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<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Aug 6, 2021, 09:48 by osmf@m.spreng.ch:<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div>Hi Mateusz<br></div><div><br></div><div>To elaborate on Allans response: We need to update quite a few pages on<br></div><div>the join.osmfoundation.org website. We need to explain on the front page<br></div><div>what the differences are, that Active Contributor Normal Members are<br></div><div>still on the hook for 1£ even though the membership is free. The sub<br></div><div>pages need to be changed like the sentence you found. There has not been<br></div><div>any real progress yet, sorry.<br></div><div>We are also working on automating the sign up and renewal progress, and<br></div><div>currently a wave of Active Contributor Associate Members renewals is<br></div><div>taking a lot of time.<br></div></blockquote><div dir="auto">Thanks for info! (I am not going to complain as I have done nothing<br></div><div dir="auto">at all to help here - and sadly it is unfeasible for me to start yet<br></div><div dir="auto">another project)<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div>By the way, I don't like the formulation "full" member that you chose.<br></div><div>Normal members are governed by the UK companies act, which has severe<br></div><div>privacy implications. Associate members are as fully OSMF members as the<br></div><div>Normal ones, just avoiding the companies act. Of course that has also<br></div><div>implications in slightly diminished voting capabilities: no vote on AoA<br></div><div>changes.<br></div></blockquote><div dir="auto">I know that <br></div><div dir="auto">- members with diminished voting capabilities where setup not<br></div><div dir="auto"> to have second-class members but as workaround for privacy <br></div><div dir="auto"> issue (that depending on situation may range from extremely<br></div><div dir="auto"> serious and infeasible to annoying)<br></div><div dir="auto">- membership for mappers being restricted was resulted of <br></div><div dir="auto"> mistake that is being corrected<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Nevertheless "full" seems a much better description, as <br></div><div dir="auto">Associate Members are unable to vote on AoA changes<br></div><div dir="auto">and from what I remember they are also restricted from being<br></div><div dir="auto">board members (anything else?).<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Maybe it is more clear for native speakers but for me it is not<br></div><div dir="auto">clear at all which one of "Associate Members" and "Normal members"<br></div><div dir="auto">gives more rights (at cost of revealing personal data to basically<br></div><div dir="auto">anybody).<br></div> </body>
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