[Osmf-talk] Survey plans on membership prerequisites decision

[Chilufya Charles]

No restriction, and  I think the sustainability of OSMF depends on the
active members we may have. so the 42 days of being active and
contributions  looks good and can be maintained.
My take

Charles:;

On Fri, 2 Sept 2022 at 01:18, Damilola Olufemi <olufemidamilola263 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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