[Osmf-talk] OSMF Articles of Association - Discussion on Revision for 2013 AGM

[Mikel Maron]

> Most organisations will establish a code of conduct and disciplinary procedures.    To avoid problems in the future I would put these in place as well.

 
Good point. We need code of conduct for members, and some sort of more substantial agreement in place for those of us with special access to Foundation resources.

* Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron


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> From: Dudley Ibbett <dudleyibbett at hotmail.com>
>To: Simon Poole <simon at osmfoundation.org> 
>Cc: "osmf-talk at openstreetmap.org" <osmf-talk at openstreetmap.org> 
>Sent: Wednesday, March 6, 2013 4:52 PM
>Subject: Re: [Osmf-talk] OSMF Articles of Association - Discussion on Revision for 2013 AGM
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>The proposal related to ceasing to be a member to allow the board to expel individuals is certainly something the board should be able to do but I would advise that any recommendations to expel are done by an independent body set up to investigate such issues and make recommendations to the board.  The most extreme being expulsion.   I don't think that an AGM would be a fair place for an appeal to be held.  It would be a serious matter requiring careful consideration of all the facts and is not something that can be done in fairly at a general AGM.
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>Most organisations will establish a code of conduct and disciplinary procedures.    To avoid problems in the future I would put these in place as well.
>
>Regards
>
>Dudley 
>
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>On 6 Mar 2013, at 08:38, "Simon Poole" <simon at osmfoundation.org> wrote:
>
>> 
>> Dear OSMF Members
>> 
>> The boards intends to propose a number of amendments to the current
>> Articles of Association at this years AGM which is likely to take place
>> at SOTM 2013 in Birmingham. The need for change has been long recognized
>> and in 2011 a working group spent a significant amount of time
>> discussing  the issues. Like so many things the activity fell dormant
>> during the "hot" phase of the licence change and has been revived now. 
>> From a procedural point of view the board felt that we should achieve
>> consensus on the changes in general terms and then approach legal
>> counsel to produce concrete new legal text for the AoAs and only have
>> limited review of the results.
>> 
>> Given that we will want a final new AoA text lastest beginning of August
>> and giving us 2-3 months to get such a legal text prepared, I expect
>> this discussion period to last maximum two months. Because of the
>> limited amount of time available (in OSM terms) we want to structure the
>> discussion a bit and try to get agreement on the non-controversial
>> important items first and then progress to topics that may be difficult,
>> keeping in mind that we may need to move such changes to a 2nd, later,
>> revision.
>> 
>> A discussion document is located here:
>> http://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/2013_OSMF_Articles_of_Association_Update
>> . With the exception of item 1 this is simply a rewording of the output
>> of the AoA working group. Point 8 is really pro memoria since there is
>> currently no concrete proposal on the table, if time permits such a
>> proposal could however be developed. It is likely that all changes will
>> be presented rolled in to one document and that at the AGM there will be
>> a single vote on the changes.
>> 
>> The current AoAs are here:
>> http://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Articles_of_Association
>> 
>> For starters I suggest that we limit the discussion to the items 1)
>> through 3) .
>> 
>> The LWG has taken ownership of this process and I'm sending this out on
>> behalf of of the working group. Should you have any concerns and other
>> comments that are not suitable for this list please address them
>> directly to the LWG (legal at osmfoundation.org).
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Simon
>> 
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