<div>To answer your first question, I do. Others have voiced the same opinion - they'd like to see some organization, to know that their efforts are being applied for the most benefit. Your voice is noted, but there should be room for disagreement, no? </div>
<div><br></div>One of the goals of a strategic exercise would be to test your thesis whether OSM's (and the OSMF's) "damn good job so far," is "damn good" enough to continue to survive and thrive. The thesis that an organizing board reduces a community of thousands to the views of a handful seems contrary to what has gone on with many other successful OS projects.<div>
<br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 12:57 AM, Robin Paulson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:robin@bumblepuppy.org" target="_blank">robin@bumblepuppy.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On 2013-02-03 07:41, Jeff Meyer wrote:<br>
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was: geocoding trademark thread<br>
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I think Paweł has hit on a key question: does the OSMF have plans to<br>
operate and lead OSM in a more efficient, organized manner or not?<br>
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what makes you think anyone wants to be lead, i certainly don't? or wants to be organised from above? we're all fully functional human beings, perfectly capable of organising ourselves, and doing a damn good job so far - look at where OSM and most other digital commons projects have got through self-organising.<br>
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i disagree with any idea of a board, i think it's utterly wrong, it reduces a community of thousands to the views a handful of people can put across.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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