[Osmf-talk] Draft resolution on membership prerequisites

[john whelan]

I'd like to suggest that we accept membership from anyone,  money is always
nice, but voting is restricted to someone who has made 42 days of
contributions.  That way we can sign people up and get their money without
having to wait until they have mapped for 42 days first.

I'm not quite sure how that would work but something along those lines.

That way people can support us financially without having to prove they
have fought with JOSM etc for 42 days.  I might even drop the 42 to 21.


Cheerio John

On Sun, Feb 13, 2022, 11:28 Tobias Knerr <osm at tobias-knerr.de> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> at the 2020 AGM, a 79% majority of the membership asked the board to
> propose prerequisites for membership in the OSM Foundation which would
> ensure that all applicants for membership have made a reasonable amount
> of contributions to OSM (not necessarily through mapping).[1]
>
> We would like to ask for your feedback to a first draft of this proposal
> which you can read below. It uses a definition for "reasonable amount of
> contributions" that is comparable to the active contributor
> membership[2], but has lower requirements: 42 days of contributions ever
> instead of 42 days per year. Existing memberships would not be affected
> by this change.
>
> The 2020 resolution called for a membership vote on this topic in 2021.
> Unfortunately, the board didn't produce a proposal in time for the 2021
> AGM and we would like to apologize for this delay. Our current plan is
> to have the resolution ready for a general meeting on April 30, 2022.
>
>
> # Potential text of the resolution
>
> Using its powers under §15 of the Articles of Association, the board of
> directors shall reject applications for membership or associate
> membership if the applicant has not demonstrably contributed to
> OpenStreetMap on at least 42 days. The specific form of the
> contributions (e.g. mapping vs. non-mapping) does not make a difference
> for the fulfilment of these prerequisites. The board may delegate
> verification and rejection of membership applications to a working group.
>
> ## Rationale:
>
> This change would more firmly establish the OSMF as an entity serving
> the people and communities who create OpenStreetMap. By ensuring that
> votes in Foundation elections and resolutions are cast by OpenStreetMap
> contributors, it becomes more likely that the Foundation will continue
> to support the the project well.
>
> The criteria take inspiration from the fee waiver (known as active
> contributor membership) to allow using a similar implementation. Unlike
> the fee waiver, eligibility will be evaluated as a one-time step during
> application for membership, rather than annually. As such, members do
> not have to fear losing their membership if their activity fluctuates or
> declines. Existing memberships won't be affected.
>
> ## Considerations:
>
> This one-time check applies to all member applications including those
> that pay the regular £15 membership fee.
>
>
> # Footnotes
>
> [1]
>
> https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Annual_General_Meetings/2020/Suggested_resolutions#Vote_3:_Work_on_membership_prerequisites
> [2] https://join.osmfoundation.org/active-contributor-membership/
>
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