[Osmf-talk] Possible AoA Amendment #2: Your boss can't force you to vote a certain way

[Andy Allan]

On Sun, 25 Oct 2020 at 00:56, Michal Migurski via osmf-talk
<osmf-talk at openstreetmap.org> wrote:
>  I don’t think it’s a legitimate risk or a real problem. None of the commercial organizations where I or my OSM community works would consider such a high-risk, low-reward move. I’m not aware of other organizations with an interest in undermining OSM’s established governance or the motivation to do so.

I find this statement naive to the point of incredulity. It's less
than 2 years since we had to deal with one company directing over 100
employees to sign up for membership mere hours before the election
deadline. Have you really forgotten this already?

This wasn't even the first attempt at doing so; I'm personally aware
of two other attempts since OSMF was formed. Given that I've never
been a member of the MWG nor the Board, nor do I have any insights
into the internals of other organisations, then these three attempts
are merely the lower limit on the true number. So beyond just the 2018
event, I would say that organised corporate influence attempts on
board elections is a real, and recurring, threat to the OSMF, and not
one that can be so lightly dismissed.

Thanks,
Andy