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

[Jonathan]

I would view this very much like the British Parliment works, only 
humans (I use the term lightly) are allowed to vote in Parliment but 
anyone can be a member of Britain and  lobby, influence (but not buy) 
and push for change.

If, therefore, Companies could join the OSMF but not vote and would have 
to lobby and cajole to gain influence then those members who can vote 
would have to declare any allegiances they may have, such as being an 
employee of a company or maybe a shareholder?!?!

Can of worms springs to mind :-)

Jonathan
(OSM ID: bigfatfrog67)

On 02/05/2013 13:00, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 05/02/2013 01:14 PM, Simon Poole wrote:
>> See http://polls.cc/cyzooQ/results/
>
> For the record, the poll asked the question
>
> "Should companies be accepted as members of the OpenStreetMap 
> Foundation?"
>
> and the responses were
>
> * No, only real people should be members: 54 votes (15%)
> * Yes, just like real people: 56 votes (16%)
> * Yes, as "supporting members" without voting rights: 200 votes (57%)
> * The poll needs to be more fine-grained than this: 39 votes (11%).
>
> Of 349 people participating, 254 (72%) favoured one of the two options 
> that would not grant voting rights to company members - either by not 
> allowing them in, or by not allowing them to vote.
>
> Bye
> Frederik
>