[Osmf-talk] Relationship of Facebook and Apple to the OSM Foundation

[Gregory]

I'm aware that Facebook are a corporate member. This allows them to get a
discount on SotM sponsorship, but they tend to refuse the discount as an
act of goodwill.

Perhaps they also don't want promotion on the OSMF site when they
pay/donate corporate membership. Although I agree with transparency, the
page of corporate members should list the corporate members (which is it's
main aim).

Although it may seem clear, maybe the Advisory Board page could have an
extra column to state why they joined. "Local chapter", "Corporate Member",
"Invited" would be the most expected values, but could be clarified further
if desired.

>From Durham,
Gregory.


On 19 June 2018 at 07:10, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On 19.06.2018 01:56, Eugene Alvin Villar wrote:
> > In addition, the "OSMF board will also consider inviting individuals
> whose
> > knowledge or experience is deemed beneficial to the group."
>
> This rule has not been used until now, i.e. the Advisory Board consists
> entirely and exclusively of representatives of local chapters and
> corporate members.
>
> > In the interest of transparency, may we know if Facebook and Apple are
> > in fact Corporate Members
>
> They are, and
>
> > [2] https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Corporate_Members
>
> needs to be updated. Thank you for pointing it out.
>
> Bye
> Frederik
>
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