[Osmf-talk] Survey plans on membership prerequisites decision

[Damilola Olufemi]

Getting a membership should be based on input and active participation of
interested osm volunteer. There shouldn't be a restriction, to encourage
the building of a larger community of OSMF members. But there should be
requirement.

A 3 months or more days of contribution could be enacted, to test
interested member's commitment.

Regard
Damilola


On Thu, Sep 1, 2022, 20:03 Stephan Knauss <osm at stephans-server.de> wrote:

> On 01.09.2022 14:24, Tobias Knerr wrote:
> >
> > - 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
>
> It would skip, if the previous answer was "no", so OSMF should not
> restrict the voting, right?
>
> I understand the second question about asking the membership on high the
> bar should be to lift that restriction and allow voting.
>
> > - Would you like to share any other thoughts on the topic?
>
> I would explicitly state a combination of editing and days. Something
> like at least edits to 10 elements AND 5 mapping days prior the
> application.
>
> This is in my opinion a very low bar. I think we had some time in the
> past a regulation defining "active contributor". We could also use this
> definition.
>
> While I fully understand and acknowledge that some people contribute to
> OSM in other ways than editing the map, having at least some minimal
> experience on editing gives them the required understanding on the
> process to vote with some understanding on what is going on in the
> community and can by this make better informed decisions influencing the
> foundation. And even if you are not interested in editing: Doing five
> times edits is very low. Likely you had been in touch with OSM way more
> often if you consider paying money for a membership and you want to vote
> in this organization.
>
> The initial question was lacking this detail, but it likely is about
> "normal" members which have full voting rights in the foundation.
>
> As this is about membership and voting, this does not prevent anyone
> from doing donations to support OSMF or having associate or company
> memberships which come without full voting power.
>
> Stephan
>
>
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