[Osmf-talk] Next OSMF Board Meeting 2018-06-21 (Thursday) at 21:00 London time

[Christoph Hormann]

On Thursday 21 June 2018, Martijn van Exel wrote:
> I suggested this.
>
> The main reason was that there are specific LC applications pending
> and we didn't want to discuss those decisions specifically in public.
> I think you both have a fair point though. We can discuss the general
> thinking about criteria for becoming a LC in the public part of the
> meeting.

Thanks.  This is a good step forward - i remember suggesting something 
similar with the corporate donations subject some time ago (discussing 
general policy rather than specific cases) and it is good to see you 
consider this approach.

But w.r.t. general policy with local chapters i would suggest to 
consider publicity of the whole process being an important criterion 
for local chapter applications and that organizations which apply or 
even just inquire but which insist on confidentiality of the fact they 
do so are ineligible.

> I would actually welcome input from the membership about 
> this. The main points of discussion are, to my mind: how established
> must a local organization be to be eligible to become a local
> chapter, how can we measure this as objectively as possible, and
> (this has come up before, in the LC applications of Belgium and
> Italy) how to handle applications from organizations that have a
> broader scope than just OSM.

This is an important point, in particular also in case an existing local 
chapter might shift its focus away from the local community and other 
organizations become the prevailing way in which mappers organize 
themselves.  In case of organizations that have a broader scope there 
is also the matter of possible conflicts of interest.

I agree with Michael that this is a subject where a broader discussion 
based on written ideas and suggestions is probably a better starting 
point than some ad hoc idea collection at a meeting.

-- 
Christoph Hormann
http://www.imagico.de/