Hello, On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 10:48 PM Maarten Deen <md...@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> I have been silent about this but when a document is drafted where only > supporters will be heard, I have to speak out in Frederiks support. > I have seen no systemic aggressive behaviour that demotivates and > excludes participation by women and minority groups in OSM or behaviour > that degrades the spirit of open community culture, and damages the > OpenStreetMap reputation from Frederik. > Basically, a person (who is a board candidate) was denied to be able to own their own will, substituted with their employer, and insulted in a way that I cannot construct a way of self-defense from. That was done by a former board member, an employee/owner of a company that has a seating board member, and if we mirror the whole thing - "done to protect Geofabrik's investment into having a seat on the board". Of course, such an interpretation will not be acceptable for current board member, employee of Geofabrik and expectedly a report of Frederik. For some reason this aggressive gatekeeping behavior to secure a board seat from a small company is tolerated and comes unnoticed. I believe if you think Frederik's behavior is okay there, you are indeed a part of a problem, to my view. Michal has decades of experience in cartography & OSM before joining FB, but that is erased and ignored by Frederik in unacceptable fashion. I support the document below. > > On 2020-12-09 20:06, Celine Jacquin wrote: > > Hello everybody > > I hope you are all well > > > > We, several groups, chapters, organizations and individuals, have > > reacted to the conversation in the osm-talk-list > > ( > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2020-December/085692.html) > > considering that it is an incident symptomatic of the problem we have > > faced for many years in the community, which is one of the greatest > > obstacles to diversity at all levels of OSM. Time to make a real > > change.That is why we have developed a beginning of statement on the > > desirable mechanisms to work solidly on the rules of coexistence and > > improve diversity. > > > > We bring it to your attention and invite anyone who feels represented > > to sign it. Translations are in preparation (any help is welcome): > > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/130JCTX9ve4H4ORXznmIVTpXiN3TX8nRGA8ayuTZ9ECI/edit?usp=sharing > > > > On behalf of the signatories > Darafei, as an individual who's with OSM from 2008.
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