Hi Last December at the AGM a proposal for membership in the OSMF based solely on sizeable contribution was accepted with a very good result (91%): https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Annual_General_Meetings/2019/Suggested_AoA_Changes_revised#Vote_8:_Fee_waiver_for_mappers.2Fcontributors In January, the membership working group discussed the implementation: https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Working_Group_Minutes/MWG_2020-01-19 Sorry for the long silence since ; I would now like to open the discussion and ask for your feedback and comments on the implementation of the new active contributor membership
As described in the rationale for the vote, this is no charity. We want active contributors to be member of the OSMF and be able to vote for the benefit of the project. The membership fee should not be a barrier. Our proposal is to automatically grant memberships to mappers who request it and who have contributed at least 42 calendar days in the last year (365 days). Mapping days is not perfect, but we need a benchmark that is objective, easy to verify, and simple for us to measure and implement. Why 42 days? If we measure contributions in mapping days by OSMF members who map (83%), roughly half of them map more than 42 days per year. We would expect a “slightly exceptional” contribution in terms of mapping days. We also discussed abuse. You could of course make tiny contributions like wiggling a single node on 60 days, and maybe go undetected and get your membership. But that would be fraud, and the membership could be revoked if MWG finds out that the contributions are not meaningful. Not everyone contributes by mapping, and some of the most familiar names in our members list barely map. Some are very involved, for example, in organizing conferences. Those other forms of contribution should be recognised as well, and the board would take circular decisions on these applications. Please share your thoughts. Best regards Michael Membership working group _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
