[Osmf-talk] Updated membership prerequisites plan

[Aimee Knight]

It would not be "drop membership requirements" as the only current
membership level with requirements is Active Contributor membership,
according to https://join.osmfoundation.org/ at the time of writing.
Neither Normal Membership nor Associate Membership has requirements, so in
fact, if I understand the board's proposal correctly, they wish to
introduce requirements across all levels of membership.

I note that I would not have met the proposed requirements at the time I
became a member, if they were the requirements of the time, I do wonder if
the board has given consideration to how it would handle members who are
now members but would not qualify for membership under the proposed
requirements?

*Aimee - speedbirdsunflower*
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On Tue, 7 Jun 2022 at 15:16, Mateusz Konieczny via osmf-talk <
osmf-talk at openstreetmap.org> wrote:

> That seems to be extremely low and very close to "drop membership
> requirements"
>
> I would be strongly against this.
>
> 7 cze 2022, 16:06 od guillaume.rischard at osmfoundation.org:
>
>
> Hi Emilie,
>
> 15 days lifetime is the current plan.
>
> Guillaume
>
> On Jun 6, 2022, at 21:23, Emilie Laffray <emilie.laffray at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 
> Hello
>
> Out of curiosity, is that 15 days lifetime or over a period of time?
>
> On Sun, Jun 5, 2022, 15:23 Guillaume Rischard <
> guillaume.rischard at osmfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Thank you all for your feedback to the consultation on membership
> prerequisites. Based on your responses and discussion at the board’s
> virtual face-to-face meeting, we have decided not to call an extraordinary
> general meeting to change membership rules. We intend instead to implement
> measures on new memberships through a board decision at the next OSMF board
> meeting (if we’re happy with your feedback here). We will limit new
> memberships to people who have at least registered three months ago and
> mapped 15 days. Later, we will use a survey to gather additional feedback
> and confirm the membership’s support for the change. We also evolved our
> thinking on the criteria. More on both points below.
>
> Point 1: The implementation.
>
> The plan so far was to implement membership prerequisites through a
> general meeting. Because the next AGM in December is still a long time off,
> moving forward with this now would require an additional meeting to be
> scheduled specifically for this topic. Calling a meeting of all foundation
> members, and doing the same for any future tweaks to the requirements,
> seems cumbersome.
>
> To avoid this, we want to install requirements on new memberships through
> a simple board decision (which we’re allowed to do by the Articles of
> Association). We’re not casting anything in stone, and a future board can
> adjust the requirements.
>
> 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.
>
> Point 2: The requirements.
>
> We’re hearing a lot of discussion about how to validate
> non-mapping contributions. We also hear workload concerns from our working
> group volunteers. That’s why we’re now considering to count only mapping
> days, but set the barrier so it isn’t too high for people who mostly
> contribute in non-mapping ways.
>
> 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.
>
> Please let us know your thoughts on our plan.
>
> Guillaume
>
>
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