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</head><body text="#000000">Yes but not all mappers first language is 
English and the problem here is reputational as well.<br>
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I think Edward Bainton has summed up a way out of this mess quite well.<br>
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Cheerio John<br>
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dir="ltr">Hi Steve, <br>I believe you summarized my argument unreliably.<br><br>My
 main point was:<br><b>If there were problems, I would have reported it.
 I think I would have voted in the end.<br>Anyone could have done that.</b><br><br><div>In
 normal democratic societies: If I were entitled to vote and had gone to
 the polls, and I wasn't on the list, I would have reported it to the 
election commission, shown my documents, and probably would have voted.<br>Such
 things may happen in normal democratic societies<div><span 
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<div>“I voted fine therefore the entire election was great” sadly isn't a
 logical argument.</div>
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<div>Other people than you were sent emails denying them their vote.</div>
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<div>In normal democratic societies this is seen as a bad thing.</div>
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<div>Best</div>
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dir="ltr">Hi Steve cc All,<br>I don't feel that we have established 
anything and that the election was flawed.<br><br>We knew there would be
 an election. I received an email with a link. I voted. Everything 
worked.<br><br>If there were problems, I would have reported it. I think
 I would have voted in the end.<br>Anyone could have done that.<br><br>Best,
 <br><br>Robert<br></div><br>

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style="color:#909AA4;margin-left:24px;margin-right:24px;"><div>Hi all<br><br>We’ve
 apparently established as fact that the OSMF election was flawed.<br><br>Papering
 over this and pretending that not knowing who the members are, and 
further preventing them from voting is a minor issue, boggles the mind.<br><br>In
 this time of election scrutiny and democratic change, the only path to 
avoid questions of legitimacy would be for the board to resign and a new
 board elected.<br><br>I suggest a competent and independent third party
 runs a re-election process. There are many we could ask.<br><br>Best<br><br>Steve<br>_______________________________________________<br>osmf-talk
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