[Osmf-talk] Geolibres Local Chapter application for Argentina

[Michael Reichert]

Am 05/05/2020 um 12.20 schrieb Frederik Ramm:
> On 05.05.20 11:39, Craig Allan wrote:
>> The translation is a bit opaque, but I read in Article 5 that:
>> a) full voting membership is available to an active OSM contributor,
>> subject to an introduction by an existing active member and approval by
>> the board.
> 
> I guess it depends on how this is implemented.
> 
> In the long run, local chapters will likely become more influential in
> OSM/OSMF. We will give them more rights assuming that they represent the
> community in their country, and that by listening to, for example,
> "Geolibres" we are actually listening to our mappers in Argentinia, and
> not just a club of friends at some university who had the idea to sign up.
> 
> Now the wording you cite above could easily be used to, say, run a
> tight-knit club that is basically the president and their friends from
> university, not letting anyone in who is from a different background
> (because in order for someone to introduce you, you need to know someone
> who is a member, and know them well enough, etc.etc.).
> 
> Or, the wording could just be a formality, and you just email info@, and
> whoever handles your email is then the existing active member
> introducing you ("this is Fred, he emailed this morning"), and the board
> waves you through.

If any text matters, it's the AoA. The argument "wording could just be a
formality" can be brought up in any case where the AoA contradicts the
interests of the Foundation and the OSM community.

As Simon wrote, such strange rules should be explained in the
application. Before we do not have any explanation, most discussion is
based on guesswork. Therefore, I propose to defer the application and
ask for clarifications by the applicant.

Best regards

Michael

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