[Osmf-talk] Awareness on Membership software (CiviCRM) issues under Membership WG and Board review

[Heather Leson]

Thank you for this update. And for your and Sarah's follow-up.

Heather

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On Tue, Aug 6, 2024 at 2:06 PM Arnalie Vicario <
arnalie.vicario at osmfoundation.org> wrote:

> Dear OSMF members,
>
> I’d like to inform you about two separate issues detected regarding our
> membership software that can affect the upcoming OSMF Board Elections.
>
> *Issue 1:* As we became aware from the last election, some members who
> are eligible to vote did not receive a ballot due to a bug in our
> membership management software and PayPal payments.
>
>    - The Board (Sarah and I) are working with the Membership WG to detect
>    and monitor potentially affected renewal.
>    - A consultant is also working on the issue.
>    - We will notify everybody when ballots are sent out, so that you make
>    sure, you receive your ballot and let us know if there are issues.
>
> *Issue 2:* As mentioned during board meetings, it was discovered that
> active contributor memberships were automatically granted after people
> applied, even in cases where they were not eligible (number of mapping days
> in past 365 days less than 42).
>
>    - The software bug has been recently fixed.
>    - The Board and the Membership WG will notify affected applications.
>    We hope to do this by the end of this week.
>
> Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.
>
>
> Warm regards,
> Arnalie
> Board liason for MWG
> *Arnalie Vicario*
> Board Member
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