[Osmf-talk] What OSMF board is actually doing

[Edward Bainton]

@Simon Poole <simon at poole.ch> as a relative newbie, I think linking from
the wiki is a good idea. For good or for ill, it's the go-to resource. I
didn't even know the foundation had its own site until recently.

In fact, while I understand the need for an official repository/noticeboard
under the sole control of the board, I feel it would be good if the centre
of gravity for OSMF documents shifted from there to the general wiki.
Besides not multiplying channels (which in OSM-world seem to be
fractal-like in their fecundity), it would emphasise OSMF as part and
parcel of the wider community. (Legally it's a separate entity, of course,
but I think I've understood that that is not anyone's intention.)

On Wed, 9 Dec 2020 at 12:24, Simon Poole <simon at poole.ch> wrote:

> I don't quite see the value in this, do we really need yet another
> duplication of existing information on a wiki page that will go
> unmaintained in a jiffy and continue to pollute the wiki for the next
> couple of decades?
>
> What is true, is that outside of using side channels, there is no easy way
> to determine what was actually decided in a board meeting till a month
> later when the the actual minutes are approved and published. As these
> decision may well already have had consequences in one way or another
> during that time, it would be nice if either the minutes would be available
> in draft form earlier, or that there is a human readable summary available
> the next day (likely less work). I'm aware that both of these work against
> the whole concept of approving minutes, but given that there is essentially
> no discussion minuted (this tends to be the sticking point wrt approval), I
> believe such a compromise would be bearable.
>
> Simon
> Am 09.12.2020 um 10:14 schrieb Mateusz Konieczny via osmf-talk:
>
> This question appeared during discussion on Polish section
> of OSM forum in thread related to current elections.
>
> It seems that while there are minutes of meeting available,
> OSM Wiki page has basically no info what kind of decisions
> are actually made by board.
>
> And some readable summary would be a good idea
> (I plan to translate it later into Polish) at not yet existing
> Polish version of
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation page
>
> I think that giving some examples would be a good idea,
> I started list at
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation#Responsibilities
>
> Edits are welcomed, if for some reason you are unable to do this
> - feel free to send a link with something that should be included
> and description that you propose to use.
>
> I think that it would be a good idea to have some representative
> list of example decisions taken by board (current list is neither
> complete nor representative - I just started it).
>
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