[Osmf-talk] AoA changes in Dec?

[Simon Poole]

Am 11.10.2020 um 15:53 schrieb Rory McCann (OSMF Board):
>
>  * that any OSMF member, not just board members, may serve on committees;

Isn't that just a very roundabout way of saying that you want to rename 
working group to committees and potentially give them some more legal 
standing (in general for all 4 suggestions you didn't indicate -why- you 
would want to propose the change, leaving it to speculation).

>  * that people who get free membership via the Active Contribution 
> Membership system get regular membership, not just the current 
> associate membership;

Doesn't that run afoul of the guarantee regular members have to commit to?

>  * that if you vote in accordance with orders from your employer or 
> other authority,  you aren't a member any more and your vote doesn't 
> count;

Again, while I think I can make a well educated guess at what you intend 
by making such a change, it would be better to spell it out. That said, 
it is completely unclear to me how you would want to differentiate 
between a member voting out of their own free will in a certain way and 
doing the same on orders of their employer. Essentially this would boil 
down to requiring members to refrain from voting on issues their 
employers have asked them to vote in a specific way, disenfranchising 
them of their voting rights.

>  * and whether there should be a third, non-voting class of 
> membership, called "supporting member".

Again "why?".

>
> We are not 100% sure exactly how many we will propose, and exactly 
> what the wording will be. We will draft and redraft and think and 
> consult. Please provide feedback, praise, curses, prayers, and hexes. 
> If/when we have more concrete wording, we will, naturally, post more.
>
> On the general topic of AoA changesm are there any AoA changes you 
> would like? I am calling for an open discussion. 🙂

Term limits that are actually term limits?

We've already voted to not have those, so I wouldn't press you on this.

Simon


>
> OSM is an open project, we should work in the open. So I am emailing 
> yous.
>
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>
> Rory
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