[Osmf-talk] Update of Articles of Association

[Jonathan Harley]

On 19/07/11 14:29, Simon Poole wrote:
>
> - 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.
>

+1 on all these points.

Jonathan

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