[Talk-GB] OSMUK calls for directors

[Nick]

Hi Gareth

Perhaps in line with the OSM foundation's Diversity Statement 
(https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Diversity_Statement 
<https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Diversity_Statement>), this might 
be an opportunity to increase diversity of membership by appointing 
directors that can lead on this. In particular I was interested to read 
the article "'Visible women': Feminist mappers bridge data gap in urban 
design" 
(https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-women-tech-idUSKBN20V00H 
<https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-women-tech-idUSKBN20V00H>) 
and wondered if we could start by encouraging the appointment of more 
women directors?

Cheers

Nick

On 15/06/2021 19:17, Gareth L wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> The OSM UK (https://osmuk.org/ <https://osmuk.org/>) articles of 
> association stipulate that 2 directors step down each year, and as we 
> need a minimum of 5 directors to operate, we appoint at least 2 directors.
>
> Are you interested?
>
> I’m Gareth, and became a director at the OSM UK 2019 AGM, so here’s my 
> information to prospective candidates.
>
> You don’t need to have detailed knowledge of the history or workings 
> of OSM, nor be a coding wizard or have previous director experience, 
> and having any of these would not count against you.
> You don’t even need to be a super high prolific contributor to OSM.
>
> What you do need:
> Legally able to hold a directorship in the UK.
> Be (or become) an OSM UK member.
> Commit to attending a monthly call with the other directors.
> Be willing to take on some of the day to day running of the CIC. 
> Actual activity is not daily, and is a few hours a month to as much as 
> you fancy.
>
> Why?
> Hopefully you see value in there being a company being able to front 
> for OSM in the UK and would like to support that. Newcomers, 
> particularly companies, like to have a point of contact before 
> approaching a group of volunteers.
> You want to learn about the OSM ecosystem, from contributor groups to 
> potential data consumers through to OSMF.
> You’d like to help drive greater use, participation and engagement 
> with OSM data.
>
>
> If you’re considering it, or are unsure and would like to discuss what 
> it may entail in more detail, please contact us at board at osmuk.org 
> <mailto:board at osmuk.org> by June 21st.
>
> Thank you
>
> Gareth
>
>
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