[diversity-talk] NYC local disagreement

[Darrell Fuhriman]

While you are correct, there is no formal connection, I say: so what?

I totally understand the foundation not wanting to get involved in individual disagreements, that doesn't absolve the foundation (or the community generally) from their responsibility to ensure that the community is as inclusive as possible.

I think that this question is independent of any particular dispute.

One of the overall problems with OSM communities is that you end up with a thousands of tiny areas of interest and while it's perfectly fine, maybe even desirable to have that kind of structure, it's in the best interest of the community, and of the map as a whole if there are norms and practices in place that prevent areas of interest from becoming exclusionary fiefdoms.

(And lest anyone jump to conclusions, I'm not saying that's what's happening here. I don't know what happened. The particular dispute is irrelevant to the larger question.)

Darrell


On Jun 28, 2013, at 06:03, Richard Weait <richard at weait.com> wrote:

> For the record, the local meetup in NYC has no connection to
> OpenStreetMap Foundation.  I'm not aware of any local meeting with
> official standing, be it a Meetup, a Mappy Hour, Mapping Party, etc.
> 
> I think we're all better off, and more welcoming as an international
> community, If local, personal disagreements can be kept local.  And
> settled there.
> 
> Emailing personal grievances to a wider list while writing from an
> "angry, hurt, and upset space" seems likely to extend the cooling off
> time required and delay any potential discussion.
> 
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