My personal view is it doesn't really matter. It is an election as I understand it so members do vote for whom they wish to represent them. Perhaps a larger concern might be the concentration of board members from a particular country or region.
Cheerio John On 24 November 2015 at 18:01, nicolas chavent <nicolas.chav...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > > Apologies for crosspostings, resending to talk an email sent to > osmf-talk about the HOT US Inc presence at the Board of the OSMF. > > Best, > Nicolas > > > Dear OSMF voting members and mappers, > > This short note (also published in my diary [1]) to draw your > attention on the danger for OSMF (and the OSM project) in the case the > United States NGO "Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team US Inc" (aka HOT US > Inc) got a majority at the OSMF Board after this 2015 election. > > Mikel Maron, Joseph Reeves and Yantisa Akhadi, all members of the NGO > HOT US Inc, are running for the OSMF Board [2]; Kate Chapman, the > former ED of HOT US Inc serves already as Board Officer in OSMF. > > Shall Mikel Maron, Joseph Reeves and Yantisa Akhadi be elected, HOT US > Inc will get a majority at the Board of the Foundation. > This will provide a single organization of the OSM ecosystem (HOT US > Inc) with an unprecedented and excessive power of influence over the > Foundation. > > This running of three candidates from the same organization is > puzzling and troublesome when one considers that HOT US Inc (and > therefore its perspective around OpenStreetMap) is already represented > at the OSMF Board since Sept 2013. Why extending its presence and > influence and consequently diminishing the OSM diversity represented > at the OSMF Board? > > A greater HOT US Inc presence at the OSMF Board would be a matter of > concern in terms of : > - balance of powers > - diversity of visions, thoughts and practices around OSM > - board dynamics: a collective of HOT US Inc Boardees would interact > with single individuals. > This is a bad practice which is not followed by any Organizations; > this is specifically true for representative bodies (organization > representing organizations) such as OSMF > > Here are some elements that OSMF voting members shall have in ming > prior casting their ballot 28-Nov onwards bearing in minds that HOT US > Inc and this perspective about OSM is already represented at the OSMF > Board through Kate Chapman. > > The HOT US Inc perspective informs, like other perspectives, the work > of the Foundation and has its effect on the OSM project, there is no > need to take risks in providing this group with more room in the > Foundation which is hot enough in these times of winter. > > Best, > Nicolas > > [1]: https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Nicolas Chavent/diary/36750 > [2]: > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM15/Election_to_Board > > > > > -- > Nicolas Chavent > Projet OpenStreetMap (OSM) > Projet Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) > Projet Espace OSM Francophone (EOF) > Mobile (FRA): +33 (0)6 52 40 78 20 > Mobile (CIV): +225 78 12 76 99 > <nicolas.chav...@hotosm.org> > Email: nicolas.chav...@gmail.com > Skype: c_nicolas > Twitter: nicolas_chavent > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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