<div dir="ltr"><div>Martin, thank you. As mentioned, I am working on that internal deadline. The draft is currently under review. <br></div><div><br></div><div>How was your Saturday morning? Mine was writing and reviewing these drafts on Crimea and other topics. I warmly remind you that consensus building does take time. We are very much making every effort to meet the need. <br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Heather <br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Heather Leson<br><a href="mailto:heatherleson@gmail.com" target="_blank">heatherleson@gmail.com</a><br>Twitter/skype: HeatherLeson <br>Blog: <a href="http://textontechs.com" target="_blank">textontechs.com</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 2:18 PM Martin Koppenhoefer <<a href="mailto:dieterdreist@gmail.com">dieterdreist@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Am Mo., 28. Jan. 2019 um 18:33 Uhr schrieb Heather Leson <<a href="mailto:heather@osmfoundation.org" target="_blank">heather@osmfoundation.org</a>>:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Martin and Colleagues, <br></div><div><br></div><div>Since December, the Board has attempted to draft a public response. We are still discussing. I provided an update in the board meeting of January 17, 2019 - <a href="https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board/Minutes/2019-01-17" target="_blank">https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board/Minutes/2019-01-17</a></div><div><br></div><div>Since that time, I have tried again to get agreement from the Board on the full details. We have a new board and there is much discussion about the text. <br></div><div><br></div><div>I will try again tomorrow night to rewrite it and ask for permission to share from the Board. Also, a quick note about the comments in Weekly OSM. I am obliged to issue statements on discussions when the Board agrees to the content of the statements. <br></div><br></div><div>Thank you, <br><br></div><div>Heather <br></div></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Dear Heather, dear Board,<br></div><div><br></div><div>thank you for the update. I understand you are all volunteers and there are also other pressing issues at the moment. Still it is now a lot of time that has passed since Nov. 17 / Dec. 10, 2018, and we are in a kind of limbo, because the board, in apparent conflict with its own disputed-territories policy [1], reversed the Data Working Group decision just a few days before the 2018 board elections, but so far did not provide any kind of explanation or new policy to replace the former one.</div><div><br></div><div>While it already felt quite strange on Dec. 10 that you just proclaimed the annulation of the well-founded DWG decision without providing any kind of explanations or motivations, it is now alarming that there are still no explanations. While we do not have many general rules with regard to mapping, the on-the-ground rule was certainly for many years the guiding principle and foundation of every "OpenStreetMapping", and assured us peace in problem areas, so deviating from it would seem such a major change of direction, that I could not believe my eyes when I read it and no explanation was provided along.</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>Frankly, the way it was done, just before the upcoming elections of a new board, and without actually bringing it to an end, would probably be considered terrible political style, in the regions I am familiar with.<br></div><div><br></div><div>My suggestion to the board would be to set yourself a deadline, until which you will try to reach consensus within the new Board, and if you cannot come to a common statement which supports the decision of the old Board, you should reenact the DWG decision so we can get back to normal operations.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Martin<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>[1] <a href="https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/w/images/d/d8/DisputedTerritoriesInformation.pdf" target="_blank">https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/w/images/d/d8/DisputedTerritoriesInformation.pdf</a><br></div></div></div>
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