Mandatory attendance would discourage real volunteers. I prefer on board someone who represents OSM community and is unable to be present on SOTM Africa over someone who is able to make trip there but is representative of a company that deliberately fails to properly attribute mappers*
*for example Facebook (that is problematic also for many other reasons). It makes presence of its representatives/employees/etc on OSMF board highly unwelcome. 24 Nov 2019, 01:05 by st...@stevecoast.com: > I’m confused why you think all board members are volunteers? That feels like > a convenient fiction. > > Best > > Steve > > > From:> Jorden Verwer <jorden@verwer.express> > > Sent:> Saturday, November 23, 2019 11:52:00 PM > > To:> Steve Coast <st...@stevecoast.com> > > Cc:> talk@openstreetmap org Talk <talk@openstreetmap.org>; > osmf-t...@openstreetmap.org <osmf-t...@openstreetmap.org> > > Subject:> Re: [Osmf-talk] SOTM Africa> > > Hello Steve, > > It's good to hear that you had a nice time in Ivory Coast and that SOTM > Africa appears to have been a success. For me, as a passive OSMF member > who only attended SOTM once and rarely participates in discussions > outside of the AGM, I can only respect people who spend way more time on > OSM than I do - and that obviously includes you. I also think it's > generally a good idea for as many board members as possible to attend > SOTM conferences. > > What I'm not so sure I agree with you on is your proposal to make > attendance of at least one OSMF board member mandatory. The board > consists of volunteers, and for any board member there can be very valid > reasons why they can't or won't attend. As a consequence, this may apply > to all board members simultaneously in some situations. What would the > effect of your proposal be in such a situation? Can the planned SOTM > conference not take place then and there? Will the board be penalized? > Neither option seems to be all that desirable, so instead I'd propose > that OSMF board member attendance be highly recommended, but not > required. > > Oh, and I should probably not get involved in this, so against my better > judgment I'll quote the page Christoph linked to: > "We expect this to be the official election campaign process. We won't > restrict members to continue to talk on our members' mailing list nor > will we restrict candidates to continue discussions, but we don't > encourage them to do so. The official answers and questions thereof > should be what voters use to judge." > > Regards, > > Jorden >
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