[OSM-talk] [Osmf-talk] Call to Take Action and Confront Systemic Offensive Behavior in the OSM Community

[Heather Leson]

Thank you to the board for listening to our appeal.

I look forward to collaborating on the next steps.

Heather

On Fri, 11 Dec 2020, 04:57 Allan Mustard, <allan.mustard at osmfoundation.org>
wrote:

> To the OSM and OSMF communities:
>
> I convey the following information on behalf of the Board of Directors of
> the OpenStreetMap Foundation.
>
> An outcome of the current controversy on the osmf-talk mailing list over
> misogynistic language is a decision by the Board as follows:
>
> The Board will find partners to help instate a moderator team for the
> OSMF-talk and talk mailing lists. These moderators need to have the trust
> of the community subject to the moderation (consent of the governed) by
> some kind of approval mechanism. This moderator team will start to work
> on enforcing the current Etiquette guidelines as soon as possible. We will
> also start work on updating/replacing our Etiquette rules, which must focus
> on balancing all participants' interests.
>
> We have asked the Local Chapters and Communities Working Group (LCCWG ) to
> take the lead on this and to work with signatories of the open letter to
> the Board [1] as well as members of the Diversity and Inclusion Special
> Committee to produce proposals for the Board to consider at its January
> meeting.  The LCCWG has accepted this task.  This issue will be on the
> agenda of the January meeting of the Board of Directors, exact time and
> date yet to be determined, though as is customary it will be posted to the
> Foundation's website well in advance.
>
> Members of the OSM community are, as always, welcome to share their
> opinions and any relevant information on this matter, either publicly via
> osmf-talk, or privately in direct communications to the LCCWG.  I feel
> compelled to remind all members of the community that a Code of Etiquette
> [2] has existed since June 2011 and shall be observed by all community
> members.
>
> Very best  regards to all,
> apm
>
> [1]
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/130JCTX9ve4H4ORXznmIVTpXiN3TX8nRGA8ayuTZ9ECI/edit?ts=5fd11436#heading=h.ccgtgjykcfgh
> [2] https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Etiquette
> -------
> *Allan Mustard, Chairperson*
> *Board of Directors*
> *OpenStreetMap Foundation*
>
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