Re: [HOT] OSM Foundation member fees changing

Reshare or reference as you want, this is a public list, not a private conversation, so the message is intended to be seen by many people to give the opinion and share their thoughts and suggestions of solutions ! Fee waivers are not the unique solution. In fact those that donate the most in all

Re: [HOT] OSM Foundation member fees changing

Very true, thanks Rory. And I neglected to mention the automatic waiver where transfers are a problem... Still happy to see contribution to OSM systematically acknowledged! Pete On Sat, 4 Apr 2020, 15:49 Rory McCann, wrote: > On 03.04.20 23:04, Pete Masters via HOT wrote: > > This is

Re: [HOT] OSM Foundation member fees changing

On 03.04.20 23:04, Pete Masters via HOT wrote: This is different to HOT membership as to be a member for OSMF you had to pay £15 (sterling) or apply for an exemption on an individual basis (whereas for HOT, you need to be nominated). This fee was regardless of whether £15 was a lot of money or

Re: [HOT] OSM Foundation member fees changing

Thanks Philippe for the thoughts! Can you make sure that you also share with m...@openstreetmap.org or post to the OSMF talk list [1] . Conversation ongoing in both places :) Pete [1] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/osmf-talk On Sat,

Re: [HOT] OSM Foundation member fees changing

For those that are unemployed, paying 15 pounds once is much money, including in "rich" countries because of higher general prices for life with the low incomes (ven with social benefits). Also lot of people can't pay online with their debit card (and they have difficulties to spare that money

[HOT] OSM Foundation member fees changing

Hi all, don't know if you have seen but the OpenStreetMap Foundation have been discussing membership fees. Some interesting new proposals have been voted on recently...