[Osmf-talk] Survey plans on membership prerequisites decision

[Tobias Knerr]

Hi all,

at our June 2022 meeting, the board of the OSM Foundation (OSMF) decided 
to only accept new applications for OSMF membership and associate 
membership from people who have previously contributed to OpenStreetMap.

We've run several rounds of consultations before taking this step, but 
to make sure we're actually moving in the right direction, we 
additionally plan to perform a survey among the OSMF membership.

What follows is our current draft for questions to include in the 
survey. Feel free to share your thoughts on the survey design.

Draft of survey questions:

- Should the OSMF restrict at all who can get a membership with voting 
rights?
   * Yes/No/Unsure

- (skip if "yes" to previous) On how many days should a person 
contribute to OSM before they can become a voting OSM Foundation member?
   * 1 day (i.e. any contributions at all)
   * 7 days
   * 16 days
   * 21 days
   * 42 days
   * 3 months
   * more

- Would you like to share any other thoughts on the topic?