Good poll
I chose the "more fine-grained answer".
In super short, I think another related organization might be best to work with
corporate users and contributors, and that organization could relate to OSMF
through the local chapters mechanism (which I think should support not only
geographic chapters, but topical chapters). This is similarly to how HOT works
with the humanitarian world. It gears OSMF towards a more federated governance
model, where the key thing becomes how the Foundation and the Chapters relate.
It could help increase participation and voice of the OSM community, by
establishing a number of more organized channels for expression of membership
voices.
* Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron
>________________________________
> From: Frederik Ramm <[email protected]>
>To: Talk Openstreetmap <[email protected]>; "[email protected]"
><[email protected]>
>Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 5:03 PM
>Subject: [Osmf-talk] Corporate OSMF Members
>
>Hi,
>
> in the coming years, the OSMF will re-work their articles of association
>which are currently very old fashioned and geared more towards a British
>manufacturing firm than towards an international mass membership nonprofit
>(FSVO "mass").
>
>This is going to be a long-ish process in which all of you will have a chance
>to participate. (If this sounds like the process was laid out already - rest
>assured not even that is the case. I just know it is going to be long, and it
>would be stupid not to allow everyone to participiate.)
>
>But there's one thing that I would like to get a quick straw poll on, from as
>many OSMers as possible: Would you like or dislike the OSMF to accept
>corporate members?
>
>Corporate membership is a complex topic; there are myriad models of how it
>could be handled and this is certainly a discussion we are going to have in
>the future.
>
>But for now, without further ado, would you be willing to record your opinion
>in this little poll I've made?
>
>http://polls.cc/cyzooQ/
>
>The question is: "Should companies be accepted as members of the OpenStreetMap
>Foundation?" and the four options are
>
>* No, only real people should be members.
>* Yes, just like real people.
>* Yes, as "supporting members" without voting rights.
>* The poll needs to be more fine-grained than this.
>
>Bye
>Frederik
>
>-- Frederik Ramm ## eMail [email protected] ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33"
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