[Osmf-talk] 2021 Board election - Submission of self-nominations has closed

[john whelan]

You'd base it on population or the number of mappers?

John

On Sun, Oct 24, 2021, 10:55 Simon Poole <simon at poole.ch> wrote:

>
> Am 24.10.2021 um 16:15 schrieb John Whelan:
> > ...
> >
> > I note that four are from the USA.  If you look at the USA it's a
> > collection of states.  The states of California, Texas and New York
> > all have GDPs above Russia, Australia etc.  Florida isn't far behind.
> > The laws in Texas and California are quite different, certainly for
> > voters registration, green house gases etc.
> >
> > I think it's not too bad considering.
> >
> Why would the GDP of the country of residence be relevant for a OSMF
> board position?
>
> PS: from a political regime pov there are a number of countries that are
> a federation of states that could be considered independent entities
> (with own laws, administration and so on), nothing special about the US
> in that respect at all.
>
>
>
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