[Osmf-talk] Paying Board/WG was: Standing for board election
martijn at osmfoundation.org
martijn at osmfoundation.org
Sun Nov 26 18:58:01 UTC 2017
On 11/26/2017 9:40 AM, Heather Leson wrote:
> Yves, you are absolutely correct. I have a background in community
> management so I do lean towards seeing that as a potential solution.
> But, I stand corrected- strategy first, then paying etc. It is clear
> that if we spent half the time on a productive document planning rather
> than going back/forth on emails, we might be further head.
Agreed. Simon mentioned earlier in this thread that it may prove tough
to get the sustained funding needed for paying staff. It is true, that
is not going to be straightforward. But as you say, Heather, a strategy
is a prerequisite. I have no doubt that the funding is out there, the
real challenge is for us to first make a good case for attracting it.
That means being able to show that we as a project are ready to channel
the fast growth we have been enjoying, in community, map contributions,
and users small to very large. Frederik is right in saying that we
should not get trapped in thinking in terms of boilerplate models. We
have our own unique history, comparing ourselves to WMF or other
organizations with a superficially similar mission may harm progress
more than it would help it.
This is an important discussion to have and I am glad to see a lot of
opinions emerging (again). I was elected two years ago on (or in spite
of?) a platform that very much included pushing this forward[1]. We made
modest progress with hiring Dorothea, and I am looking forward to
figuring out what the way forward is that works for the OSM project and
community.
Forward,
Martijn
[1] See
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Foundation/AGM15/Election_to_Board#Paying_People
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