Re: [Talk-ca] [Osmf-talk] EVERYONE: PLEASE VOTE

2009-08-19 Thread SteveC
First I think you just breached the data protection act and are using data which even I don't have access to, but lets ignore that and the fact that Nick has actually been pushing to make the list more open. A list which only you, Mike and 80n have. I really wish we could just pay people in

Re: [Talk-ca] [Osmf-talk] EVERYONE: PLEASE VOTE

2009-08-19 Thread Corey Burger
massive snip about corporate influence The GNOME foundation fixed this a few years ago by saying that only a certain percentage of the board. I quote from http://foundation.gnome.org/about/charter/ No single organization or company will be allowed to control more than 40% of the board seats,

[Talk-ca] Encourage foundation candidates to self-govern

2009-08-19 Thread Richard Weait
The Foundation board should have no more than one candidate from each company in my opinion. http://weait.com/content/osmf-candidate-recall ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca

Re: [Talk-ca] Encourage foundation candidates to self-govern

2009-08-19 Thread Matthias Versen
Richard Weait wrote: The Foundation board should have no more than one candidate from each company in my opinion. Unbelievable ! Sorry but why is Cloudmade trying to corrupt the free and open Openstreetmap with such actions ? Shame on you ! Matthias

Re: [Talk-ca] [OSM-talk] Encourage foundation candidates to self-govern

2009-08-19 Thread Sam Vekemans
They arn't, Its just we (as in the OpenStreetMap community) want to ensure that all decisions that get made, are done done so with the best interest of the community. And of course, it will. :-) (even with more CM staff on board As thats great to have) So having representatives who are