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<div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif">The OSMF Board of Directors voted Friday, January
29th, to appoint the following five nominees to the Software
Dispute Resolution Panel:</font>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b>David Morais
Ferreira</b> (nominated by DWG)<br>
<b>Minh Nguyen</b> and <b>Wille Marcel</b> (nominated by LWG)<br>
<b>Ilya Zverev</b> (nominated by MWG)<br>
<b>Richard Fairhurst </b>(nominated by OWG)</font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The Board
congratulates these five and thanks all seven nominees for
their willingness to serve. The Board viewed all seven
candidates as highly qualified and appreciates the efforts of
the working groups in finding such an excellent pool of
nominees.</font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The panel members are
now charged with the following:</font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">* form the Panel and
elect a chairperson;<br>
* establish on the Board wiki (wiki.osmfoundation.org) a page
devoted to the work of the Panel, including the Panel's
membership, contact information, and procedures for submitting
disputes, and contribute as appropriate to the Panel's page on
the OSM wiki at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Software_dispute_resolution_panel"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Software_dispute_resolution_panel</a>;<br>
* establish a collective email address in the
osmfoundation.org domain for receipt of dispute resolution
requests;<br>
* decide who among you shall serve initially for one year and
who for two years, in order to establish a rotation that
preserves institutional memory as the Panel turns over, and
report that to the Board (thereafter all Panel members' terms
of office are intended to be two years in duration);<br>
* one year from now issue a report to the Board with
recommendations as to a) whether the Board as constituted is
effective, b) how it could be improved, and c) whether it
should continue to exist;<br>
* implement its remit to adjudicate software disputes that
were not amicably resolved via community discussion, and
establish internal procedures for that purpose.</font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Once again, on behalf
of the Board I thank all who have contributed to creation of
this Panel for their support and efforts.</font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Best regards,<br>
cheers,<br>
apm</font><br>
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<div class="moz-signature">-------<br>
<i>Allan Mustard, Chairperson</i><br>
<i>Board of Directors</i><br>
<i>OpenStreetMap Foundation</i></div>
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