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

[Martijn van Exel]

Hi all,
Facebook has indicated no objection to being added to the list of corp
sponsors / advisory board. The site needs to be updated. I apologize for
the confusion.I like the suggestion for adding a column to indicate the reason why
folks are on the AB, we'll consider adding that.-- 
Martijn van Exel
Secretary, OpenStreetMap Foundation



On Thu, Jun 21, 2018, at 10:02, Gregory wrote:
> 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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