[Osmf-talk] Community vote (was: AoA Discussion)

[Henk Hoff]

On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 12:28 AM, Nic Roets <nroets at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Like Jonathan said, it will most likely have not influence on any
> poll. And allowing corporate members makes the legal framework more
> complicated.
>

It only makes it more complicated if you want it to be.


>
> It will be better than the current system where there are only 300?
> members. Suppose I go to a bar and I tell everyone I'm running for
> board membership. All they have to do is join, vote for me and I'll
> throw them a bit party with free booze, I guess I'll get enough votes.


This raises another question: can everyone become member? Should there be
reasons to deny membership?

Back to the community-vote. Why should we give people who do not want to
become member of OSMF give the power of vote? Shouldn't we not try and get
more people member of OSMF instead of designing all kinds of loopholes to
give them decision rights?

You state that allowing corporate members is making the legal framework more
complicated (suggesting that you oppose such an idea). To me, giving
non-members decision powers in a membership-organization is way more
complicated.

All in all: please make a clear (!) proposal. That would help this
discussion.

Cheers,
Henk
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