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<p>Here are questions. If you want to answer them, please use<br></p><div><a href="https://osmf.limequery.org/281662?lang=en">https://osmf.limequery.org/281662?lang=en</a> (or other language variant)<br></div><div><br></div><div>Warning: back button is not working, there is no way to get back<br></div><div>to view older answers or change them<br></div><div><br></div><div>Note: there are also notes and additional explanation, I have not<br></div><div>copied them. Purpose of this email is to give overview of answers asked<br></div><div>and to allow people decide whatever spending time on answering them is<br></div><div>a good idea.<br></div><div><br></div><div>initial questions are with<br></div><div>"On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is strongly disagree, 2 is disagree, 3 is<br></div><div>neutral, 4 is agree, and 5 is strongly agree, please mark how strongly<br></div><div>you agree or disagree with these actions."<br></div><div><br></div><div>(1)<br></div><div>In 2020 the Board created a Diversity and Inclusion Special<br></div><div>Committee, and asked the Local Chapters and Communities Working Group<br></div><div>to recommend actions in response to complaints about Systemic Offensive<br></div><div>Behavior in the OSM Community. <br></div><div><br></div><div>(2)<br></div><div>In 2020 the Board began raising funds via large donations to cover<br></div><div>projected increased costs of maintaining the platform (hardware,<br></div><div>software, personnel) in the face of rapidly growing demand for OSM<br></div><div>data.<br></div><div><br></div><div>(3)<br></div><div>In 2020 the Board began funding small-scale, one-time, limited-scope,<br></div><div>short-term projects to improve existing software products that are<br></div><div>considered core to OSM: Nominatim, osm2pgsql, and Potlatch. These<br></div><div>products had previously been maintained wholly by volunteers.<br></div><div><br></div><div>(4)<br></div><div>In 2020 the Board voted to take over the cost of a single software<br></div><div>developer for maintaining the default iD editor from a private firm<br></div><div>that had been funding the position, thereby shifting control of iD<br></div><div>maintenance from a third party to the OSM community. <br></div><div><br></div><div>(5)<br></div><div>In 2020 the Board began funding microgrants for one-off projects.<br></div><div><br></div><div>---<br></div><div>end of 1 to 5<br></div><div><br></div><div>(6)<br></div><div>Optional: Please use this text box to comment on any decisions made in<br></div><div>2020 by the Board of Directors of the OSM Foundation.<br></div><div><br></div><div>(7)<br></div><div>In 2021, what do you think should be the priority order of tasks the<br></div><div>Board of Directors has set for itself? Please rank the tasks in order<br></div><div>of relative importance to the OSM project.<br></div><div><br></div><div>- Attribution guidelines<br></div><div>- Takeover protection<br></div><div>- Stability of the core infrastructure (hardware, software, human<br></div><div> capital)<br></div><div>- Brexit<br></div><div>- Outreach to Local Chapters and Communities<br></div><div>- Fun-raising<br></div><div>- Recruitment for Working Groups<br></div><div><br></div><div>(8)<br></div><div>Some OSM community members favor use of artificial intelligence and<br></div><div>machine learning tools to assist mapping. Others oppose use of these<br></div><div>tools. The Board of Directors of the OpenStreetMap Foundation has<br></div><div>taken no position on the matter since such a decision would likely<br></div><div>violate the core principle that the Board does not tell anyone how to<br></div><div>map or what to map. Should the Board...<br></div><div><br></div><div>...continue to take no position (i.e., leave the issue to local<br></div><div>communities), since the Foundation tells nobody what or how to map?<br></div><div><br></div><div>...adopt a policy formally approving artificial intelligence/machine<br></div><div>learning tools (blanket approval)?<br></div><div><br></div><div>...adopt a policy formally approving artificial intelligence/machine<br></div><div>learning tools but only if local communities agree?<br></div><div><br></div><div>...adopt a policy banning artificial intelligence/machine learning<br></div><div>tools?<br></div><div><br></div><div>No opinion<br></div><div><br></div><div>(9)<br></div><div>Some OSM community members think the Board should fund change of the<br></div><div>map displayed on openstreetmap.org from raster tiles to vector tiles.<br></div><div>Bearing in mind the potential cost of such an undertaking, and the<br></div><div>possible impact on the OSM ecosystem, in your opinion the Board<br></div><div>should...<br></div><div><br></div><div>...do nothing in this regard.<br></div><div>...encourage volunteers to create vector tiles for openstreetmap.org,<br></div><div>but nothing more. ...pay developers to create vector tiles for<br></div><div>openstreetmap.org, but in a manner calculated not to compete with<br></div><div>commercial developers. ...pay developers to create vector tiles<br></div><div>calculated to demonstrate the full breadth of OSM data. No opinion<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>(10)<br></div><div>Optional: Please use this text box to comment on anything additional<br></div><div>you think the Board of Directors ought to know.<br></div><div><br></div><div>(11)<br></div><div>May we share (anonymously, of course) your comments with the<br></div><div>OpenStreetMap community?<br></div><div><br></div><div>(12)<br></div><div>Optional Demographic: Are you a member of...<br></div><div>a working group<br></div><div>the OpenStreetMap Foundation<br></div><div>a local chapter<br></div><div>a local community without chapter status<br></div><div>a corporate sponsor of OSM<br></div><div>a commercial company using OSM data<br></div><div>a non-profit organization using OSM data<br></div><div><br></div><div>(13)<br></div><div>Optional Demographic: Are you a...<br></div><div>mapper<br></div><div>communicator<br></div><div>data user<br></div><div>developer / maintainer<br></div><div>event organizer<br></div><div>hardware / systems operator<br></div><div>Optional Demographic: Are you a...<br></div><div>Other<br></div><div><br></div><div>(14)<br></div><div>Optional Demographic: How long have you been involved in the OSM<br></div><div>project?<br></div><div><br></div><div>less than 1 year<br></div><div>from 1 to 5 years<br></div><div>from 5 to 10 years<br></div><div>from 10 to 15 years<br></div><div>more than 15 years<br></div><div><br></div><div>(15)<br></div><div>Optional Demographic: What is your gender?<br></div><div>Female<br></div><div>Male<br></div><div>Non-binary<br></div><div><br></div><div>(16)<br></div><div>Optional Demographic: In what country are you located (please click on<br></div><div>the country on the map)?<br></div><div><br></div><div>At this point there is "Submit" button. I have not clicked it.<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Jan 17, 2021, 09:48 by mdeen@xs4all.nl:<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div>Since I have to register to get a token and therefore it is not anonymous, I do like to know what the survey is about before I register for a token.<br></div><div><br></div><div>IMHO the unwillingness to say anything about the subject of this survey is absolutely contrary to the most basic foundations of openness and common curtesey and that does not fit the OSMF. I do not understand why you (and with you I also mean the OSMF) operate in this way.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Regards,<br></div><div>Maarten<br></div><div><br></div><div>On 2021-01-17 03:48, Allan Mustard wrote:<br></div><blockquote><div>The 2021 OSMF Survey of the OSM community has been activated. It will<br></div><div>be open for participation until February 14th. Please surf to the<br></div><div>following URLs to register for the survey. You will receive an email<br></div><div>in return with a single-use token that can be used to take the survey.<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Please be aware that the Japanese, Persian (Farsi), and Turkish<br></div><div>translations are 100% machine translations, via DeepL (Japanese) and<br></div><div>Microsoft Translator (Persian and Turkish). I apologize in advance<br></div><div>for any mistakes, since these are languages I do not know, and I could<br></div><div>not find volunteer translators to edit and correct the machine<br></div><div>translations. There will be errors, but I hope not serious<br></div><div>mistranslations that make the survey impossible to understand.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Please amplify this message throughout the OSM community--spread the<br></div><div>word! Please use your preferred communications channels to encourage<br></div><div>everyone in the OSM community worldwide to participate in this survey!<br></div><div> I thank you in advance for that.<br></div><div><br></div><div>English (Base language):<br></div><div>https://osmf.limequery.org/281662?lang=en<br></div><div><br></div><div>Chinese (Traditional; Taiwan):<br></div><div>https://osmf.limequery.org/281662?lang=zh-Hant-TW<br></div><div><br></div><div>French:<br></div><div>https://osmf.limequery.org/281662?lang=fr<br></div><div><br></div><div>German:<br></div><div>https://osmf.limequery.org/281662?lang=de<br></div><div><br></div><div>Japanese:<br></div><div>https://osmf.limequery.org/281662?lang=ja<br></div><div><br></div><div>Korean:<br></div><div>https://osmf.limequery.org/281662?lang=ko<br></div><div><br></div><div>Persian:<br></div><div>https://osmf.limequery.org/281662?lang=fa<br></div><div><br></div><div>Polish:<br></div><div>https://osmf.limequery.org/281662?lang=pl<br></div><div><br></div><div>Portuguese (Brazilian):<br></div><div>https://osmf.limequery.org/281662?lang=pt-BR<br></div><div><br></div><div>Russian:<br></div><div>https://osmf.limequery.org/281662?lang=ru<br></div><div><br></div><div>Spanish:<br></div><div>https://osmf.limequery.org/281662?lang=es<br></div><div><br></div><div>Turkish:<br></div><div>https://osmf.limequery.org/281662?lang=tr<br></div><div> Very best regards, and happy mapping!<br></div><div><br></div><div>Allan Mustard<br></div><div><br></div><div>-------<br></div><div>_Allan Mustard, Chairperson_<br></div><div>_Board of Directors_<br></div><div>_OpenStreetMap Foundation_<br></div><div>_______________________________________________<br></div><div>talk mailing list<br></div><div>talk@openstreetmap.org<br></div><div>https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>_______________________________________________<br></div><div>talk mailing list<br></div><div>talk@openstreetmap.org<br></div><div>https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div> </body>
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