These are excellent, constructive suggestions. Thank you so much, Clifford, for taking the time to make them.
There's much work to be done, and I agree wholeheartedly that the OSM community can do better. I'll start another thread to discuss a community-wide CoC. On Jun 2, 2014 4:22 AM, "Clifford Snow" <cliff...@snowandsnow.us> wrote: > Two recent events seem to have gone beyond reasonable discourse. The Dutch > address imports and the addition of 5 US Bike Routes (USBR.) > Unfortunately, these are not isolated instances. The mailing lists > discussions have spiraled down to include personal attacks. I've chosen to > use the subject DWG and Imports because these two subjects seem to end up > with heated discussions. The OSM community can do better. I'd like to > propose the following: > > 1. Adopt a Code of Conduct. The wiki has a draft proposal [1] for a Code > of Conduct. Let's dust this off, approve it, and live by it. (HOT has a > Code of Conduct [2] we could consult for revision of the draft.) > > 2. Last year the DWG proposed clarifying the Import Guidelines. [3] Let's > organize a group of volunteers (because that's all we have) to review and > revise the import guidelines. The makeup of the group should include people > from different countries as well as a representative from the DWG. Until > these guidelines are revised, let's use the existing guidelines. > > 3. The DWG should regularly report back to the community with data > indicating the type of problems they encounter. That data should be made > available to the Import Guidelines committee that I'm proposing. As a > community we should be making decision, when possible, with good data. I > strongly encourage the DWG to update their OSMF Tasks to include data based > decisions making. > > I'd like to hear back from other that would like to see some positive > change and would be willing to help. > > > > [1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Community_Code_of_Conduct_(Draft) > [2] > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:HOT_Membership_Code--proposal_for_annual_meeting_2014.pdf > [3] http://wiki.osmfoundation.org/w/images/9/99/DWG_Plan_2013.pdf > > Clifford > > -- > @osm_seattle > osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us > OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > >
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