[Osmf-talk] Results of the survey on membership prerequisites

[Tobias Knerr]

668 members have completed the OSMF board's survey on membership 
prerequisites. Thank you all for your time! Results follow below, full 
version with diagrams is available at https://community.osm.org/t/-/5768

## Q01: Should an OSMF membership with voting rights require 
contributions to OSM?

Yes: 499 (74.70%)
No: 75 (11.23%)
N/A: 94 (14.07%)

## Q02: On how many days should a person contribute to OSM before they 
can become a voting OSM Foundation member?

0: not displayed because previous answer was no): 75 (11.23%)
1 day: i.e. any contributions at all): 33 (4.94%)
7 days: 49 (7.34%)
16 days: 96 (14.37%)
21 days: 110 (16.47%)
42 days: 116 (17.37%)
3 months: 108 (16.17%)
more: 54 (8.08%)
N/A: 27 (4.04%)

## Q03: Would you like to share any other thoughts on the topic?

197 participants responded to this open-ended question. Among the 
responses, frequent topics include (in no particular order):

- non-mapping contributions
- ability to game the metric, vulnerability as a takeover protection 
mechanism
- requests for different metrics or additional prerequisites (such as 
edit quality, recurring contributions, time since the first edit, 
counting only volunteer contributions)
- impact on how inclusive and welcoming OSM appears and how well the 
interests of consumers are represented in the foundation
- desire for some form of non-voting membership type for recurring donors
- appreciation for the board's initiative and support for the 
introduction of membership prerequisites