[Osmf-talk] Possible Change to OSMF Fee Structure

[Eugene Alvin Villar]

Hello Rory and Board,

I am in favor of this proposal. The Foundation should not have to rely on
membership fees in order to sustain its finances, and at the same time,
members should be free to choose the type of membership they want. Amending
the Active Contributor Membership scheme to allow regular membership is a
good step.

Thanks,
Eugene

On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 3:18 AM Rory McCann (OSMF Board) <
rory.mccann at osmfoundation.org> wrote:

> 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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> tell other OSMF members about this topic.
>
> --
>
> Rory
> [¹]
>
> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2020-October/007231.html
>
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