[Osmf-talk] Normal OSMF membership for mappers - is it active?

Mateusz Konieczny matkoniecz at tutanota.com
Fri Aug 6 09:55:47 UTC 2021




Aug 6, 2021, 09:48 by osmf at m.spreng.ch:

> Hi Mateusz
>
> To elaborate on Allans response: We need to update quite a few pages on
> the join.osmfoundation.org website. We need to explain on the front page
> what the differences are, that Active Contributor Normal Members are
> still on the hook for 1£ even though the membership is free. The sub
> pages need to be changed like the sentence you found. There has not been
> any real progress yet, sorry.
> We are also working on automating the sign up and renewal progress, and
> currently a wave of Active Contributor Associate Members renewals is
> taking a lot of time.
>
Thanks for info! (I am not going to complain as I have done nothing
at all to help here - and sadly it is unfeasible for me to start yet
another project)

> By the way, I don't like the formulation "full" member that you chose.
> Normal members are governed by the UK companies act, which has severe
> privacy implications. Associate members are as fully OSMF members as the
> Normal ones, just avoiding the companies act. Of course that has also
> implications in slightly diminished voting capabilities: no vote on AoA
> changes.
>
I know that 
- members with diminished voting capabilities where setup not
  to have second-class members but as workaround for privacy 
  issue (that depending on situation may range from extremely
  serious and infeasible to annoying)
- membership for mappers being restricted was resulted of 
  mistake that is being corrected

Nevertheless "full" seems a much better description, as 
Associate Members are unable to vote on AoA changes
and from what I remember they are also restricted from being
board members (anything else?).

Maybe it is more clear for native speakers but for me it is not
clear at all which one of "Associate Members" and "Normal members"
gives more rights (at cost of revealing personal data to basically
anybody).
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