[Osmf-talk] Survey plans on membership prerequisites decision

[john whelan]

Or even should we allow consumers of OpenStreetMap to show their support by
paying the membership fee?

John

On Thu, Sep 1, 2022, 13:07 Nick Allen <nick.allen.54 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I think it needs to be more open in terms of 'contribution' - if we have
> someone who is very keen to see OSM continue to succeed, but their area
> of interest is the legal side of things, on which they give advice or
> guidance, then that is acceptable to me. But does it need to be wider
> than that, and if so, what sort of contribution is acceptable and over
> what period of time?
>
> Regards
>
> Nick (Tallguy)
>
> On 01/09/2022 13:24, Tobias Knerr wrote:
> > 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?
> >
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