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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">I believe everybody on
this list is aware that in countries with independent
judiciaries, the executive branch of government appoints judges
to positions in the judicial branch, but does not influence
their decisions, and the judges operate independently. It is not
inconsistent in that regard for the Board to appoint a dispute
resolution panel that will operate independently of the Board.
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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">I remind all that this
panel was created in response to a request from the maintainers
to handle disputes and reduce or eliminate verbal abuse of the
maintainers. <br>
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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">cheers,<br>
apm<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/31/2021 11:25 AM, Christoph
Hormann wrote:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">On Sunday 31 January 2021, Simon Poole wrote:
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">I think the problem here is more that Christoph views membership in
the panel as something near to an elected public position for which,
just as for other similar positions, public scrutiny of the
candidates is called for, the board on the other hand views it more
as a private internal arbitration panel for which they call all the
shots.
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Indeed - i would encourage everyone to re-read the original announcement
of the plans of the board in:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/06/08/toward-resolution-of-controversies-related-to-id/">https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/06/08/toward-resolution-of-controversies-related-to-id/</a>
where it said:
"This request for comment is expected to lead to adoption of community
structures that will not answer to the Board or be influenced by the
Board, in keeping with the OSM philosophy that the Board supports OSM
but does not tell anybody what to map or how to map."
The phrasing in the announcement ("terms of office") also kind of
implies a public position rather than an internal role within the OSMF.
--
Christoph Hormann
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.imagico.de/">https://www.imagico.de/</a>
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