[Osmf-talk] Possible Change to OSMF Fee Structure

[Rory McCann (OSMF Board)]

Hello OSMF members,

To follow up from my email of 11th October 2020¹, here's a more detailed 
draft of a change to OSMF's fee schedule to allow people from the OSMF 
Active Contributor Programme to choose regular/full membership, rather 
than currently where they get only associate membership.

Old version:

 > The membership fee for associate membership, which normally is tied 
to the regular membership fee, may be waived if the person applying for 
membership can demonstrate that they have consistently made sizeable 
contributions to OpenStreetMap, for example by mapping.
The OSMF Membership Working Group will, together with the Board of 
Directors, define what counts as “sizeable contributions”.
Just like paid membership, membership under the membership fee waiver 
programme must be renewed annually.

New version:

 > The membership fee for regular or associate membership may be waived 
if the person applying for membership can demonstrate that they have 
consistently made sizeable contributions to OpenStreetMap, for example 
by mapping.
The OSMF Membership Working Group will, together with the Board of 
Directors, define what counts as “sizeable contributions”.
The applicant chooses between regular membership or associate membership 
when applying.
Membership under the membership fee waiver programme must be renewed 
annually.

Combined diff:

 > The membership fee for ++regular or++ associate membership ~~, which 
normally is tied to the regular membership fee,~~ may be waived if the 
person applying for membership can demonstrate that they have 
consistently made sizeable contributions to OpenStreetMap, for example 
by mapping.
The OSMF Membership Working Group will, together with the Board of 
Directors, define what counts as “sizeable contributions”.
++The applicant chooses between regular membership or associate 
membership when applying.++
~~Just like paid membership,~~ ~~m~~++M++embership under the membership 
fee waiver programme must be renewed annually.



This is currently just an idea. This may, or may not, be the final text. 
The board might not even propose this. Please provide feedback.

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Rory
[¹] 
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2020-October/007231.html