[Osmf-talk] Update of Articles of Association

[Simon Poole]

Just a couple of comments  (some which I already made in Vienna).

- I don't see any reason not to allow legal entities to join as normal 
members (with exactly one vote). With the current member count it is 
possible that "normal" members could be out numbered, it's rather 
unlikely and will hopefully only be a temporary danger.

- I'm strongly opposed to having board seats reserved for any specific 
group, with the potential exception of local chapters (see below), it's 
just asking for problems.

- I would support explicitly allowing the board to invite non-board 
members to their meetings, but I don't really see the utility of having 
non-voting and/or co-opted members (been that myself more than once, 
makes for nice business cards, but otherwise?)

- I would consider it a good idea to -not- skimp on the local chapter 
issue. In the current and planned model the OSM-F is competing both for 
money (even if it is a small amount) and attention with local chapters. 
Some thought should go in to trying to see if we can't find a solution 
in where there is at least some representation of the mappers that are 
just organized in local chapters. A number of reserved board member 
seats could be a solution (if there is one at all, I spent a good decade 
of my life observing the constant bickering between a central and local 
organisations in a very similar context).

Simon


Am 18.07.2011 15:35, schrieb Henk Hoff:
> Hello all,
>
> The OSMF is updating it's Articles of Association. These articles 
> define how we (the Foundation) operate. Like: how can you become a 
> member, what rights do members have, how do we reach a decision, how 
> is the board elected, etc, etc.
>
> Our current set of Articles are accepted August 2006. We're 5 year 
> further in time. Time to review our current Articles and make the 
> up-to-date.
>
> The current working-document can be found here:
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Strategic_working_group/Articles_of_Association_Review
>
> We're open for input from the OSMF membership. If you want give 
> opinions, suggestions, please put these on the talk-page of the wiki 
> or via this mailing-list (the OSMF-talk). Discussion on other media 
> may not be noticed by the AoA committee.
>
> The disussion is open until August 14th. From that time, we're going 
> to work on the legal text that will be presented for acceptance at the 
> Annual General Meeting of the Foundation in September.
>
> We may send out an update every once and a while via osmf-talk when 
> we've made a significant update on the wiki.
>
> You may find that some items are not very clear. Please, give your 
> opinion how you would see this being clearified. That will help us.
>
> Looking forward to your feedback!
>
> Cheers,
> Henk
>
>
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