<div dir="ltr">Dear all,<div><br></div><div>A few related observations:</div><div><br></div><div>- To date 171 individuals and 21 organizations have signed the Call to Take Action</div><div>- A number of these individuals (note: myself included) are OSMF members </div><div>- As Allan pointed out, these individuals and organizations are from multiple geographies, including those least represented (and most needed) in OSM and the OSM ecosystem</div><div>- I have seen a message from at least one signatory that they have stopped renewing their OSMF membership precisely due to the issues raised in the Call, and another asking to unsubscribe</div><div><br></div><div>I am not a decision-maker on this, simply one of many members of OSMF. If I were on the Board however, it would be quite clear that a very large number of constituents have made their voices clear in the Call to Action. It is time to stop asking our colleagues for more "evidence", and instead acting with more curiosity and empathy in *listening* to those who have already signed the Call to Action. And, what steps have you, or could you, take to meet with one of the signatories, get to know them, and hear their story? I hear Zoom (or, Big Blue Button) coffees and teas are popular nowadays.</div><div><br></div><div>In the Board's role of service to the community, it is also clear that "business as usual" doesn't work anymore. It is painfully obvious simply by looking at the numbers of signatories that we have harmed many of our fellow community members. We have also potentially harmed the financial strength of OSMF through the loss of membership revenue. We as an ecosystem and global community need to make some changes. I applaud the Board's decision to ask the LCCWG to work with the signatories build out the next steps, including proposals on Code of Conduct and enforcement.</div><div><br></div><div>Best</div><div>Tyler</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 8:11 PM Allan Mustard <<a href="mailto:allan.mustard@osmfoundation.org">allan.mustard@osmfoundation.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Thanks for the
clarification.</font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">apm</font><br>
</p>
<div>On 12/10/2020 8:06 PM, Greg Lauer
wrote:<br>
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<div id="gmail-m_-1913973949931460000__MailbirdStyleContent" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:left" dir="ltr"> Hi Allan
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Just to be clear, OSGeo Oceania, as a community has not
endorsed the online document at this point in time. It is
being discussed on the OSGeo Oceania mailing list
(<a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/oceania/" target="_blank">http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/oceania/</a>) and the OSGeo
Oceania Board is meeting this afternoon (Australia time) to
decide an action. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>We will update the list once we the Board and community
have agreed on the appropriate response.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Best regards</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Greg Lauer</div>
<div>OSGeo Oceania </div>
<div><br>
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<p style="color:rgb(170,170,170);margin-top:10px">On 12/11/2020
10:49:33 AM, Allan Mustard
<a href="mailto:allan.mustard@osmfoundation.org" target="_blank"><allan.mustard@osmfoundation.org></a> wrote:</p>
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<p>@Andrew Hain,</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>One factual correction:</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>The so-called "divisive North American attitudes" have
been endorsed in the online document by the following
organizations:</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>Geochicas<br>
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team Community Working Group<br>
GeoLadies Philippines<br>
MapBeks<br>
UP Resilience Institute Youth Mappers<br>
Crowd2Map <br>
SharedStreets<br>
Ushahidi<br>
Open Knowledge Nepal<br>
OSGeo Oceania<br>
Ministry of Mapping<br>
Unique Mappers Network, Nigeria<br>
Bangladesh Open Innovation Lab (BOIL) & Team BHOOT<br>
Kaart<br>
Mental Health A-WHERE-ness PH, Inc.<br>
<br>
</p>
<p>The Philippines, Oceania, Nepal, Nigeria, and Bangladesh
are not in North America. Geochicas are found not only in
North America, but in South America, Europe, and Africa.
Ushahidi is based in Africa, as is Crowd2Map. In short,
what you term "divisive North American attitudes" appear
to have support from individuals and organizations outside
North America. <br>
</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>In weighing potential paths forward, the Board will
consider factual information. It is thus incumbent on all
correspondents using this list to adhere to facts when
expressing their views.<br>
</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>apm<br>
</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<div>On 12/10/2020 5:02 PM, Andrew
Hain wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> The big problem I
have with this manifesto is that it brings divisive
North American attitudes to a worldwide project. As a
worldwide project, building a community of mappers
from the whole world is our most important single
diversity objective. That doesn�t mean we shouldn�t
encourage other underrepresented groups such as women,
but we should step away from this kind of
international combativeness and dog whistling. It may
even be counterproductive: some feminists in my
country think �diversity� has become a code word for
misogyny.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u>Andrew<u></u> <u></u></p>
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<div id="gmail-m_-1913973949931460000divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>From:</b> Celine Jacquin <a href="mailto:celija@gmail.com" target="_blank"><celija@gmail.com></a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 09 December 2020 19:06<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org</a>
<a href="mailto:osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank"><osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org></a>;
<a href="mailto:talk@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">talk@openstreetmap.org</a> <a href="mailto:talk@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank"><talk@openstreetmap.org></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [OSM-talk] Call to Take Action and
Confront Systemic Offensive Behavior in the OSM
Community</span>
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<div>Hello everybody<br>
I hope you are all well<br>
<br>
We, several groups, chapters, organizations and
individuals, have reacted to the conversation in the
osm-talk-list (<a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2020-December/085692.html" target="_blank">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2020-December/085692.html</a>)
considering that it is an incident symptomatic of
the problem we have faced for many years in the
community, which is one of the greatest obstacles to
diversity at all levels of OSM. Time to make a real
change.</div>
That is why we have developed a beginning of statement
on the desirable mechanisms to work solidly on the
rules of coexistence and improve diversity.
<div><br>
We bring it to your attention and invite anyone who
feels represented to sign it. Translations are in
preparation (any help is welcome): </div>
<div><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/130JCTX9ve4H4ORXznmIVTpXiN3TX8nRGA8ayuTZ9ECI/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/130JCTX9ve4H4ORXznmIVTpXiN3TX8nRGA8ayuTZ9ECI/edit?usp=sharing</a><br>
</div>
<div><br>
<br>
On behalf of the signatories<br clear="all">
<div>
<div dir="ltr">Best
regards<br>
<br>
C�line Jacquin<br>
</div>
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