[OSM-talk] reddit AMA with some OSMF Board members. 15:00Z 9 Nov

Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdreist at gmail.com
Fri Oct 30 09:04:12 UTC 2020


Am Do., 29. Okt. 2020 um 22:31 Uhr schrieb Rory McCann <rory at technomancy.org
>:

> On Thu, 29 Oct 2020, at 9:30 PM, Christoph Hormann wrote:
> > So i suppose you will circumnavigate any subject related to OSMF
> > governance or the election and that you will not refer to what is going
> > to be said there in any future discussion of OSMF matters (because then
> > it would need to be considered as part of a consultation by the board).
>
> What, you think, I personally am not allowed to even _talk_ about anything
> to do with OSMF unless it's (e.g.) on this mailing list?! Come on,
> Christoph, that's ridiculus. If someone emails me, am I required to publish
> that email and any reply I make?! Seriously that's not what the committment
> to open communication channels means.



There's a difference between a chat among some people and a "Ask me
anything" which you, representing yourself as a board member and other
members of the board ("Some of us on the OSM Foundation Board") announce on
the talk list with the words: "It's an oppertunity to ask us some
questions.".

When digging slightly deeper it surfaces that people who do not want to
sign up at <proprietary third party> can only read. "Ask me anything" in
readonly mode?

Rory, I am absolutely sure there was no bad intent in the choice of format
and platform, but given where this discussion went so fast, I believe the
setting should be reconsidered, evaluating the possibility of choosing an
open platform.

Cheers
Martin
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