[Osmf-talk] OSMF Board Meeting and new board officers for 2009-2010

[Peter Miller]

On 16 Sep 2009, at 13:46, Andy Robinson (blackadder) wrote:

> Frederik Ramm wrote:
>> Sent: 16 September 2009 12:28 PM
>> To: Peter Miller
>> Cc: osmf-talk at openstreetmap.org
>> Subject: Re: [Osmf-talk] OSMF Board Meeting and new board officers  
>> for
>> 2009-2010
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Peter Miller wrote:
>>> I agree that it is sensible that a working
>>> party should have two foundation directors involved
>>
>> That means that each director has to participate in *at least* n*3.5
>> working groups where n is the number of working groups (currently  
>> 7?).
>> Will this not lead to "token participation" where directors do not
>> really participate but are there just for the sake of having  
>> directors
>> on the working group?
>>
>
> We felt it is still manageable this way at the current time. Yes, if  
> we grow
> the number of working groups we would need to reappraise. The  
> intention of
> naming two directors for each group is so that at least one  
> hopefully can
> always be present at WG meetings. Having a board member present  
> should help
> the two way decision process and keep everyone within the board and  
> working
> group best informed.

Sound ok to me for now, but the working group should be able to choose  
a chair who has got sufficient time to devote to the project hence my  
suggestion that the chair need not be a foundation director and should  
be chosen by the working group not by the foundation. The foundation  
directors may then only have a watching brief on the group if it is  
operating well without them. The important thing is that the group  
perform and are openly democratic, the rest can be worked out as we go  
along.

Btw, the working groups page on the foundation website needs updating  
with who is a director and who is not (Etienne is still listed as a  
director as the email for him is to treasurer). Also there is no chair  
stated for the Technical Working Group.


[1] http://foundation.openstreetmap.org/working-groups/



Regards,


Peter




>
> Cheers
>
> Andy
>
>> Bye
>> Frederik
>>
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