[Osmf-talk] Local Chapters - preliminary comments welcome for Kosovo

[Craig Allan]

RFC - Kosovo LC application

Many thanks to FLOSSK for their application.
1 : Compliance: Not sure the incorporation as an NGO is sufficient for 
this purpose, but this should be checked.
2 : Important!: Article 3: Purpose of the articles of incorporation 
omits OSM. I would require at minimum that the applicant should include 
openstreetmap as at least a bullet item.
3 : Membership: The membership is explicitly unrestricted. Good.
4 : Advice only: The articles of incorporation have a few problems. But 
I don't think that is a criterion we are very concerned about so I'm not 
going to spell them all out.

5: OSM Activity and Membership
  - Arianit Dobroshi, President, is an active contributor,  "Arianit" of 
long standing.
  - Besfort Guri,  Board Member, is an active contributor, "BesfortGuri" 
of long standing.
  - Dian Fishekqi, Board Member, doesn't have an obvious osm login.

Pascal Neis list 147 people who have contributed to the map in Kosovo in 
the last 2 months.  See here: 
https://osmstats.neis-one.org/?item=countries&country=Republic%20of%20Kosovo 
Not all are from Kosovo, but most do seem to be residents.  At least 
some of these active mappers should be supporting this application.

Conclusion:
The application does not clearly identify how accrediting  FLOSSK as an 
OSM Local Chapter will support the goals of openstreetmap.
I would not process this application further at this time.
I would refer it back to the applicant with guidance; asking for them to 
re-submit after making significant improvement to the details about 
their activities that support OSM.

Craig ALLAN
(osm: cRaIgalLAn)






On 2020/05/13 20:11, Joost Schouppe wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We would like to invite comments to Local Chapter applications a 
> little sooner in the process. Usually the Secretary does a full review 
> and consults with the Board BEFORE consulting with the local community 
> and the OSMF membership.
>
> From now on, we plan to actively let the OSMF membership know about 
> new applications as they come in; at least once we have received all 
> of the necessary documentation. So I'd like to invite you to have a 
> look at:
>
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/Applications/Kosovo
>
> If you have questions or remarks about this application, please put 
> them on the Discussion/Talk tab for this page; or you can send them to 
> secretary at osmfoundation.org <mailto:secretary at osmfoundation.org>
>
> Hopefully, this can make the process more transparent, fluent and, who 
> know, more speedy.
>
> Best,
> Joost
> OSMF Board secretary
>
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