Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF Elections - We need representatives that can represent and respect the diversity of OSM, maintain his dynamism

2015-12-01 Thread Pierre Béland
15h44 Objet : Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF Elections - We need representatives that can represent and respect the diversity of OSM, maintain his dynamism Pierre,   FOSM is the fork of OSM that was created when we changed the license and a group of people didn't like it. What you are talking about i

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF Elections - We need representatives that can represent and respect the diversity of OSM, maintain his dynamism

2015-12-01 Thread Frederik Ramm
Pierre, FOSM is the fork of OSM that was created when we changed the license and a group of people didn't like it. What you are talking about is OSMF ;) Bye Frederik -- Frederik Ramm ## eMail frede...@remote.org ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" ___

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF elections

2011-08-27 Thread Mike Dupont
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: Hi, On 08/26/11 07:07, Mike Dupont wrote: If you want to sponsor me a membership than I am willing to speak. I would like to see a rule that says: The yearly membership fee is X. If you would like to be a member

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF elections

2011-08-26 Thread Anthony
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 4:59 AM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: Hi, On 08/26/11 07:07, Mike Dupont wrote: If you want to sponsor me a membership than I am willing to speak. I don't think it would be received well if either an existing board member or the OSMF as a whole were to

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF elections

2011-08-26 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2011/8/26 Anthony o...@inbox.org: But board members don't have to act within the best interest of OSMF as a whole every time they give a gift to anyone! Anthony, can you expand on this, or was it a typo? cheers, Martin ___ talk mailing list

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF elections

2011-08-26 Thread Anthony
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 8:31 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: 2011/8/26 Anthony o...@inbox.org: But board members don't have to act within the best interest of OSMF as a whole every time they give a gift to anyone! Anthony, can you expand on this, or was it a typo? I

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF elections

2011-08-26 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2011/8/26 Anthony o...@inbox.org: On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 8:31 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: 2011/8/26 Anthony o...@inbox.org: But board members don't have to act within the best interest of OSMF as a whole every time they give a gift to anyone! Anthony, can you

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF elections

2011-08-26 Thread Anthony
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: 2011/8/26 Anthony o...@inbox.org: On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 8:31 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: 2011/8/26 Anthony o...@inbox.org: But board members don't have to act within the best

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF elections

2011-08-26 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2011/8/26 Anthony o...@inbox.org: yes, this clarifies the gift, but still I think that board members indeed do have to act within the best interest of OSMF and OSM as a whole (whatever this is, asuming good faith). All the time? of course, as long as they are a board member and maybe in some

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF elections

2011-08-26 Thread Anthony
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 9:43 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: 2011/8/26 Anthony o...@inbox.org: yes, this clarifies the gift, but still I think that board members indeed do have to act within the best interest of OSMF and OSM as a whole (whatever this is, asuming good

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF elections

2011-08-26 Thread Anthony
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: As for the obligations of board members, while they are generally not allowed to act in a way which harms the organization of which they are a board member, and are not allowed to *use, for personal purposes, confidential

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF elections

2011-08-26 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2011/8/26 Anthony o...@inbox.org: absurd. Really, I'm not sure how you can even make that claim, unless you haven't thought about what it means.  When a board member eats dinner, should the board member consider whether eating a cheeseburger or salad is in the best interests of OSMF, given

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF elections

2011-08-26 Thread Anthony
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: 2011/8/26 Anthony o...@inbox.org: absurd. Really, I'm not sure how you can even make that claim, unless you haven't thought about what it means.  When a board member eats dinner, should the board member

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF elections

2011-08-26 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2011/8/26 Anthony o...@inbox.org: As for the obligations of board members, while they are generally not allowed to act in a way which harms the organization of which they are a board member, and are not allowed to *use, for personal purposes, confidential information* which they obtained via

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF elections

2011-08-26 Thread Anthony
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: 2011/8/26 Anthony o...@inbox.org: As for the obligations of board members, while they are generally not allowed to act in a way which harms the organization of which they are a board member, and are not allowed

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF elections

2011-08-26 Thread Mike Dupont
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: 2011/8/26 Anthony o...@inbox.org: As for the obligations of board members, while they are generally not allowed to act in a way which harms

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF elections

2011-08-26 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Am 26.08.2011 10:59, schrieb Frederik Ramm: I would like to see a rule that says: [...] in my first thoughts this sounds as a good idea in my point of view. Best regards, Michael. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF elections

2011-08-25 Thread Mike Dupont
Well, I cannot run for election because I am not a paying member. I have spend a lot of time and money working on osm kosovo and I dont see why I should sink more money into this. If my contributions do not warrant a membership then I see this as not for me. We organized three conferences and

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF elections

2011-08-15 Thread Kate Chapman
Hi Richard, Is how many positions are open and which positions available? Thanks, Kate On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: In prior years the elections were held at an AGM with proxy votes by email for those not able to attend.  Last year, the OSMF board

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF elections

2011-08-15 Thread Richard Weait
On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 6:27 AM, Kate Chapman k...@maploser.com wrote: Hi Richard, Is how many positions are open and which positions available? I've not seen any information on that yet. Based on the 1/3 per year, I expect 2 or three spots to be up for election.

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF elections

2011-08-15 Thread Tom Hughes
On 14/08/11 15:30, Richard Weait wrote: So if you have been thinking about standing for election to the OSMF board, if you have issues that you would like to see discussed by candidates, if you have suggestions and requests for those involved, now is a good time to start putting things in

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF elections

2011-08-15 Thread Cartinus
On Monday 15 August 2011 15:31:54 Tom Hughes wrote: On 14/08/11 15:30, Richard Weait wrote: So if you have been thinking about standing for election to the OSMF board, if you have issues that you would like to see discussed by candidates, if you have suggestions and requests for those

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF elections

2011-08-15 Thread SteveC
I would encourage everyone to have a think about running for the board and look to what you can contribute. Be aware when thinking about it that we have a lot of work to do and meet frequently. That might impact your work and social life, it's not a ceremonial role, just ask Henk :-) The

[OSM-talk] OSMF elections

2011-08-14 Thread Richard Weait
In prior years the elections were held at an AGM with proxy votes by email for those not able to attend. Last year, the OSMF board election was held at SotM - Girona, with the same proxy votes by email. this was seen as an improvement and will be the method used this year as well. We're coming

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF elections

2011-08-14 Thread Mike Dupont
I would like to run, on the platform of decentralizing the infrastructure and opening things up a bit. mike On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: In prior years the elections were held at an AGM with proxy votes by email for those not able to attend. Last