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</head><body text="#000000">The difficulty is if they pay then they feel
committed and we get some
money. I know we get a lot of corporate funding but funding from
individuals is better and more consistent.<br>
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A salesperson might describe it as closing the deal.<br>
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We have a very high turnover of new mappers for one reason or other but
making them feel unwelcome by saying well you've mapped every day for a
month but you still can't join when they show an interest isn't going to
improve this.<br>
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How do you aggregate mapping by the way? Many mappers on the list map
under different names either for import, mechanical edits etc. If you
forget your user name and password it's simple to map under a different
name.<br>
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Some names in the map crtl<h> history in JOSM don't actually show
as an OSM mapper when you look them up. How reliable is the has mapped
for 42 days?<br>
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I'd defer this until OpenStreetMap has sorted itself out and moved to
the EU if it is going to.<br>
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Cheerio John<br>
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<span>Amanda McCann wrote on 2/13/2022 1:24 PM:</span><br>
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<pre wrap="">UK Law says that any "member" can vote (i think). Someone did suggest creating a separate category of nonvoting supporting member. But that is different from this proposal.
So we're not allowed to change some things.
On Sun, 13 Feb 2022 18:05 +00:00, john whelan <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jwhelan0112@gmail.com"><jwhelan0112@gmail.com></a> wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite"><pre wrap="">I'd like to suggest that we accept membership from anyone, money is
always nice, but voting is restricted to someone who has made 42 days
of contributions. That way we can sign people up and get their money
without having to wait until they have mapped for 42 days first.
I'm not quite sure how that would work but something along those lines.
That way people can support us financially without having to prove they
have fought with JOSM etc for 42 days. I might even drop the 42 to 21.
Cheerio John
On Sun, Feb 13, 2022, 11:28 Tobias Knerr <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:osm@tobias-knerr.de"><osm@tobias-knerr.de></a> wrote:
</pre><blockquote type="cite"><pre wrap="">Hi all,
at the 2020 AGM, a 79% majority of the membership asked the board to
propose prerequisites for membership in the OSM Foundation which would
ensure that all applicants for membership have made a reasonable amount
of contributions to OSM (not necessarily through mapping).[1]
We would like to ask for your feedback to a first draft of this proposal
which you can read below. It uses a definition for "reasonable amount of
contributions" that is comparable to the active contributor
membership[2], but has lower requirements: 42 days of contributions ever
instead of 42 days per year. Existing memberships would not be affected
by this change.
The 2020 resolution called for a membership vote on this topic in 2021.
Unfortunately, the board didn't produce a proposal in time for the 2021
AGM and we would like to apologize for this delay. Our current plan is
to have the resolution ready for a general meeting on April 30, 2022.
# Potential text of the resolution
Using its powers under §15 of the Articles of Association, the board of
directors shall reject applications for membership or associate
membership if the applicant has not demonstrably contributed to
OpenStreetMap on at least 42 days. The specific form of the
contributions (e.g. mapping vs. non-mapping) does not make a difference
for the fulfilment of these prerequisites. The board may delegate
verification and rejection of membership applications to a working group.
## Rationale:
This change would more firmly establish the OSMF as an entity serving
the people and communities who create OpenStreetMap. By ensuring that
votes in Foundation elections and resolutions are cast by OpenStreetMap
contributors, it becomes more likely that the Foundation will continue
to support the the project well.
The criteria take inspiration from the fee waiver (known as active
contributor membership) to allow using a similar implementation. Unlike
the fee waiver, eligibility will be evaluated as a one-time step during
application for membership, rather than annually. As such, members do
not have to fear losing their membership if their activity fluctuates or
declines. Existing memberships won't be affected.
## Considerations:
This one-time check applies to all member applications including those
that pay the regular £15 membership fee.
# Footnotes
[1]
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Annual_General_Meetings/2020/Suggested_resolutions#Vote_3:_Work_on_membership_prerequisites">https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Annual_General_Meetings/2020/Suggested_resolutions#Vote_3:_Work_on_membership_prerequisites</a>
[2] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://join.osmfoundation.org/active-contributor-membership/">https://join.osmfoundation.org/active-contributor-membership/</a>
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