[Osmf-talk] SOTM Africa

[Rory McCann]

On 23.11.19 22:39, Christoph Hormann via osmf-talk wrote:
> If candidates choose to campaign before the publication of the official
> answers of the candidates by Michael on 2019-11-30 that is
> disrespectful of the OSMF board (which established the procedure), the
> other candidates, the OSM community members who have asked questions
> and this way honor the official procedure and to Michael who is
> investing a lot of time to facilitate the process.

I'm a fellow candidate, and I didn't think there was any rules about 
"campaigning" before the questions were published. I have already 
engaged with OSMF members on social media about the election. I do not 
feel any disrespect from Steve for this post, and see nothing wrong. 
OSMF members are allowed to ask questions outside the """"official"""" 
list, and after the answers are published. The flip side of is that 
candidates are allowed to campaign from the start till the end.


On 23.11.19 22:15, Steve Coast wrote:
> Every SOTM should have at least one board member present. I’ve
> already sent my board 2019 questions in, but, I think sending board
> members to all the SOTM conferences is an obvious thing and I’d push
> for if elected. It’s something that should be required. I’m very
> happy to be wrong but I didn’t meet or see any OSMF board members who
> attended. It’s confusing, what is more important than attending SOTMs
> for the board? We can do better.
I don't think the OSMF is in a financial position now to send a board 
member to every event with a SotM label. Alas. I was at SotM SEE and it 
was great, OSM community events are cool.


On 24.11.19 15:38, Simon Poole wrote:
> The elephant in the room that Steve was referring to is that there
> have been and are members of the board whose position is supported by
> their employer. For a great range of "supported" from actively
> encouraging standing, to it essentially being part of their
> employment. Somewhere in that continuum "volunteer" loses its meaning
> a bit.
I submitted a question to candidates asking about that¹. Unfortunately 
it wasn't accepted, but I hope us candidates will answer it and inform 
the members what they'd be getting if you were elected.


¹ 
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Foundation/AGM19/Election_to_Board#Paid_while_doing_OSMF_Board_work.3F