Randy,
I just want to point out that there is an existing and well established
OSM-based service that already supplies worldwide boundaries in a number
of formats https://osm.wno-edv-service.de/boundaries/ .
Further the operator runs daily quality checks on changes in the boundaries.
Simon
Am
Am 11.06.2015 um 17:20 schrieb Randy Meech:
On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 10:55 AM, Simon Poole si...@poole.ch
mailto:si...@poole.ch wrote:
I just want to point out that there is an existing and well established
OSM-based service that already supplies worldwide boundaries in a number
the WMF, nor does the above
touch on the ethical aspects of copying from a third party, potentially
a competitor, without explicit permission and potentially in violation
of contractual terms of use/service.
Simon
Am 07.06.2015 um 18:40 schrieb SomeoneElse:
On 07/06/2015 12:43, Simon Poole wrote
Two remarks on the the discussion:
- the standard point: adding translations of names to OSM is (naturally)
nonsense, adding names commonly in use in a language for places isn't. I
somehow suspect that Frederiks suggestion is actually an attempt to
offload the dealing with the nonsense aspect to
Am 07.06.2015 um 14:12 schrieb Eugene Alvin Villar:
..
So the advice of being wary of Wikidata's CC0 license should also be the
same advice for OSM's ODbL license.
The difference is that while we don't warrant that the OSM dataset is
completely free of incompatible data, it is the intent
Am 07.06.2015 um 22:56 schrieb Christoph Hormann:
...
*Individual* facts are never an issue, neither under copyright nor
database rights, it only becomes a problem w.r.t. database rights once
you systematically transfer data on a larger scale. In other words a
single source=wikipedia is
It is not clear to me what isn't free about MLS, but in any case
openbmap has been around for quite a while.
The main issue with -all- of these alternative location services is that
they currently can't be seamlessly be integrated in to mobile OSs
without the cooperation of the manufacturers
While not totally on topic, I would like to point out that the Help tab
on openstreetmap.org contains direct links to the mailing lists, forums
etc. (since a couple of weeks) making having them far up in the
hierarchy on the wiki less of an issue.
Simon
Am 25.05.2015 um 15:30 schrieb Clifford
of arm chairing and mechanical edits for me. Yes there are a
few mappers up there with the bots but I don't believe that they are
particularly relevant.
On 19. Mai 2015 01:57:31 MESZ, Bryce Nesbitt bry...@obviously.com wrote:
On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 9:14 AM, Simon Poole si...@poole.ch wrote
Am 18.05.2015 um 15:18 schrieb Daniel Koć:
...
The most of the work in OSM is done not by the few hundreds of advanced
users, but by much more casual mappers.
...
You must have misunderstood something there, the top 50'000 (roughly 10%
of all) or so mappers have contributed
Am 17.05.2015 um 21:36 schrieb Daniel Koć:
.
I also don't think we should let anybody do anything on default map,
however the general idea is good if we split the problem:
1. We should have some tools to let people render their own style, no
matter how crazy. It's possible of course from
See http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/BardicMa
Due to the age of the edits they cause conflicts so need to be undone
manually.
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Th other question is: do we actually want to support (as in suggest
spelling) non-chain names or not? Currently the majority of at least the
restaurant names do not belong to chains, they are simply frequently
used names.
Simon
Am 16.05.2015 um 20:07 schrieb Michał Brzozowski:
Am 13.05.2015 um 22:00 schrieb Tom Lee:
..
Nope. I was referring to collective databases in the ODbL which are
roughly the equivalent of collective works in early versions of CC
licenses and only require the OSM derived part to be subject to the ODbL
terms.
This is the
Am 06.05.2015 um 16:42 schrieb Tom Lee:
...
I think the vast quantity of CC-BY licenses data is too important a
resource to ignore given the slightness of this limitation, but I
understand the need for conservatism. One of Creative Commons' US
affiliates is located at a law school here in
Have you looked at http://osm-icons.org/ at all for inspiration? While
some of them maybe a bit too detailed, I've used them together with the
original SJJB ones for
https://github.com/simonpoole/beautified-JOSM-preset with quite good
results.
Simon
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I'm really not sure what this discussion is doing on tagging and have
redirected follow ups to talk (it has in the matter of a few mails
already gone substantially off-topic though).
The page in question is actually a fork of
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Google_Map_Maker which was written
Am 05.05.2015 um 11:27 schrieb Andrew Harvey:
...
My question was does CC-BY 4.0 have the same issue? Could CC-BY 4.0
data be included in OSM.
...
My, very conservative, reading of CC-BY 4.0 would indicate that it has
additional issues over just the attribution problem for databases.
CC-BY
that aspect does not seem to be very high on the priority list
of anybody.
Simon
Am 06.05.2015 um 11:25 schrieb Simon Poole:
Am 05.05.2015 um 11:27 schrieb Andrew Harvey:
...
My question was does CC-BY 4.0 have the same issue? Could CC-BY 4.0
data be included in OSM.
...
My, very conservative
Am 06.05.2015 um 16:42 schrieb Tom Lee:
..
I think things are getting a little mixed up. The ODbL refers to
Derivative Databases and Produced Works but not Derivative Works
(well, except one, but I think that line exists because of poor
drafting, not a deliberate choice).
I *think* you
Am 04.05.2015 um 00:50 schrieb moltonel 3x Combo:
...
I can't help but draw a parallell between OSM and PostgreSQL, which
has the same actual product is only owned by a community, but lots of
companies offer commercial support structure. Nearly all other big
databases are backed by a
See
https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/963
for the PR.
Simon
Am 01.05.2015 um 11:26 schrieb Simon Poole:
I was actually going to suggest something along such lines given that
both the Help and About pages are not particularly well used. But didn't
want to get
Correct link worked now.
I'm not aware that anybody in the LWG has a BBC contact, but Harry Wood
from the CWG (and HOT) should have one.
It is one of the cases were more benefit is likely to be had by getting
the BBC to do a piece on OpenStreetMap, KLL and the volunteers that are
supporting
Am 01.05.2015 um 02:29 schrieb Nicholas G Lawrence:
Exactly why this is necessary is a mystery to me. If business wants to
make use of OSM data, they can download the planet file just like anyone
else. If business wants to contribute data, or donate equipment or
sponsor events,
Am 01.05.2015 um 08:56 schrieb Colin Smale:
I wonder how a marketing department would react if their (potential)
customers complained they couldn't find the store.
Gary knows very very very well who and how to contact if he actually had
a question. Just as the handful of others in the
The current Help page is all about mapping, and the About page does
contain a link to OSMF but without any information about what the OSMF
is or does in the ecosystem.
On 2015-05-01 09:45, Simon Poole wrote:
Am 01.05.2015 um 08:56 schrieb Colin Smale:
I wonder how a marketing
Am 01.05.2015 um 10:48 schrieb Christoph Hormann:
...
rant
Of course big head at company A usually knows how to quickly get in
contact with big head at company B, what really bugs them with OSM is
that they are supposed to use the same channels as John Doe.
/rant
Well less that,
/05/15 09:25, Simon Poole wrote:
I'm fairly sure that it has been discussed before (for a while
pre-redesign we had such a link at least on the German version which we
really should still have for legal reasons). I suspects the designers
issue is using screen real estate for stuff
Robert, the link doesn't seem to work (not just for me)
Simon
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I've done some thinking on further aspects of the geocoding issue and
have written a diary post on teh subject:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/SimonPoole/diary/34858
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Am 26.04.2015 um 11:50 schrieb Frédéric Rodrigo:
Hi,
We have finish the coverage of Germany by Osmose QA.
Osmose QA is a Quality Assurance tool. It detects and reports errors
based on more than 200 rulesets.
The major issue with osmose is that it invokes the notion of being
As somebody that has mapped a fair amount of sidewalks as separate ways
(for good reasons) I'm rather split on the issue (and as a tendency
against adding names to objects that don't actually have them).
The adding a tag to the street in question is all fine and dandy, if
- it is actually a
das
gerade im Auge hat.
M.a.W. manchmal geht es schnell, manchmal langsam.
Simon
Am 22.04.2015 um 12:36 schrieb Andreas Labres:
On 16.04.15 10:24, Simon Poole wrote:
Einfach in translatewiki ändern.
Das habe ich schon vor geraumer Zeit getan (soweit ich mich erinnere), die
Korrektur ist auch
The wiki is the wiki ... aka anybody can edit it. You should likely not
be relying on it as primary source for legal advice for your company.
Specifically the page in question has a header that reads:
This wiki page was used for discussion and development of the move to
the Open Database
Am 16.04.2015 um 09:29 schrieb Volker Schmidt:
..
Habe keine Ahnung, wer diese Seiten kontrolliert und aendern kann.
..
Einfach in translatewiki ändern.
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are likely to become if you
stand in front of each building for up to several minutes before moving on.
On April 13, 2015 4:02:24 AM CDT, Simon Poole si...@poole.ch wrote:
IMHO if you are actually entering stuff in to a mobile device, you may
as well use vespucci and just do
Am 14.04.2015 um 20:42 schrieb John F. Eldredge:
If all you are doing on the spot is recording the house number, then
what is the advantage to using Vespucci instead of a simpler tool?
No further processing step, upload and you are finished.
Other stuff, POIs and so one will tend to take
IMHO if you are actually entering stuff in to a mobile device, you may
as well use vespucci and just do it properly the first time. But hten
I'm biased.
Simon
Am 12.04.2015 um 18:50 schrieb Greg Morgan:
On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 6:35 PM, Harald Kliems kli...@gmail.com
Am 07.04.2015 um 16:51 schrieb Martin Koppenhoefer:
...
is this something the OSMF lawyers have had a look into? Is the issue
really copyright or is this about trademark (regarding the names
GR PR etc.)? Currently it seems we are accepting what the Fédération
Francaise de la Randonnée
Am 08.04.2015 um 15:23 schrieb Russ Nelson:
Simon Poole writes:
The wiki already explains: they hold a trademark for GR which makes
using the official names of the routes essentially impossible in and
Perhaps French trademark law is different than US trademark law, but
in the US, you
Am 04.04.2015 um 14:57 schrieb Kate Chapman:
...
Small reality check (not saying that this is anybodies fault, just how
it is):
- the US community shapes how the project is perceived by the media globally
- US based companies control the majority of funds spent on OSM
development and have a
Am 03.04.2015 um 02:41 schrieb stevea:
Facts about the world
Simon Poole writes:
Up to now OSM has drawn the line in such a way that stuff that is
signposted and is observable on the ground is fair game (with some
exceptions, I believe the GR issue is still unsolved).
Yes, all
Am 04.04.2015 um 18:40 schrieb stevea:
Re: [Talk-us] Facts about the world
I respectfully and strenuously disagree. We still (and likely will)
continue to have some predictable and manageable problems with import
of data from third party sources, but we have procedures in place to
make
Am 04.04.2015 um 17:03 schrieb Alex Barth:
I just don't want to be called a couch potato in the course of it ;-)
Couch carrot? :-P
Seriously, I believe Frederik was more referring to how OSM is viewed by
third parties and the impression outsiders could get from the image we
tend to market. And
Am 02.04.2015 um 05:20 schrieb Russ Nelson:
...
April Fools! Yes, you can. There are many kinds of public domain maps
whose republication needs no license. For example, in the US all maps
published before the magic date, whatever year it is we're up to
now. Maps copyrighted but not renewed.
I really have to second Richard on this, thank you to the weekly OSM team.
However I do wish we could make it more accessible/known for
non-insiders (this is less a failing of the editorial team and more a
general issue). Right now you need to be at least subscribed to a
mailing list to be made
an obigen ändern, und deshalb ist jede
Nanosekunde Diskussion über das Thema absolut und völlig sinnlos.
Simon
Am 15.03.2015 um 15:31 schrieb Florian Lohoff:
On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 03:22:44PM +0100, Simon Poole wrote:
Gar nicht und es wäre eh bedeutungslos (das ist doch sehr alter Kaffee
der wieder
Gar nicht und es wäre eh bedeutungslos (das ist doch sehr alter Kaffee
der wieder aufgewärmt wird).
Am 15.03.2015 um 14:17 schrieb Markus:
Wie kann man feststellen, ob ein Benutzer bei der Anmeldung
- PD und ODbL angekreuzt hat
- oder nur ODbL?
Mit herzlichem Gruss,
Markus
Am 10.03.2015 um 21:35 schrieb Stefan Keller:
Hi,
I have a problem with the usage values other yes in key building.
It seems to me that this any other usage of building=yes (for area
type) is almost purely redundant.
When looking at taginfo [1], building has following three top most key
Am 10.03.2015 um 20:07 schrieb Charles Henck:
...
The public can access our system, but they only can see the responses to
their own queries (with attached geocode). Based on your response,
would that not be publicly conveyed?
This likely boils down to who owns the rights to the data in
Am 10.03.2015 um 02:10 schrieb Alex Barth:
On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 11:52 PM, Simon Poole si...@poole.ch
mailto:si...@poole.ch wrote:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Data_License/Geocoding_-_Guideline#.22Collective_Database.22_alternative
1. Why is the input data
Am 09.03.2015 um 17:24 schrieb Charles Henck:
...
Q: More confusingly, if we used OSM to get the geocode a
latitude/longitude (or reverse geocode an address) for a dropped
request, would the database of requests (and private responses) be open?
...
I have difficulties understanding
how other mappers work, even for contributors very
much ingrained in how they do it.
Simon
Am 09.03.2015 um 20:23 schrieb Clifford Snow:
On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 12:19 PM, Simon Poole si...@poole.ch
mailto:si...@poole.ch wrote:
(obviously for nearly every thing except large scale
The real core question is: will you have newbies or not?
Old hands will have their favourite method of mapping anyway and are
unlikely to change (obviously for nearly every thing except large scale
geometry changes vespucci is the only reasonable solution :-)). For them
you simply need a
Jon Burgess tracked the issue down to a way node being dragged from
Japan to Brazil on the 3rd of this month, creating a very very long way
that increased the rendering time for a large number of tiles at high
zoom levels.
Simon
Am 07.03.2015 um 21:39 schrieb Grant Slater:
Hi Andrew,
Yes
Der Ort wo man die Zahlen findet hat sich seit Jahren (wirklich) nicht
geändert: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Stats
Und auch: http://osmstats.neis-one.org/
Simon
Am 03.03.2015 um 09:17 schrieb Markus:
In unserer Pressemappe
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Press_Kit
steht, dass
Am 02.03.2015 um 21:51 schrieb Jennifer Bauman:
Thank you all for your responses. I apologize for the vagueness - this
is a highly confidential project.
I suspect you will be better served by asking your question on
legal-questi...@osmfoundation.org Just as here we can naturally not
Am 02.03.2015 um 18:08 schrieb Jennifer Bauman:
Hi,
I'm thinking of using OSM in a way that I believe is different that the
use cases discussed
at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/License/Use_Cases and I would like
to know what the license requirements would be for this use case.
The
Am 23.02.2015 um 00:33 schrieb Andrew Harvey:
...
Just curious what's this used for?
Firming up the trademark application in Australia, see
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Trademark#Expansion_of_OpenStreetMap_Mark_Coverage
Simon
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The LWG is trying to document, preferably, early events with
OpenStreetMap participation and press/media mentions or pieces on OSM in
Australia. Typical stuff that we are looking for are: coverage of
mapping parties, conferences and exhibitions that have had community
participation, talks and so
Am 20.02.2015 um 08:52 schrieb Simon Poole:
...
Treating the geocoded results plus input data as a derivative DB
sidesteps various issues.
...
I should have mentioned that the single biggest advantage is that it
doesn't require us to supply a definition of what geocoding actually
Am 03.11.2014 um 00:45 schrieb Alex Barth:
I have two questions on the Collective DB alternative:
The derivative database consists of the data that has been used as the
input data for the geocoding process, as well as the data that has been
gained from OpenStreetMap in the process. Any
Actually I believe it is slightly less dead, potentially a Zombie, now
than it was a couple of months back, see
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/merkaartor/2015-January/thread.html
However it should be noted that is had less unique users in 2014 than
iD, JOSM, P2, vespucci, OsmAnd, Go
Am 09.02.2015 um 11:24 schrieb Hendrik Hoeth:
Hi,
I hope this is the right place to ask ... I'd like to know how I can
find a certain error in the map data. What I observe is the following:
- Import planet-150202 into psql-database using imposm. Settings are at
the bottom of this
Just an addition to what Andrew wrote, the stock camera app should have
an indication of when it has a fix. The OpenCamera app has a preferences
that requires a fix before you can take a picture and the added bonus of
storing compass information (needs to be set in a preference too).
Simon
Am
Am 13.01.2015 um 21:29 schrieb Wolfgang Zenker:
...
In Montana I have removed rather than changed these POIs, as they definitely
no longer existed before the GNIS import. Removing these for all of the US
would be a good thing, especially for hospitals. We definitely don't want
people in an
Wenn ich eine halbwegs verlässliche Auskunft zu einer Lizenzfrage
bekommen möchte, frage ich den Lizenzgeber, nicht eine x-beliebige
Mailingliste.
Fragen sollten an legal-questi...@osmfoundation.org gehen
Zusätzliche Guidelines zur Lizenz (die in diesem Fall vermutlich die
Fragen schon
Am 27.01.2015 um 12:40 schrieb Martin Koppenhoefer:
,
danke für den Link, die Seite kannte ich noch nicht.
.
Siehe auch
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/legal-talk/2014-April/thread.html
Mail von Michael Collinson vom 7. April.
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Hmmm mir fehlt, zum Beispiel bei der Addressfrage, die Möglichkeit
mehrere Antworten anzukreuzen. Generell gibt es ja bei Taggingfragen
häufig nicht nur eine Antwort, sondern der Mapper wird situativ, dass
machen was gerade am besten passt.
Simon
Am 21.01.2015 um 10:47 schrieb Harald Hartmann:
Am 21.01.2015 um 12:11 schrieb Harald Hartmann:
...
PS: Es kann mir doch keiner erzählen, dass er mehrere gleichgewichtige
Präferenzen hat ... dann hat er nämlich überhaupt keine
Präferenz/Meinung/wie auch immer ;-)
Ich halte die Varianten Node im Umriss und Auf dem Umriss für de facto
The SA versions of the CC commons licences prior to 4.0 are incompatible
with both the CTs and the ODbL.
The 4.0 version is some what out in the open because they are very new
and AFAIK there has been no rigorous investigation of the compatibility
issues, but it is unlikely that the situation is
Addresses are trivial to match by geographic proximity and the actual
values and given that addresses are one of the things that are quite
likely to move and be attached to other objects (and loose any
non-standard ref tags in the process) any tool that relies solely on
such ref tags is going to
Am 07.01.2015 um 13:00 schrieb Henning Hollburg:
Let's say I have a great source of Floating Car Data (FCD). I'd like to
use this FCD to calculate precise weights for edges I derived from OSM.
These edges will be used in an online navigation application later on.
The crux is the later on
Please see
http://osmfoundation.org/wiki/License/Community_Guidelines
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like this.
-- Původní zpráva --
Od: Simon Poole si...@poole.ch
Komu: legal-talk@openstreetmap.org
Datum: 7. 1. 2015 9:09:38
Předmět: Re: [OSM-legal-talk] OSM based GPS navigations and ODbl
license of OSM data
Please see
http://osmfoundation.org/wiki/License
StartSSL überprüft durchaus (mind. stichprobenmässig) ob die Domain der
Person tatsächlich gehört die das Zertifikat bestellt. Sprich
eigentlich kommst du nicht darum herum die Orga-zertifizierung zu
machen. Natürlich könnte man auch einfach die Domain der OSMF übertragen
und Grant könnte dann
Am 31.12.2014 um 18:14 schrieb Lars-Daniel Weber:
.
Are these objects to be released in ODbL and have they to be given back to
the community?
Since the CC-BY-SA tiles might have some generalisation (smoothing,
selection), this license also has to be encountered.
.
IMHO it really
I had a quick look at it.
Given that the OSM data is clearly separate from the google map
background I don't see any problem with that aspect. They naturally
should add attribution to OSM as soon as they display the buildings,
IMHO on the map.
Naturally if the agreement they have entered in to
Something has broke (unplanned naturally). Admins are working on it.
Am 13.12.2014 20:52, schrieb Brad Neuhauser:
Looks like there's some database maintenance happening--I didn't
notice anything about this on the list recently. Any idea what's up
and how long it might last? (was planning a
Am 01.12.2014 15:08, schrieb Robert Whittaker (OSM lists):
This also raises the question of whether there are any other
OGL-licensed datasets out there that have been used in OSM, but which
contain undocumented third-party IP rights that we don't have
permission to use.
This is,
Am 29.11.2014 22:51, schrieb Rob Nickerson:
Just to pick up on your point about HOT. Google has confirmed that
Imagery released under Skybox for Good can be digitized into OSM under
OSM's license. This applies to all imagery whether the imagery was
captured following a request from HOT or
Bryce, where are these common? Not something I've seen here (in a wide
sense of the word).
Simon
Am 15.11.2014 02:32, schrieb Bryce Nesbitt:
I'd like to encourage people to map bicycle repair stations. There are only
18 in the database right now. Can we double that this week?
I would like to personally thank ukasiu, emacsen, woodpeck and TomH for
developing and deploying this. A much wanted and needed feature.
Simon
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I commented on the better map vision here
http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/SimonPoole/diary/25975 .
Steve hasn't actually said how he wants to fix the problem in concrete
terms, given that as I write there are larger countries where there is
no easy, even hit and run, solution.
Simon
Am
iD macht das automatisch, was IMHO zwar leicht überraschend ist, aber
durchaus richtig.
Überlegung ist wohl: du hast ein gültiges geschlossenes Polygon z.B. für
ein Haus, der Nutzer teilt das Polygon. Wenn du jetzt nicht ein MP
daraus machst hast du ein falsch getaggtes Objekt wenn nichts weiter
See the thread on this list from the 27th.
Simon
Am 29.10.2014 22:35, schrieb Paul Johnson:
Wonder if we can get someone to reach out and see if we can get this
available to us under an amicable license. Seems to be making the New
York and Oklahoma GIS circles right now.
--
Particularly because the far more efficient is clearly false (for one
compare number of fundamental reforms at all level of government that
stick in Switzerland vs. other countries, particularly those with
two-party systems). The Swiss system is fairly fine-tuned though and
lots of things work
Rob
IMHO only: I would suggest asking for explicit permission (to trace and
to distribute the results on ODbL terms). It is not clear at all if
their licence would allow it and reading the blurb it seems as if the
use case they are thinking of is more online display of the images.
You should
Am 27.10.2014 22:58, schrieb Paul Norman:
The SkyBox imagery is CC BY 4.0, which *may* be compatible. It does
not have the obvious problems that earlier versions of CC BY have.
That is the one side of it, the other is that you will find that the
opinions on if tracing even creates a
Am 27.10.2014 18:23, schrieb Markus:
...
Bis jetzt ist OSM eine Technokratie.
Entscheidungen werden von Programmierern und Server-Admins getroffen.
Vermutlich sind viele in der OSMF organisiert.
Wobei die OSMF (mir) recht intransparent erscheint.
Das mag wohl so sein.
Andererseits
Am 27.10.2014 21:58, schrieb Manfred A. Reiter:
Kannst Du das hier dann bitte einmal ein wenig tranparenter machen.
Wer gehört denn zu seiner Junta?
Das weiss man nicht, aber sein Program ist: lasst mich mal für ein Jahr
machen, ich reduzier den Vorstand auf 3 Leute (sprich Steve plus 2) ,
löse
The current articles require the most senior 1/3 of the board to stand
down when an election is scheduled at a general meeting. Given that
non-election of incumbents that stand again has been rare, it
essentially doesn't guarantee fresh blood nor does it provide a maximum
accumulated term limit.
Am 23.10.2014 08:22, schrieb Sarah Hoffmann:
..
It very clear states the obligations of a board member with respect to
board meetings and transparency. How does the board hold its individual
members accountable for following the rules of order? How can the
OSMF membership hold board
See http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Video_mapping
and
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Video_Mapping_with_the_ContourGPS_Helmet_Camera
It is my preferred way of surveying if not on foot. There are numerous
problems, for example current affordable video cams tend to not have
enough resolution
It has all kinds of problems not that they are not fixable, but stuff
like assuming a fixed 1s GPS recording interval and similar and AFAIK
there was never a stable version released. Given that one of the nice
things about videos is that you don't actually need an exact position
for them to be
Sorry for sounding like a broken record to some: there are no EGMs or
AGMs any more under UK law, there are simply general meetings, there is
not even a requirement to have any at all (that is why we are suggesting
adding such a clause to the articles at the GM in Argentina) and you
could just as
Am 22.10.2014 11:48, schrieb David Cuenca:
Hi Martin,
thanks for the link. What about annual plans and community reviews?
Where can I see them?
David,
The WMF has a considerable amount of resources available both in funds
and in people. It is a very Apples and Oranges comparison, which
Serge
I want to apologize in case you missed explicit support from me (and the
board), it was likely just a miscommunication given that the person in
question lambasted essentially everybody that he had ever had contact
with and you in discussion suggested that we simply ignore him.
Simon
Am
Am 22.10.2014 23:38, schrieb Kate Chapman:
...
I was not suggested the entire board would be non-affiliated. There
are different approaches to this and you can look at other
organizations with mixed boards. Checks and balances are possible,
especially with a membership.
Just to clarify.
Hi Rob
I had the feeling that I had announced something outside of the board,
but that may simply be a figment of my imagination. Applications have
been received from Iceland, Italy and Japan. All three have the honor
and the pain of having to beta test the procedure, mainly providing us
with
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