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 sponsor membership for selected people ;)
So what? Who cares if it's not "received well"? There's absolutely nothing wrong with someone sponsoring membership for someone else, be that someone another member, a board member, a corporation, a non-profit, or whatever. Why would there be? OSMF as a whole sponsoring membership might be a problem if it wasn't agreed upon by OSMF as a whole (directly or indirectly), and/or especially if it was done for reasons other than the best interest of OSMF as a whole. 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! _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
