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[Jason Ward]

Thanks for the link Richard (I should become a member and jump on over
there!),

Very casual mapper here though so my membership will have to wait.  I spent
about an hour following a couple of those threads though.

For a start, and because I don't see threads like this unless I'm linked to
them, is there any reason why forums are not used?  I get that it adds a
moderation overhead where there is minimal effort now but would the benefit
of easily accessible information in the forms these types of discussion be
of greater benefit to a community none the wiser?  I get that its up to the
individual to themselves aware of the access points but forums expose
information much more easily than these lists do.  I suggest also emoticons
would serve to soften tone / bridge the Non-verbal communication gap and
alleviate some miscommunication that might occur with lists.

The other point of interest is the huge amount of effort that went into
documenting the Working Group activities (So.  Many.  Working.  Groups.
So.  Many. IRC. Minutes).  I didn't realise.

I'm also interested in the 'tension' I feel between the Not-For-Profit
situation OSM is "in" and Corporate interests (Ref: [Osmf-talk] Death and
evolution) and how there is a desire to form a Funding WG (Ref: [Osmf-talk]
Funding WG).

Cheers,

Jason

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