[diversity-talk] [Talk-us] Chapter Board Elections

[alyssa wright]

Thanks Paul. There was some good conversation on the talk-us mailing list that helped clarify that as well. Super interesting! 

On Jul 31, 2013, at 2:52 AM, Paul Norman <penorman at mac.com> wrote:

>> From: alyssa wright [mailto:alyssapwright at gmail.com] 
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 5:26 PM
>> Subject: Re: [diversity-talk] [Talk-us] Chapter Board Elections
>> 
>> Yes. Most definitely! I keep going back and forth about the usefulness 
>> such boards in OSM. At this point -- maybe we'd be more effective 
>> creating things? 
>> 
>> Or maybe we nominate someone on this list for treasurer. Doesn't OSM 
>> have no budget? It's either the easiest or hardest job ever ;)
> 
> Just a clarification, this is for the OSM US board, not the world-wide 
> OSMF board. There is no formal relationship between the US chapter (or 
> any local chapter) and OSM, nor do they have control over OSM hardware.
> 
> The US chapter runs various resources like openstreetmap.us, the TIGER 
> tiles, the road shields rendering and other primarily local resources.
> 
> I don't know how the US chapter works, but generally with boards the 
> board is elected, then they figure out among themselves who will have 
> which responsibility such as treasurer, etc.
>