[OSM-talk] wiki - OSM Foundation

SteveC steve at asklater.com
Mon May 22 09:41:11 BST 2006


* @ 22/05/06 12:38:52 AM reviews at pacific-rim.net wrote:
> Just looking at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Foundation
> 
> on that page it states "Preliminary Members of the OpenStreetMap
> Foundation will have the right to vote for the three principal
> officers of the foundation in the first vote. This vote will be open
> from June 11, 2006 for a period of x days. Preliminary members will
> not have any other rights or obligations."
> 
> My understanding of a strict interpretation of the above, is that once
> the three principal officers have been elected they can do what ever
> they like, as the preliminary members have no further rights.  Whilst
> in practice I am sure it is likely that the three principal officers
> will have the best interests of the OSM project at heart, I do not
> like the theory of blindly handing everything over to the control of
> three people with absolutely no checks or controls. 
> 
> The problem seems to stem from the fact that the idea is to elect
> three people, but not to give them any specific responsibilities of
> what they are to do next.

Ok, so maybe this exists only in my head and I'd assumed this was the
IRC consensus: That the three would work on the long term method of
membership and would put options to the members to vote on. They'd
define other formal roles, again to be voted on. And most important for
me as I'm personally liable for everything right now, the formal
incorporation options would be voted on.

> I think that allied to the fact that we are to vote for the three
> specified positions that it should be made clear that it is the
> responsibility of those three to come up with a constitution / way
> forward etc, that the preliminary members will be able to vote upon.
> If in such a vote the a majority of the preliminary members do not
> agree with the constitution then either the three elected persons
> should redraft the constitution, or should subject themselves to
> re-election.

Sounds fair to me.

have fun,

SteveC steve at asklater.com http://www.asklater.com/steve/




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