<div dir="auto">Dear Michael</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thank you so much for this change.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">In retrospect, I should have contacted you directly first. This role is super tough and you have always approached with calm, professional demeanor.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thank you again,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Heather </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 19 Nov 2020 at 06:05, Michael Collinson <<a href="mailto:mike@ayeltd.biz">mike@ayeltd.biz</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)">
  
    
  
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    Hi Heather,<br>
    <br>
    And I forgot to add an email question asked by you before the
    community deadline. Apologies and I have added that now.  My
    preference is to prioritise specific individually-asked questions
    asked over questions from previous years. I hope that closes the
    issue for this year. Looking ahead,  we are now in our third year of
    this question process. Taking a step back, there is obviously a set
    of important stock questions emerging. I or my successor need to pay
    more attention to that.<br>
    <br>
    Mike</div><div><br>
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    <div>On 2020-11-18 19:06, Heather Leson
      wrote:<br>
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        <div>Micheal, thanks again for your leadership. The questions
          and answers are indeed arduous processes. As is coordinating.
          Thank you again. <br>
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        <div>However, I am disappointed that there are no specific
          official questions on gender and diversity. While people are
          busy, I hope that you will consider answering these. <br>
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          <h3><span id="m_8179399245681703875gmail-Board_diversity">Board
              diversity</span></h3>
          <p>All remaining board members are men and all candidates are
            men.
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            <li>Is this indicative of a gender diversity problem within
              OpenStreetMap? <b>If so:</b></li>
            <li>Can you describe the problem as you understand it?</li>
            <li>What is the role of the board to help fix this?</li>
            <li>What will you do in particular?</li>
            <li>What will you do for gender inclusiveness, equality and
              global diversity OSM working groups and governance?</li>
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        <div>WIth thanks</div>
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        <div>heather <br>
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                    <div>Heather Leson<br>
                      <a href="mailto:heatherleson@gmail.com" target="_blank">heatherleson@gmail.com</a><br>
                      Twitter/skype: HeatherLeson <br>
                      Blog: <a href="http://textontechs.com" target="_blank">textontechs.com</a><br>
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        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 5:30
          PM Michael Collinson <<a href="mailto:mike@ayeltd.biz" target="_blank">mike@ayeltd.biz</a>> wrote:<br>
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          facilitator,  I have now published the official set of
          questions and <br>
          instructions for board candidates at:<br>
          <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Foundation/AGM20/Election_to_Board#Official_set_of_questions_for_candidates" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Foundation/AGM20/Election_to_Board#Official_set_of_questions_for_candidates</a><br>
          <br>
          You can read more on the election process and key dates at:<br>
          <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM20/Election_to_Board" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM20/Election_to_Board</a><br>
          <br>
          I have tried to make the task of answering the questions
          shorter than <br>
          last year as two candidates reported what I felt to be
          excessive time. I <br>
          don't think there will be any contentious omissions or
          editting this <br>
          year as I was able to include everyone's questions plus some
          general <br>
          "About you" questions from last year. However, as always, I am
          very <br>
          happy enter into any dialogue, public or private.<br>
          <br>
          I have one due diligence issue. Can anyone confirm the legal
          situation <br>
          in this question? Just checking:<br>
          <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Foundation/AGM20/Election_to_Board#Should_we_do_anything_about_EU_database_rights.3F" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Foundation/AGM20/Election_to_Board#Should_we_do_anything_about_EU_database_rights.3F</a><br>
          <br>
          Thank you to everyone who provided a question and my best
          wishes to the <br>
          candidates,<br>
          Mike<br>
          <br>
          Michael Collinson<br>
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</blockquote></div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Heather Leson<br><a href="mailto:heatherleson@gmail.com" target="_blank">heatherleson@gmail.com</a><br>Twitter/skype: HeatherLeson <br>Blog: <a href="http://textontechs.com" target="_blank">textontechs.com</a><br></div></div></div></div></div>