[Osmf-talk] [OSM-talk] Call to Take Action and Confront Systemic Offensive Behavior in the OSM Community

[Allan Mustard]

I apologize if this is a duplicate, but I received notices from Google
Mail that the message below sent to both osmf-talk and talk was not
delivered "because the address couldn't be found, or is unable to
receive mail."  I am therefore retransmitting the message using my home
email address.  apm

    To the OSM and OSMF communities:

    I convey the following information on behalf of the Board of
    Directors of the OpenStreetMap Foundation.

    An outcome of the current controversy on the osmf-talk mailing list
    over misogynistic language is a decision by the Board as follows:

>     The Board will find partners to help instate a moderator team for
>     the OSMF-talk and talk mailing lists. These moderators need to
>     have the trust of the community subject to the moderation (consent
>     of the governed) by some kind of approval mechanism. This
>     moderator team will start to work on enforcing the current
>     Etiquette guidelines as soon as possible. We will also start work
>     on updating/replacing our Etiquette rules, which must focus on
>     balancing all participants' interests.

    We have asked the Local Chapters and Communities Working Group
    (LCCWG ) to take the lead on this and to work with signatories of
    the open letter to the Board [1] as well as members of the Diversity
    and Inclusion Special Committee to produce proposals for the Board
    to consider at its January meeting.  The LCCWG has accepted this
    task.  This issue will be on the agenda of the January meeting of
    the Board of Directors, exact time and date yet to be determined,
    though as is customary it will be posted to the Foundation's website
    well in advance.

    Members of the OSM community are, as always, welcome to share their
    opinions and any relevant information on this matter, either
    publicly via osmf-talk, or privately in direct communications to the
    LCCWG.  I feel compelled to remind all members of the community that
    a Code of Etiquette [2] has existed since June 2011 and shall be
    observed by all community members.

    Very best  regards to all,
    apm

    [1]
    https://docs.google.com/document/d/130JCTX9ve4H4ORXznmIVTpXiN3TX8nRGA8ayuTZ9ECI/edit?ts=5fd11436#heading=h.ccgtgjykcfgh
    <https://docs.google.com/document/d/130JCTX9ve4H4ORXznmIVTpXiN3TX8nRGA8ayuTZ9ECI/edit?ts=5fd11436#heading=h.ccgtgjykcfgh>
    [2] https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Etiquette
    <https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Etiquette>

    -------
    /Allan Mustard, Chairperson/
    /Board of Directors/
    /OpenStreetMap Foundation/

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