[OSM-talk] [Osmf-talk] SOTM Africa

[Mateusz Konieczny]

Mandatory attendance would discourage
real volunteers.

I prefer on board someone who represents
OSM community and is unable to be present
on SOTM Africa over someone who is able to make trip there
but is representative of a company
that deliberately fails to properly attribute mappers*

*for example Facebook (that is problematic also for many other reasons).
It makes presence of its representatives/employees/etc on 
OSMF board highly unwelcome.



24 Nov 2019, 01:05 by steve at stevecoast.com:

> I’m confused why you think all board members are volunteers? That feels like a convenient fiction.
>
> Best
>
> Steve
>
>
> From:>  Jorden Verwer <jorden at verwer.express>
>  > Sent:>  Saturday, November 23, 2019 11:52:00 PM
>  > To:>  Steve Coast <steve at stevecoast.com>
>  > Cc:>  talk at openstreetmap org Talk <talk at openstreetmap.org>; osmf-talk at openstreetmap.org <osmf-talk at openstreetmap.org>
>  > Subject:>  Re: [Osmf-talk] SOTM Africa>  >  
> Hello Steve,
>  
>  It's good to hear that you had a nice time in Ivory Coast and that SOTM 
>  Africa appears to have been a success. For me, as a passive OSMF member 
>  who only attended SOTM once and rarely participates in discussions 
>  outside of the AGM, I can only respect people who spend way more time on 
>  OSM than I do - and that obviously includes you. I also think it's 
>  generally a good idea for as many board members as possible to attend 
>  SOTM conferences.
>  
>  What I'm not so sure I agree with you on is your proposal to make 
>  attendance of at least one OSMF board member mandatory. The board 
>  consists of volunteers, and for any board member there can be very valid 
>  reasons why they can't or won't attend. As a consequence, this may apply 
>  to all board members simultaneously in some situations. What would the 
>  effect of your proposal be in such a situation? Can the planned SOTM 
>  conference not take place then and there? Will the board be penalized? 
>  Neither option seems to be all that desirable, so instead I'd propose 
>  that OSMF board member attendance be highly recommended, but not 
>  required.
>  
>  Oh, and I should probably not get involved in this, so against my better 
>  judgment I'll quote the page Christoph linked to:
>  "We expect this to be the official election campaign process. We won't 
>  restrict members to continue to talk on our members' mailing list nor 
>  will we restrict candidates to continue discussions, but we don't 
>  encourage them to do so. The official answers and questions thereof 
>  should be what voters use to judge."
>  
>  Regards,
>  
>  Jorden
>

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