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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just looking at <A
href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Foundation">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Foundation</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>on that page it states "<FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Preliminary Members of the OpenStreetMap
Foundation will have the right to vote for the three principal officers of the
foundation in the first vote. This vote will be open from June 11, 2006 for a
period of x days. Preliminary members will not have any other rights or
obligations."</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My understanding of a strict interpretation of the
above, is that once the three principal officers have been elected they can
do what ever they like, as the preliminary members have no further rights.
Whilst in practice I am sure it is likely that the three principal officers will
have the best interests of the OSM project at heart, I do not like the theory of
blindly handing everything over to the control of three people with absolutely
no checks or controls. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The problem seems to stem from the fact that the
idea is to elect three people, but not to give them any specific
responsibilities of what they are to do next.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think that allied to the fact that we are to vote
for the three specified positions that it should be made clear that it is the
responsibility of those three to come up with a constitution / way forward etc,
that the preliminary members will be able to vote upon. If in such a vote
the a majority of the preliminary members do not agree with the constitution
then either the three elected persons should redraft the constitution, or should
subject themselves to re-election.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>