The Board hasn't decided on how the panel will be
formed/elected/appointed/choosen. Just because the document doesn't
address one issue, doesn't mean the opposite, horrible option will
happen. Do you think I'm going to support some Old Boy's Network of
corporate employees?
What would you suggest for appointing & transparency?
On 04.08.20 21:30, Christoph Hormann wrote:
On Tuesday 04 August 2020, Dorothea Kazazi wrote:
The OSMF board just published a proposal for a software
dispute resolution panel:
https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/08/04/proposal-for-software-dispu
te-resolution-panel/
I guess i am asking too much if i envision the board creating a panel it
does not control itself...
For context - the DWG, which is the traditional and broadly respected
entity to resolve conflicts in mapping, is not controlled in
composition by the board, it decides on accepting new members
themselves. See also:
https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Data_Working_Group/DWG_Membership_Policy
https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Data_Working_Group/DWG_Conflict_of_Interest_Policy
Significant parts of the authority the DWG has among mappers derive from
the fact that it is not composed of political appointees.
Interesting also that the composition of the panel is supposed to
reflect "all interests of the OSM community" but competence of the
panel members on the subject, experience with and knowledge of mapping
and tagging in OSM or in other words: The competence to assess
evidence on the cases they deal with and to deliberate on the matters
in a qualified and knowledgable way, is not a criterion. Neither is
impartiality on prominent special interests like those of corporate
data users.
Transparency is limited to the ultimate decisions being made public
(indeed important, would be interesting how this would function
otherwise). I guess that means both the nominations and selection of
panel members as well as the deliberation and consulting of the panel
on cases is going to happen behind closed doors.
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