[OSM-talk] Voting

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

> Hmmm, you and some other guys effectively sabotaged voting several  
> times.

This is not the first time you use the word "sabotage" in this  
context. I think it's rather strong language; I have openly expressed  
my opinion that's all.

> Did you noticed the side effect, that most of the discussion about  
> the proposals almost stopped completely

No I haven't noticed. I guess it's because summer's coming and people  
are out mapping.

> sabotaging an actually working voting process to more or less  
> quickly find decisions about how to improve stuff

Well I think what may have happened is that I shattered an illusion.  
It is just possible that people participating in the voting process  
were under the impression that their decisions are somehow more than  
recommendations, that they divide the OSM world into "approved" and  
"not approved" stuff and that they define what people will use or not  
use. I said that this is not the case, and maybe this has reduced  
motivation to participate in the process. But honestly, how can you  
ever believe that a process run by less than 0.1% of participants in  
the project can have any authority? "Well, all those mappers who  
don't use the opportunity to present, discuss and defend their views  
here will simply have to live with our decision"? Come on!

Bye
Frederik

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