<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Am Do., 29. Okt. 2020 um 22:31 Uhr schrieb Rory McCann <<a href="mailto:rory@technomancy.org">rory@technomancy.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">On Thu, 29 Oct 2020, at 9:30 PM, Christoph Hormann wrote:<br>
> So i suppose you will circumnavigate any subject related to OSMF <br>
> governance or the election and that you will not refer to what is going <br>
> to be said there in any future discussion of OSMF matters (because then <br>
> it would need to be considered as part of a consultation by the board).<br>
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What, you think, I personally am not allowed to even _talk_ about anything to do with OSMF unless it's (e.g.) on this mailing list?! Come on, Christoph, that's ridiculus. If someone emails me, am I required to publish that email and any reply I make?! Seriously that's not what the committment to open communication channels means.</blockquote></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>There's a difference between a chat among some people and a "Ask me anything" which you, representing yourself as a board member and other members of the board ("Some of us on the OSM Foundation Board") announce on the talk list with the words: "It's an oppertunity to ask us some questions.".</div><div><br></div><div>When digging slightly deeper it surfaces that people who do not want to sign up at <proprietary third party> can only read. "Ask me anything" in readonly mode?</div><div><br></div><div>Rory, I am absolutely sure there was no bad intent in the choice of format and platform, but given where this discussion went so fast, I believe the setting should be reconsidered, evaluating the possibility of choosing an open platform.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div>Martin<br></div></div>