Elizabeth, I don't see David's comments as constructive. Terms like "consulting the community" is quite vague and Steve has said that many of his prior efforts to consult the community end in flame wars.
Now let me give it a try: I think the OSMF should make (more) use of polling. Not for everything. But once or twice a year would be a nice way to involve the community. Frederik Ramm <frede...@remote.org> wrote: > There is hardly any part of OSM that is not open for you to participate; Note that open IRC is the Internet equivalent to the town hall meetings. In some instances they work well. But it is remarkably easy for one grouping to impose their will on the community. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_hall_meeting OSMville is already the size of a small city and many of us do not have English as a first language. Town hall meetings cannot be the only way to involve the community. Regards, Nic On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 5:54 AM, Elizabeth Dodd <ed...@billiau.net> wrote: > On Sat, 30 Apr 2011 20:33:42 -0700 (PDT) > Mikel Maron <mikel_ma...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> This has not been constructive in the slightest. Inflammatory and >> untrue. I don't have time for this. Most of us don't. You're making a >> mockery of the hard work that's gone into this project. >> Stop. Just stop. >> >> > > let me rewrite the piece from David Murn > > a big part of the discussion is the > way that we as a community are treated. If SWG and OSMF feel they have > the power to do what they want without consulting the community, then > those handful of mappers should be the ones mapping and not be using the > efforts of the community they refuse to consult with. Maybe SWG needs > to comprehend what the O in OSM means, it doesnt mean you make major > decisions behind closed doors, document them with a 3 word note in the > minutes and refuse to discuss with the community because it might cause > a big discussion, even aware that once the community becomes aware of > their change, a big discussion will ensue anyway. > > > This is constructive. It is hard hitting and direct. Sometimes medicine > is bitter. > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
