[OSM-talk] Proliferation of path vs. footway

[Roy Wallace]

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 2:39 PM, John Smith<delta_foxtrot at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'm in agreement with Tom's suggestion of a working group, however they should have the ability to make decisions they come to stick, true democracies fail from everyone having their own agendas.

Define "stick" i.e. no one can force people to tag in a certain way,
so what are you referring to? Just the wiki or something else? This
worries me a bit...

> Outline the responsibilities and such of the working group, ask for people to nominate themselves, have a limited number of positions on the working group and they act to filter all future proposals, anything that seems reasonable should be discussed, properly worked out.

This sounds fine. Basically what seems to be going on here is that,
firstly, if someone is given a "role", there is an assumption they
will provide a more valuable contribution. And secondly, that this
structure will provide more useful discussion than the completely
unstructured solution at the moment - the emailing list. Seems
reasonable.

> Once there is a formal proposal it should be put out for a comment period in which anyone can discuss their thoughts on the matter, and from this either the proposal is refined or moves to become official.

Doesn't seem to be any different to the current situation. I guess it
comes down to what you mean by the ability of a working group to "make
decisions stick".