members - and the OSM community as a whole - need to<br>
take the initiative to develop mitigation strategies against a<br>
potential future OSMF under corporate control.<br>
<br>
--<br>
Christoph Hormann<br>
<a href="http://www.imagico.de/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.imagico.de/</a><br>
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