[Osmf-talk] OSGeo Oceania Local Chapter application

[Christoph Hormann]

On Wednesday 12 August 2020, Frederik Ramm wrote:
>
> I think you have an overly romantic view of local chapters,
> portraying them as a bastion of freedom against the clutch of an
> overbearing international body.

Ouch - to someone who advocates the values of enlightenment every day
being called a romantic really hurts...

But i see your point - me pointing out the risk of the OSM-Community
being nudged to adopt a more of a top-down social structure might be
based on the incorrect impression that this has not already happened.

> It would serve us well to not over-burden local chapters with the
> expectation that they represent the local community. The OSMF does
> not represent the world-wide OSM community and it knows that; the
> OSMF has resolved to tread carefully in its relations to the OSM
> community and, for example, not try and tell them what to map and how
> to map. Some things are the domain of the community and the OSMF will
> not meddle.

But now you have the overly romantic view. ;-)

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Christoph Hormann
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