[Osmf-talk] Updated membership prerequisites plan

[Simon Poole]

Am 06.06.2022 um 00:18 schrieb Guillaume Rischard:
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> Point 1: The implementation.
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> Later this year, we will formally survey of the membership. Compared 
> to a general meeting, a survey is more flexible in the types of 
> questions we can ask. We will not be limited to simple yes-no votes, 
> but can specifically ask about details such as the number of days, the 
> types of contributions, and other aspects of the proposed 
> requirements. Based on your response to the survey, we would decide 
> whether further, less or different measures are necessary.
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> Point 2: The requirements.
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> Pending membership feedback, the Board therefore intends to accept new 
> normal and associate memberships applications only from persons who 
> have mapped over 15 days, and have registered at least three 
> months ago. The Board will ask the Membership Working Group to 
> implement these restrictions.
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> Please let us know your thoughts on our plan.
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Well, all of the above would seem to go counter to the what the 
membership actually decided, and second, doesn't seem to offer the 
option of telling the board that the whole thing is a terrible idea and 
should not be implemented in the 1st place (which was implicit in the 
original decision).

It isn't a question of if I, myself, consider such restrictions a good 
idea or not, the problem is that you are simply not offering the 
membership any alternative to the path the board has decided to go down 
on a very controversial matter.

Simon

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