View source for OSMF updates/2021-08

<big>'''OSMF updates - August 2020 to August 2021*''' </big><br>

* <b>Content:</b> Highlighting updates related to the Foundation - mostly news from the volunteer [[Working_Groups| Working Groups]], the [[Officers_%26_Board| Board of Directors]], the [[Local_Chapters| Local Chapters]] ''(in relation to OSMF)'', the [[Advisory_Board| Advisory Board members]] and the [[Committees|rest of Foundation bodies]]. In some cases, diary entries and posts from individuals are linked, if they are related to the work of their working group/committee/etc.
* <b>Details:</b> For more details you are invited to read the minutes or reports  of the Board and the Working Groups (links on each section).
* <b>Accuracy:</b> <font color="blue">These reports do not go through a formal acceptance process</font>, like the public [[Board_Meeting_Minutes| Board minutes]] are. This might change. Reports are made known to the Working Groups and committees first, before being sent to the membership.
* <b>Previous reports:</b> [[OSMF_updates| here]].

<nowiki>*</nowiki> ''With minor exceptions.''

== Adopted/Completed/Approved ==

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! Adopted - Attribution Guidelines 
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|On June 2021 the board adopted [[Licence/Attribution_Guidelines| the proposed attribution guidelines]].

'''Timeline'''
* '' '''2018-11''' The [[Licensing_Working_Group| Licensing Working Group]] (LWG) starts working on a draft attribution guideline.'' 
* '' '''2019''' LWG members solicited feedback from attendants of the State of the Map US conference and at  the international State of the Map conference in Heidelberg.''
* '' '''2019-08 and 09'''. The August 2019 version became available to the community ([https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2019-August/006161.html osmf-talk message]) and [https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Draft_Attribution_Guideline&oldid=1906618 is added] to the OSM wiki.'' 
* '' '''2020-01''' The version with changes due to the feedback from the State of the Map US conference and State of the Map 2019 was made available to the board.'' 
* '' '''2020-02'''  '' 
** '' The LWG updated the document based on input from the board, shared the updated version with the board and notified it that it would be starting another round of public feedback to hopefully conclude the matter.''  
** '' The [https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Draft_Attribution_Guideline&oldid=2069715 February 2020 LWG version] became available to the community on the OSM wiki.''
* '' '''2020-06''' The OSMF board'' 
** ''modified the draft and presented the [[osm:Draft_Attribution_Guideline/2020v2|updated version]] during the [[Board/Minutes/2020-06#Status_of_attribution_guideline|2020-06 board meeting]].''
** ''had a [[Advisory_Board/Minutes/2020-06-22|meeting]] with Corporate Member representatives on the [[Advisory_Board|Advisory Board]] on attribution.'' 
* '' '''2020-10''' The board had meetings with Corporate Member representatives on the Advisory Board and with the LWG. The board version was subsequently modified.''
* '' '''2020-12''' Board meeting [[Board/Minutes/2020-12#Attribution_Guidelines|decisions to]]:''
** ''Publish the current board draft after giving the [[Licensing_Working_Group|Licensing Working Group]] (LWG) a heads up.''
** ''Ask LWG to summarise the points they still consider open from the comments on the board document and ask Dermot McNally (LWG member), who has no conflict of interest, to present that report at the next LWG meeting.''
** ''Rory McCann (Board) to work with external counsel to try to find the solutions to these issues that are most favourable to us.''
* '' '''2021-01''' The LWG was working on the requested document ("gap list") summarising the points they still considered open on the board version of the attribution guidelines.''
* '' '''2021-02''' The LWG sent the "gap list" document to the board.''
* '' '''2021-03''' The board contacted Kyle Mitchell (Intellectual Property lawyer suggested by Allen Gunn, who has been the external facilitator of some of the past board face-to-face meetings) for external legal advice on the draft attribution guidelines. The initial email was approved by Dermot McNally ([[Licensing_Working_Group|Licensing Working Group]]) and included the board draft of the attribution guidelines and a list of questions by the board and the LWG.''
* '' '''2021-04''' Kyle Mitchell responded.''
* '' '''2021-05''' The board forwards Kyle Mitchell's response to the LWG and answers regarding the "gap list" points.''
* '' '''2021-06-01''' LWG and Board online discussion. [[Board/Minutes/2021-06-01#Draft_attribution_guidelines|Decisions and next steps here]].
* '' '''2021-06-11''' [[Board/Minutes/2021-06-11#Preparations_for_vote_on_Attribution_Guidelines|Preparations for vote on Attribution Guidelines]] ''(board chat)''
* '' '''2021-06-12''' Publication of [[osm:Draft_Attribution_Guideline/2021v0.9|current draft v0.9]] and request for feedback from the [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2021-June/086600.html community] and the [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2021-June/007814.html membership].

''<u>[[Licensing_Working_Group|LWG]]: Attribution guidelines related minutes</u>''
* ''2021: [[Licensing_Working_Group/Minutes/2021-01-14#Attribution_Guidelines|Jan]], [[Licensing_Working_Group/Minutes/2021-02-11#Attribution_guidelines_gap_list_and_board_status_update_on_outside_counsel|Feb: Attribution guidelines gap list and board status update on outside counsel]],  [[Licensing_Working_Group/Minutes/2021-05-13#Attribution_Guidelines|May]], [[Licensing_Working_Group/Minutes/2021-06-10|Jun]], [[Licensing_Working_Group/Minutes/2021-07-08#Publishing_the_Attribution_Guidelines|Jul: Publishing the Attribution Guidelines]] ''
* ''2020: [[Licensing_Working_Group/Minutes/2020-01-09#.E2.80.9CTwitter_attribution_thread.E2.80.9D| Jan]] (“Twitter attribution thread”), [[Licensing_Working_Group/Minutes/2020-02-13#Attribution_guideline| Feb]], [[Licensing_Working_Group/Minutes/2020-03-12#Attribution_guideline| Mar]], [[Licensing_Working_Group/Minutes/2020-04-09#Attribution| Apr]], [[Licensing_Working_Group/Minutes/2020-07-09#Review_Board_Attribution_Guidance| Jul]], [[Licensing_Working_Group/Minutes/2020-08-13#Attribution_guideline_feedback| Aug]], [[Licensing_Working_Group/Minutes/2020-10-08#Draft_attribution_guideline| Oct]], [[Licensing_Working_Group/Minutes/2020-11-12#Newest_draft_of_Attribution_Guidelines_from_this_morning| Nov]]
* ''2019: [[Licensing_Working_Group/Minutes/2019-01-10#Update_attribution_guidance| Jan]], [[Licensing_Working_Group/Minutes/2019-04-11#Attribution_Guidance| Apr]], [[Licensing_Working_Group/Minutes/2019-05-09#Attribution_Guidance| May]], [[Licensing_Working_Group/Minutes/2019-06-13#Attribution_Guidance| Jun]], [[Licensing_Working_Group/Minutes/2019-07-11#Attribution_Guidance| Jul]], [[Licensing_Working_Group/Minutes/2019-08-08#Attribution_Guidance| Aug]], [[Licensing_Working_Group/Minutes/2019-09-12#Attribution_Guidance| Sep]], [[Licensing_Working_Group/Minutes/2019-10-10#Attribution_Guidance| Oct]], [[Licensing_Working_Group/Minutes/2019-11-14#Attribution_Guidance| Nov]], [[Licensing_Working_Group/Minutes/2019-12-12#Attribution_Guidance| Dec]]''
* ''2018: [[Licensing_Working_Group/Minutes/2018-12-13#Update_attribution_guidance| Dec]]''

''<u>Board attribution guidelines related minutes</u>''
* ''2021: Jan [[Board/Minutes/2021-01#Attribution_guidelines_update|Attribution guidelines update]], [[Board/Minutes/2021-02-12|Feb 12]] (mid month board chat), Apr 09 [[Board/Minutes/2021-04-09#Kyle_Mitchell.27s_response_regarding_attribution_guidelines_and_ODbL|Kyle Mitchell's response regarding attribution guidelines and ODbL]], Apr 16 [[Board/Minutes/2021-04-16#Draft_attribution_guidelines|Attribution guidelines]] (dedicated chat), [[Board/Minutes/2021-05#Draft_attribution_guidelines|May]''
* ''2020: Jan [[Board/Minutes/2020-01#Attribution_and_lack_thereof|Attribution and lack thereof]], Apr [[Board/Minutes/2020-04#Update_on_LWG.27s_rewrite_of_attribution_policy|Update on LWG's rewrite of attribution policy]], May [[Board/Minutes/2020-05-06#Status_of_Attribution_policy_.5BGuillaume.5D.5Brequested_by_Allan.5D| Status of Attribution policy]], [[Board/Minutes/2020-05-06#Status_of_Facebook_attribution_issue_on_mobile_.5BMikel.5D_.5Brequested_by_Tobias.5D|Status of Facebook attribution issue on mobile]], Jun [[Board/Minutes/2020-06#Status_of_attribution_guideline| Status]], [[Advisory_Board/Minutes/2020-06-22| Meeting with Corporate Members of the Advisory Board on attribution]], Oct [[Board/Minutes/2020-10-S2S/Make_progress_on_attribution_guidelines_and_enforcement| screen-to-screen discussion]], [[Board/Minutes/2020-10#Attribution_Guidelines_status_update| update]], Nov [[Board/Minutes/2020-11-12#Attribution_guidelines_update| update 1]], [[Board/Minutes/2020-11#Attribution_Guidelines_update| update 2]], Dec [[Board/Minutes/2020-12-04| update]] (informal board chat), [[Board/Minutes/2020-12#Attribution_Guidelines|update]] (public board meeting).''
* ''2019 Oct [[Board/Minutes/2019-10-16#Attribution_by_Facebook| Attribution by Facebook]]. ''

''<u>Board attribution guidelines related circular</u>'' 
* ''2020-03-26 [[Board/Minutes/2021-04#2021.2FRes11_Authorise_Allan_to_send_attribution_guideline_letter_to_Intellectual_Property_lawyer|Circular 2021/Res11]]: Authorise Allan to send attribution guideline letter to Intellectual Property lawyer.''

''<u>Other attribution  guidelines related minutes</u>''
* ''2020-12-04 [[Board/Minutes/2020-12-04|Board and LWG meeting (Dermot McNally) on draft attribution guidelines]]'' - ''The meeting was set-up in short time. The LWG was invited but only Dermot McNally could participate in such short notice.''
* ''2020-10-15 Board and LWG meeting on draft attribution guidelines''
* ''2020-10-09 Board and AB Corporate Members representatives meeting''
* ''2020-10-02 Session [[Board/Minutes/2020-10-S2S/Make_progress_on_attribution_guidelines_and_enforcement| Make progress on attribution guidelines and enforcement]], during board [[Board/Minutes/2020-10-S2S|screen-to-screen]] October meeting''
* ''2020-06-22 [[Advisory_Board/Minutes/2020-06-22| Board and Advisory Board Corporate Member representatives meeting]]''

''OSMF members' related discussions on the osmf-talk* mailing list:''
* ''Attribution guideline status update: 2019 [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2019-August/006161.html Aug], [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2019-September/006197.html Sep], [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2019-October/006295.html Oct], [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2019-November/006328.html Nov], [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2019-December/006521.html Dec]''
* ''Attribution: board letter to Facebook: 2019 [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2019-October/006243.html Oct], [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2019-November/006355.html Nov]''

<nowiki>*</nowiki><small> ''[https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/osmf-talk osmf-talk] is the mailing list for OpenStreetMap Foundation members ([https://join.osmfoundation.org/ Join the Foundation]). All past messages are available [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/ here].''</small>
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! Adopted - Strategic plan outline
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|The board drafted and [[Board/Minutes/2021-07#Vote_to_adopt_the_strategic_plan_outline|adopted on July 2021]] the following [[DRAFT_Strategic_Plan_Outline|strategic plan outline]], which was shared [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2021-May/007805.html shared] with OSMF members on 14 May 2021 for comments.

<u>Aim for next years</u>: create a fully-fleshed strategic plan, as this is just an outline.

''Previous related board discussions''
* ''2021-07-16 [[Board/Minutes/2021-07-16#Next_steps_for_the_draft_strategic_plan_outline_now_that_it.27s_been_out_for_comment|Next steps for the draft strategic plan outline now that it's been out for comment]] (mid-month board chat - not open to observers)''
* ''2021-05-14 [[Board/Minutes/2021-05-14#Strategic_plan_outline|Any other business - Strategic plan outline]] (mid-month board chat - not open to observers)''
* ''2021-02-26 [[Board/Minutes/2021-02#Strategic_plan_outline_-_update|Strategic plan outline - update]] (public board meeting)''
* ''2021-02-06 [[Board/Minutes/2021-02-S2S/Strategic_plan_-_Agree_on_plan_for_the_plan|Strategic plan - Agree on "plan for the plan"]] (screen to screen board meeting)''
* ''2021-01-15 [[Board/Minutes/2021-01-15#Strategic_plan_outline|Strategic plan outline]] (mid-month board chat - not open to observers)''
* ''2020-12-18 [[Board/Minutes/2020-12-18#Can_we_get_an_update_on_the_status_of_the_Strategic_Plan.3F|Members: Can we get an update on the status of the Strategic Plan?]]''
* ''2020-10-09 [[Advisory_Board/Minutes/2020-10-09#Strategic_plan_creation| On strategic plan creation]] (From online meeting with three of the six Corporate Members of the [[Advisory_Board|Advisory Board]])''
* ''[[Board/Minutes/2020-10-S2S|2020-10-02 and 03]] Action item: Allan to [[Board/Minutes/2020-10-S2S/Action_items#Allan| to circulate a strategic plan outline to the rest of the board members]] and drive forward the topic (which would then serve fundraising asks in 2021) (Topics: [[Board/Minutes/2020-10-S2S/OSMF_fundraising| OSMF fundraising]] and [[Board/Minutes/2020-10-S2S/Wrap-up_session|Wrap-up session]])''
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! Created - Software dispute resolution panel for iD editor
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|The OSM Foundation Board in August 2020 discussed the creation of a Software Dispute Resolution Panel, that will - on request - seek to resolve disputes that arise over features of the [[osm:iD|iD editor]], the main editor on www.openstreetmap.org. Other OSM-related software products may also use this panel if they choose to opt-in. 

The full proposal for the panel can be found [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/08/04/proposal-for-software-dispute-resolution-panel/ here] ''([https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/08/20/propuesta-de-panel-de-resolucion-de-disputas-de-software/?lang=es es], [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/08/10/proposition-pour-un-panel-pour-la-resolution-des-litiges-de-logiciels/?lang=fr fr], [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/08/06/proposta-de-xurado-para-a-resolucion-das-disputas-no-software/?lang=gl gl], [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/08/06/propozycja-powolania-zespolu-ds-rozwiazywania-sporow-dotyczacych-oprogramowania/?lang=pl pl])'', where feedback was requested. ''([https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2021-January/thread.html#7671 Comments by OSMF members on the osmf-talk thread] and [https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/w/images/8/8a/20200720_digest_responses_iD_proposal.odt digest]).

On January 29th 2021 the OSMF Board [[Board/Minutes/2021-01#Software_dispute_resolution_panel_2|appointed]] the following nominees to the Software Dispute Resolution Panel ''(5 out of 7 people nominated by [[Working_Groups|Working Groups]])'':

* David Morais Ferreira ''(nominated by the [[Data_Working_Group| Data Working Group]] (DWG))''
* Minh Nguyen ''(nominated by the [[Licensing_Working_Group| Licensing Working Group]] (LWG))''
* Wille Marcel ''(nominated by the [[Licensing_Working_Group| Licensing Working Group]] (LWG))''
* Ilya Zverev ''(nominated by the [[Membership_Working_Group|Membership Working Group]] (MWG))''
* Richard Fairhurst ''(nominated by the [[Operations_Working_Group| Operations Working Group]] (OWG)''

The panel members are charged with the following:
* form the Panel and elect a chairperson; 
* establish on the OSMF website (www.osmfoundation.org) a page devoted to the work of the Panel, including the Panel's membership, contact information, and procedures for submitting disputes, and contribute as appropriate to the Panel's page on the OSM wiki at [[osm:Software_dispute_resolution_panel|Software Dispute Resolution Panel]]; 
* establish a collective email address in the osmfoundation.org domain for receipt of dispute resolution requests; 
* decide who among them shall serve initially for one year and who for two years, in order to establish a rotation that preserves institutional memory as the Panel turns over, and report that to the Board (thereafter all Panel members' terms of office are intended to be two years in duration); 
* on 29 January 2022 issue a report to the Board with recommendations as to a) whether the Panel as constituted is effective, b) how it could be improved, and c) whether it should continue to exist; 
* implement its remit to adjudicate software disputes that were not amicably resolved via community discussion, and establish internal procedures for that purpose.

[https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/08/04/proposal-for-software-dispute-resolution-panel/ Board's proposal] for a software dispute resolution panel.

''2020 board discussions''
* ''Jul [https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/w/images/8/8a/20200720_digest_responses_iD_proposal.odt Digest provided by Allan Mustard]''
* ''Aug ''
** ''[https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2020-August/thread.html#85258 Comments on talk@ mailing list] (thread)''
** ''[[Board/Minutes/2020-08#Dispute_resolution_panel_proposal| Board meeting topic]]''
** ''The board emailed the [[Working_Groups|Working Groups]] (WGs) to see whether any would be willing to take up that task. 
* ''Sep''
** ''[[Board/Minutes/2020-09-10#Software_Dispute_Resolution_Committee_update|Update during closed board chat]]''
** ''The [[Data_Working_Group| Data Working Group]] volunteered.''
** ''[[Board/Minutes/2020-09#Software_dispute_resolution_panel|Update during board meeting]]''
* ''Oct [[Board/Minutes/2020-10-S2S/Creating_software_dispute_resolution_panel|Creating software dispute resolution panel: who and how]] (screen-to-screen board meeting)''
* ''Nov'' 
** ''[[Board/Minutes/2020-11-12#Software_Dispute_Resolution_Panel_-_next_steps| Next steps]] (board meeting topic)''
** ''The board emails the Working Groups asking if they are interested to nominate people.''
* ''Dec''  
** ''[[Board/Minutes/2020-12#Software_Dispute_Resolution_Panel|Update and next steps]] (board meeting topic)''
** ''[[Board/Minutes/2020-12#How_much_effort_is_needed_for_participating_on_the_Dispute_Resolution_Panel.3F|Question by OSMF member: How much effort is needed for participating on the Dispute Resolution Panel?]]''
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! Created - Special committee on takeover protection
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| The board on July 28 2021 [[Board/Minutes/2021-07#2021.2FRes23_To_appoint_Andy_Allan_and_Michael_Collinson_to_special_committee_on_takeover_protection|appointed]] Andy Allan and Michael Collinson to the special committee on takeover protection. The committee's remit is to recruit additional members and investigate, then recommend to the Board, possible remedies to any potential threat of a hostile takeover of the OpenStreetMap Foundation. The remit includes but is not limited to specific attention to paid voting [[Annual_General_Meetings/2020/Suggested_resolutions#Vote_4:_Instruct_the_Board_to_investigate_paid_votes|as mandated]] by the Foundation membership at the 2020 [[Annual_General_Meetings|annual general meeting]].

''Board discussions related to takeover protections'':
* ''2021 [[Board/Minutes/2021-04#Takeover_protection|Apr 30]], [[Board/Minutes/2021-04-09#Takeover_protection|Apr 09]], [[Board/Minutes/2021-02-S2S/Takeover_protection|Feb: Takeover protection (including Updating the conflict of interest policy?)]] (board screen-to-screen meeting)''
* ''2020 [[Board/Minutes/2020-09#Takeover_protections| Sep 24]], [[Board/Minutes/2020-09#How_have_all_the_new_active_contributors_affected_the_takeover_risk.2Fapproach.3F|Sep 24. Members: How have all the new active contributors affected the takeover risk/approach?]],  [[Board/Minutes/2020-10-S2S/Regulating_corporate_participation_in_foundation_bodies|Oct: Regulating corporate participation in foundation bodies]]''

In addition to the board discussions related to takeover protections listed above, the [[Membership_Working_Group|Membership Working Group]]:
* in 2020 created and implemented the [[Membership/Active_contributor_membership|Active Contributor Membership program]], which aims to remove some of the barriers for becoming an OSMF member and
* is working on the membership prerequisites.
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! Completed - Community survey and Local Chapters and communities survey
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| '''Community survey'''<br>
The board conducted a [https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/images/5/5d/Survey_OSMF_board_2021.png community survey], which run from January 16th to February 14th 2021. The survey was available in 18 languages.

* [[2021_Survey_Results| Results released]] 
* [[2021_Survey_Results| Raw data posted on the OSMF website]] and can be downloaded, together with summary statistic.

Discussions
* [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2021-January/085912.html Discussion on talk@ mailing list] ''([https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk register to the talk mailing list here])''
* [https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/apm-wa/diary/395418#comments Comments to Allan Mustard's (OSMF Chairperson) diary entry]

Analyses 
* [https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Stereo/diary/395903 Guillaume Rischard (board): OSMF survey on board priorities - a quick analysis using the Borda count] and comments below
* Stats: [https://www.paulnorman.ca/blog/2021/02/openstreetmap-survey/ Paul Norman: Survey responses by country and their correlation with mappers eligible for a fee waver as an active contributor]
* Stats: [https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/pnorman/diary/395896 Paul Norman: Correlation of survey responses with OSM.org views]
* Maps: [https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/migurski/diary/395957 Michal Migurski: Summary Maps of OSMF 2021 Survey Results]
* Maps: [https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/migurski/diary/395962 Michal Migurski: Summary Maps of OSMF 2021 Survey Results (Part 2)]
* Maps: [https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/%C3%98ukasz/diary/396061 Øukasz: A very quick and dirty stab at visualising OSMF 2021 survey results]

Selected comments
* [https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/PierZen/diary/395910 PierZen: Individual Comments from participants about Diversity and Inclusion committee]

The results were also presented on 10 and 11 March 2021 by Allan Mustard (OSMF Chairperson) during video conferences open to the OSM community to answer questions. An instance of Microsoft Translator was active so that anybody with the respective app could follow the presentation in the language of their choosing. 

'''Local Chapters and communities survey'''<br>
The [[Local_Chapters_and_Communities_Working_Group| Local Chapters and Communities Working Group]] (LCCWG) sent a [https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/images/d/d9/2020_Local_Chapter_Survey.pdf survey] to [[Local_Chapters| Local Chapters]] and community groups to get their views on why they applied/will apply to become a Local Chapter. One response was requested from each Local Chapter or group. The duration was: 2020-03-05 to 2020-04-11. Language: English.''

[[Board/Minutes/2020-11#Local_Chapters_Survey|Some points from the feedback received]].

Table with other past OSMF surveys [[osm:Foundation/Surveys|here]].
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! Completed - Funded work on projects used in core infrastructure (Nominatim, osm2pgsql, Potlatch, iD)
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| The board funded work on the following projects used in core infrastructure:
* '''[[osm:Osm2pgsql|osm2pgsql]]''' - [[Osm2pgsql_project_2020-07 | Proposal by Jochen Topf]] - [https://blog.jochentopf.com/2020-12-02-osm2pgsql-work.html Report for project on Jochen's blog]
* '''[[osm:Nominatim|Nominatim]]''' - [[Nominatim_project_2020-07 | Proposal by Sarah Hoffmann]] - [https://2021.stateofthemap.org/sessions/QUHKNR/ State of the Map 2021 presentation] was the result of OSMF-funded work. 
* '''[[osm:Potlatch_2|Potlatch]]''' - [[osm:Microgrants/Microgrants_2020/Proposal/Potlatch_2_for_desktop|Proposal by Richard Fairhurst]] - [https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Richard/diary/395259 Diary entry]

Please see the [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2020-August/006987.html message by the board] on [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/osmf-talk osmf-talk] ''(mailing list for OSMF members)'' and the subsequent discussion. 

The proposals for [[osm:Osm2pgsql|osm2pgsql]] and [[osm:Potlatch_2|Potlatch]] were originally submitted as [[osm:Microgrants|Microgrant]] 2020 proposals ''([[osm:Microgrants/Microgrants_2020/Proposal/Potlatch_2_for_desktop|Potlatch 2 proposal]], [[osm:Microgrants/Microgrants_2020/Proposal/Osm2pgsql_development|osm2pgsql proposal]])'' but were not selected. The board approved to fund these projects directly, together with [[osm:Nominatim|Nominatim]] and [[osm:ID|iD]].

'''[[osm:Id|iD editor]]'''
* Funding of [[osm:ID|iD]] was discussed with members in a [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2020-August/thread.html#6997 separate thread]. 
*  Quincy Morgan was  [[Board/Minutes/2020-09#2020.2FRes42_Accept_contract_with_Quincy_Morgan|contracted]] and worked on the iD editor. For personal reasons, Quincy left ''([https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2021/04/26/joint-statement-from-quincy-morgan-and-the-osmf-board/ Joint statement with the board])'' and the board is looking to hire an iD developer. Please see the section "Ongoing - Plans to hire a Senior Site Reliability Engineer and an iD developer".

Related board discussions: 
* 2020 [[Board/Minutes/2020-07-16#Funding_of_projects_used_in_core_infrastructure_.28Nominatim.2C_osm2pgsql.2C_Potlatch.29| Jul 16]], [[Board/Minutes/2020-07#Funding_of_projects_used_in_core_infrastructure_.28Nominatim.2C_osm2pgsql.2C_Potlatch.2C_iD.29| Jul 30]]

Board decision: 2020/Res38 [[Board/Minutes/2020-08#2020.2FRes38_Funding_of_projects_used_in_core_infrastructure_.28Nominatim.2C_osm2pgsql.2C_Potlatch.29|Funding of projects used in core infrastructure (Nominatim, osm2pgsql, Potlatch)]]
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! Completed - Funded work on 12 projects via the trial round of Microgrants 
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| The trial round of Microgrants ''(financial help provided by the OSM Foundation to applicants for OSM-related projects)'' ended ''(1 year period since dispersing funds)''.

'''Selection'''<br>
* Committee members were selected by the board from interested applicants.
* [[osm:Microgrants/Microgrants_2020#Funded_proposals|12 proposals]] had been selected ([https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/07/01/osmf-microgrants-program-congratulations-to-selected-projects/ presentation of some of the proposals on the OSM blog]). 

'''Projects' reports'''
Almost all projects have sent their final reports and you can read them on the OSM wiki. The respective project proposal is linked towards the top of each page.
* [[osm:Microgrants/Microgrants_2020/Proposal/A_Free_Video_Tutorial_for_Beginners_about_Mapping_Pacific_Islands_using_OSM_and_QGIS| A Free Video Tutorial for Beginners about Mapping Pacific Islands using OSM and QGIS]] ''(proposal)''
* [[osm:Microgrants/Microgrants_2020/Proposal/HIV_facilities_mapping_in_the_Philippines_on_OpenStreetMap/Report| Report: HIV facilities mapping in the Philippines on OpenStreetMap]]
* [[osm:Microgrants/Microgrants_2020/Proposal/Leaflets_to_promote_OSM/Report| Report: Leaflets to promote OSM]] - see https://osmuk.org/leaflets/
* [[osm:Microgrants/Microgrants_2020/Proposal/Map_Maintenance_with_StreetComplete/Report| Report: Map Maintenance with StreetComplete]]
* [[osm:Microgrants/Microgrants_2020/Proposal/Mapping_Uganda%27s_New_Cities/Report| Report: Mapping Uganda's New Cities]]
* [[osm:Microgrants/Microgrants_2020/Proposal/Mapping_Villages_and_Settlements_in_Kosovo/Report| Report: Mapping Villages and Settlements in Kosovo]]
* [[osm:Microgrants/Microgrants_2020/Proposal/Road_Completion_project/Report| Report: Road Completion project]]
* [[osm:Microgrants/Microgrants_2020/Proposal/OSM_Ireland_Buildings/Report| Report: OSM Ireland Buildings]]
* [[osm:Microgrants/Microgrants_2020/Proposal/OpenStreetMap_Calendar/Report| Report: OpenStreetMap Calendar]]
* [[osm:Microgrants/Microgrants_2020/Proposal/Tactile_maps_for_blind_or_visually_impaired_children/Report| Report: Tactile maps for blind or visually impaired children]]
* [[osm:Microgrants/Microgrants_2020/Proposal/Teaching_and_learning_OSM_in_Albania_through_LibreTech_School| Teaching and learning OSM in Albania through LibreTech School]] ''(proposal)''
* [[osm:Microgrants/Microgrants_2020/Proposal/Water_and_Sanitation_mapping_in_Nairobi's_informal_settlements/Report| Report: Water and Sanitation mapping in Nairobi's informal settlements]]

An [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2021-February/007708.html apology] was issued by board members Mikel Maron and Joost Schouppe regarding conflicts of interest in the awarding of microgrants in 2020, as both were closely associated with successful grantees.

''' Final report by the [[Microgrants/Committee| Microgrants committee]]'''<br>

* [https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/File:OSMF_Microgrants_report_2020-21.odt Final report] ''(file type: .odt, file size: 29 KB)'' and 
* [https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/File:20210924_Microgrants_presentation.pdf Presentation] by Hanna Krüger ''(.pdf, 53 KB, 8 pages) during the [[Board/Minutes/2021-09|September board meeting]].

'''Background'''<br>
Providing microgrants was a topic discussed extensively during the [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2018/05/29/f2f-board_meeting-2018/ 2018 face-to-Face board meeting], where a plan was developed. You can read the [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/02/17/call-for-microgrants-committee/ initial call here].

'''Timeline'''<br>
2021
* Sep [[Board/Minutes/2021-09|Presentation of final report during September board meeting]]
* Jul [[Board/Minutes/2021-07-16#Microgrants_-_what.27s_next.3F|Microgrants - what's next?]]
2020 
* Feb [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/02/17/call-for-microgrants-committee/ Call for microgrants committee members].
* Mar [[Board/Minutes/2020-04#2020.2FRes16_Start_the_Microgrants_Committee| 5 selected committee members from 13 applications]]
* Apr [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/04/19/announcing-the-osm-foundations-call-for-microgrant-applications/ Call for microgrant applications], [[Board/Minutes/2020-04#Microgrants_update| board update]] 
* Jun [[Board/Minutes/2020-06#2020.2FRes28_Select_Microgrant_observers| Selection of 2 observers out of 4 applicants]], [https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Microgrants/Committee/Minutes/2020-06-04#Observers_Report_by_Craig_Observer report], [[Board/Minutes/2020-06#Microgrants_selection| board update]]
* Jul [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/07/01/osmf-microgrants-program-congratulations-to-selected-projects/ Announcements of 12 selected microgrant proposals].
* Aug [[Board/Minutes/2020-08-13#Microgrants_tracking_and_reporting_status|Microgrants tracking and reporting status]]
* Sep [[Board/Minutes/2020-09#Conflicts_of_Interest_disclosure|Conflicts of Interest disclosure]]

Timeline with more details [[Microgrants/Timeline|here]].
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!  Completed - State of the Map 2021 international conference
|- 
| The volunteers of the [[osm:State_of_the_Map|State of the Map]] organising committee successfully organised the [https://2021.stateofthemap.org/ virtual, international State of the Map 2021] ''(second virtual conference)''. Talks were pre-recorded and broadcasted live. Live question and answer sessions took place, where community members were able to ask questions to the speakers via the conference platform. 

The conference included several kinds of sessions:
* 20 minute talks,
* academic talks ''([https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5116434 Proceedings published on Zenodo])'',
* 60-90 minute workshops,
* 60-90 minute panel discussions,
* [[osm:State_of_the_Map_2021/registration_lightning_talks|5 minute "lightning" talks]]
* [[osm:State_of_the_Map_2021/self-organized_sessions|spontaneous break out sessions for birds of a feather meetups and other activities]]
* (virtual) [https://2021.stateofthemap.org/posters/ poster exhibition]

'''The programme can be found [https://2021.stateofthemap.org/programme/ here]'''.

* See the posters and their descriptions at https://2021.stateofthemap.org/posters/
** Helga Tauscher: "[https://files.osmfoundation.org/s/A637eGiCjHa3eMq Let's meet at an island]!"
** Éva Pudleiner: "[https://files.osmfoundation.org/s/cPKF7yZj2zkxyyB Equine Tooth Fairy visits]"
** Minh Nguyen: "[https://files.osmfoundation.org/s/CkGg3peXFTHPqXo Mapping Points of Interest in Santa Clara County, California (Silicon Valley)]"
** OpenMapChile SPA: "[https://files.osmfoundation.org/s/RbRaodxgtW4jpw9 Map of Urban Trees, Valdivia-Chile 2021]""
** Shreeparna Sahoo: "[https://files.osmfoundation.org/s/TWA8awGz9SRoKRi Accessibility to Hospitals Providing Covid Treatment Using OpenStreetMap]"
** Sergey Kaldyrkaev "[https://files.osmfoundation.org/s/FcQbFLEfdi7FxEZ Penza mapping party 2021 poster]"
** Grant Huang: "[https://files.osmfoundation.org/s/ESGMM2qiaSbErDF OSM 15min cities]"
** Michael Staniek: "[https://files.osmfoundation.org/s/czYxbX8xQXjYLDo Overpass NL]"
** PoliMappers Team: "[https://files.osmfoundation.org/s/tpoQSSajzzbLnnb PoliMappers Poster]"
** Muhammad Saleem: "[https://files.osmfoundation.org/s/TrWXMz898KTPcWY Rethinking temporal-spatial data quality aspects for OpenStreetMap]"
** Sarah Lohr: "[https://files.osmfoundation.org/s/yQyfa6CFBXLsMfe Mapathon experiment]"
** Ayako Takahashi: "[https://files.osmfoundation.org/s/aLYF3oTiG5rLmBQ YouthMappers AGU, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan 2020-2021 report]"
** Janina Schüssler: "[https://files.osmfoundation.org/s/tLqd7rqgnAMELMn Heigit Healthcare Poster]"
** Heikki Vesanto: "[https://files.osmfoundation.org/s/BD6HeiJiXTGkDMM OSM Ireland Buildings]"
** Yusuf Mert Üstün: "[https://files.osmfoundation.org/s/4akJgXtPQkAnrxm Batumi Land-use Development Project]"
** Raphael Schumann: "[https://files.osmfoundation.org/s/q7xM6qzKHDmWqd6 Natural Language Processing and OpenStreetMap]"
** Jiri Vlasak: "[https://files.osmfoundation.org/s/8pDFaEdzaCLKEta Divide and map]"

'''Recordings''' of the talks in track 1 will be made available on the [https://2021.stateofthemap.org/ State of the Map 2021] website and on YouTube.

'''Live translations of talks'''<br>
We are happy to have made the conference more accessible by providing live translation to other languages. While watching the live talks, attendees could connect to a [[osm:Mumble|Mumble]] server and join their preferred language channel. Over 40 live translations of talks were done by [[osm:State_of_the_Map_2021/volunteers/translation|volunteers]] (thanks!) in the following languages: Bahasa Indonesia, Bengali, Italian, Polish, Spanish and Russian. Translations were recorded for future subtitling of the videos.

'''Feedback''' was supplied by some community members: 
* EN [https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/arnalielsewhere/diary/397360 Organizer experience and learnings from State of the Map (SotM) 2021] by arnalielsewhere
* EN [https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/DeBigC/diary/397169 The State of the Map Conference 2021: feedback] by DeBigC.
* EN [http://blog.imagico.de/state-of-the-map-2021-observations/ State of the Map 2021 – observations] by Imagico
* EN [https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/mariotomo/diary/397146 Inclusion in OSM] by Mariotomo
* EN [https://blog.maproulette.org/2021/07/12/state-of-the-map-2021-report-a-global-community-and-task-based-editing-is-hot/ State of the Map 2021 Report: A Global Community, and Task-Based Editing is hot!] by Martijn van Exel
* EN [[osm:State_of_the_Map_2021/feedback#Feedback_by_conference_participants| anonymous feedback by conference participants]]
* ES [https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/arnalielsewhere/diary/397432 Mi experiencia como organizadora y aprendizajes del State of the Map (SotM) 2021] by arnalielsewhere, traducción: Cyberjuan
* RU [http://shtosm.ru/all/televizor-dlya-kartografa/ Телевизор для картографа] by Ilya Zverev.

If you would like to create a State of the Map 2021 t-shirt for personal use, the winning logo by Julie Mattelaer can be found [https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/images/8/85/Sotm2021-logo.png here]. Reduced versions for stickers can be found [https://2021.stateofthemap.org/artwork/ here].
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! Completed - Google Summer of Code 2021  
|- 
| [[osm:Google_Summer_of_Code/2021/Accepted_projects|Four student projects]] had been accepted to take part in the Google Summer of Code 2021.

* '''[[osm:Key:opening_hours|Opening hours]] tag evaluator by Vuong Ho'''. 
**  Mentors: Simon Poole, Rebecca Schmidt 
** [https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/goodudetheboy/diary/396842 Greetings], [https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/goodudetheboy/diary/397139 First period update], [https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/goodudetheboy/diary/397439 Final report]
* '''Interface for reporting search bugs for [[osm:Nominatim|Nominatim]] by Yash Srivastava'''. 
** Mentors: mtmail, lonvia 
** ''We'd like to have an interface where people can report search results that they think to be wrong.''
* '''Quality Assurance Reports Extraction Tool (Nominatim) by Antonin Jolivat'''. 
** Mentors: lonvia, mtmail 
** ''[[osm:Nominatim|Nominatim]] contains OSM data in a processed form that allows to discover a lot of inconsistencies. The goal of this project would be to identify possible sources of inconsistencies and write and automatic extraction tool that exports the possible errors to a json file suitable for Osmoscope.''
** [https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/AntoJvlt/diary/396837 Starting journey], [https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/AntoJvlt/diary/397151 update], [https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/AntoJvlt/diary/AntoJvlt/diary/397480 Final report].
* '''Element History Widget by Zohaib Ansari'''. 
** Mentors: Simon Poole, Rebecca Schmidt 
** ''This will be a standalone library to display multiple versions of any selected OSM element and allow comparison between the different versions.''
** [https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/zohaib_/diary/396844 Plans], [https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/zohaib_/diary/397253 Progress so far], [https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/zohaib_/diary/397493 Final report], [https://github.com/zedlabs/ElementHistoryDialog/wiki/Roadmap-and-Progress-during-the-Google-Summer-of-Code-period Roadmap].

[https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/5879437586857984/ Overview of OSM's projects on the Google Summer of Code  website]
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! Updated - Privacy Policy, in order to cover aspects specific to surveys
|- 
| The board has [[Board/Minutes/2021-02#2021.2FRes06_Addition_to_the_OSMF_privacy_policy_to_cover_surveys|updated]] the OSMF [[Privacy_Policy|Privacy Policy]] in order to cover privacy aspects specific to surveys.

Table with past OSMF surveys [[osm:Foundation/Surveys|here]].
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!  Updated - Local Chapter Agreement 
|- 
| Organisations that apply to become [[Local_Chapters|Local Chapters]], have to sign the [[Local_Chapters/Template_agreement|Local Chapter Agreement]] once accepted. The agreement mentions that the Local Chapter has to supply an annual report to the OSMF board.

The following changes were approved:
* 2021-03 [[Board/Minutes/2021-04#2021.2FRes12_Tweak_to_Local_Chapters_agreement_improve_ability_to_upgrade|Improving the ability to upgrade]].
* 2021-05 [[Board/Minutes/2020-11#2020.2FRes56_Ask_all_new_chapters_to_supply_info_on_unsuccessful_chapter_applications|Asking local chapters to supply information on unsuccessful applications to join as members]].

The OSMF Secretary was [[Board/Minutes/2021-04#2021.2FRes15_Empower_Rory_McCann_to_sign_new_Local_Chapters_Agreement_with_all_existing_Local_Chapters|empowered]] to sign the updated local agreement with all existing local chapters. [https://www.fossgis.de/ Germany], [http://openstreetmap.org.pl/ Poland] and [http://openstreetmap.cd/ DRC] have already signed.
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! Done - Two Board screen-to-screen meetings
|- 
| The board had two facilitated screen-to-screen board meetings (not open to observers), each during a weekend:
* on October 2020
* on February 2021

The [[Board/Minutes/2021-02-S2S|2021-02 meeting sessions]] and some collaborative notes can be found below:
* '''[[Board/Minutes/2021-02-S2S/Action_items_and_decisions|2021-02 Action items and decisions]]'''
* [[Board/Minutes/2021-02-S2S/Taking stock of OSM today|Taking stock of OSM today]]
* Report on community survey
* [[Board/Minutes/2021-02-S2S/Strategic_plan_-_Agree_on_plan_for_the_plan|Strategic plan - Agree on "plan for the plan"]]
* [[Board/Minutes/2021-02-S2S/Decide_on_our_response_to_the_moderation_subcommittee_report|Decide on our response to the moderation subcommittee report (“Diversity”/feedback from LCCWG/Code of Conduct issues)]] 
* [[Board/Minutes/2021-02-S2S/Discuss_rebooting_the_Engineering_Working_Group|Discuss rebooting the Engineering Working Group]]
* [[Board/Minutes/2021-02-S2S/Discuss_Membership_prerequisites_-_steps_towards_Annual_General_Meeting_resolution|Discuss membership prerequisites, steps towards Annual General Meeting (AGM) resolution]]
* [[Board/Minutes/2021-02-S2S/Addressing_lack_of_gender_diversity_in_OSM_community|Addressing lack of gender diversity in OSM community]]
* [[Board/Minutes/2021-02-S2S/Takeover_protection|Takeover protection (including Updating the conflict of interest policy?)]] 
* [[Board/Minutes/2020-10-S2S/Scoping_exercise|Scoping Exercise]] ''(not publicly minuted)''
* [[Board/Minutes/2021-02-S2S/Reality-based_assessment_of_risks_and_opportunities_of_collaboration_of_work_with_other_OSM_actors|Do Reality-based assessment of risks and opportunities of collaboration of work with other OSM actors (HOT, companies, local chapters)]]
* [[Board/Minutes/2021-02-S2S/Encouraging_more_volunteers_to_join_other_working_groups|Encouraging more volunteers to join other working groups]]
* [[Board/Minutes/2021-02-S2S/Discuss_institutionalising_budgeting_and_fund-raising_processes|Discuss institutionalising budgeting and fund-raising processes]]
* [[Board/Minutes/2021-02-S2S/How_do_we_define_%E2%80%9Ccore%E2%80%9D,_in_terms_of_categories_(e.g._software)_and_what_is_in_each_category%3F|How do we define “core”, in terms of categories (e.g. software) and what is in each category?]] 
* [[Board/Minutes/2021-02-S2S/Discuss_paid_votes_-_steps_towards_Annual_General_Meeting_resolution|Discuss paid votes, steps towards AGM resolution]] 
* [[Board/Minutes/2021-02-S2S/Discuss_local_community_local_chapter_support_and_expansion|Discuss Local community/Chapter support and expansion]] 
* [[Board/Minutes/2021-02-S2S/Decide_to_what_extent_management_of_financial_risk_should_be_formalized_-_and_how_to_implement_that|Decide to what extent management of financial risk should be formalized - and how to implement that]]

The [[Board/Minutes/2020-10-S2S|2020-10 meeting sessions]] and some collaborative notes can be found below:
* '''[[Board/Minutes/2020-10-S2S/Action_items|2020-10 Action items and decisions]]'''
* [[Board/Minutes/2020-10-S2S/Taking_stock_of_past_6_months|Taking stock of past 6 months]]
* [[Board/Minutes/2020-10-S2S/Legal_team_and_Brexit_implications_-_resolve_how_to_respond|Legal team and Brexit implications - resolve how to respond]] 
* [[Board/Minutes/2020-10-S2S/Creating_software_dispute_resolution_panel|Creating software dispute resolution panel: who and how]] 
* [[Board/Minutes/2020-10-S2S/Managing_staff_-_what_questions_need_to_be_resolved|Managing staff: what questions need to be resolved]] 
* [[Board/Minutes/2020-10-S2S/Develop_plan_for_conflict_of_interest_on_Working_Groups|Develop plan for conflict of interest on Working Groups]] 
* [[Board/Minutes/2020-10-S2S/Make_progress_on_attribution_guidelines_and_enforcement|Make progress on attribution guidelines and enforcement]].
* [[Board/Minutes/2020-10-S2S/Supporting_API|Supporting API: confirm goals and identify next steps - supporting Andy Allen’s rewrite of the API]] 
* [[Board/Minutes/2020-10-S2S/Regulating_corporate_participation_in_foundation_bodies|Regulating corporate participation in foundation bodies]] 
* [[Board/Minutes/2020-10-S2S/2021_budget|2021 Budget: review budget draft, and what do we need to finish and approve?]]
* [[Board/Minutes/2020-10-S2S/Articles_of_Association|Articles of association: Evaluate membership pre-reqs, identify any needed changes/updates]] 
* [[Board/Minutes/2020-10-S2S/Improving_member_and_volunteer_recruiting|Improving member and volunteer recruiting, e.g via communications working group]] 
* [[Board/Minutes/2020-10-S2S/Board_capacity_and_sustainability|Board capacity and sustainability]]
* [[Board/Minutes/2020-10-S2S/OSMF_fundraising|OSMF fundraising: where are we this year: are we done for 2020? What is fundraising process against 2021 budget?]] 
* [[Board/Minutes/2020-10-S2S/Board_transparency|Board transparency, e.g via communications working group]] 
* [[Board/Minutes/2020-10-S2S/Wrap-up_session|Wrap-up session - Review progress and unfinished business, summarize actions, map the path ahead]]
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! Done - Two "Ask me anything" sessions by board members
|- 
| There were two "Ask me anything" sessions by board members during the past year.

'''2020-11 Questions by Reddit users'''<br>
Reddit users were invited to ask questions to OSMF board members. You can read the [https://www.reddit.com/r/openstreetmap/comments/jnijni/ask_us_anything_we_are_openstreetmap_foundation/ questions and answers on the Reddit website]. There was a mention that the discussion would be copied to the OpenStreetMap wiki.

'''2021-07 Questions by [[osm:State_of_the_Map|State of the Map]] ticket holders'''<br>
Community members that attended the virtual [https://2021.stateofthemap.org/ State of the Map 2021] conference could ask live questions during a video-[https://pretalx.com/sotm2021/talk/review/A99YXLQHU7G79YUKHKQZ8CBPE8WF3AKT session] with some of the board members.
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! Approved - Opensnowmap and GeOSM trademark licence applications
|- 
| 
* 2021-07 [[Board/Minutes/2021-07#2021.2FRes24_Approve_the_OpenSnowMap_trademark_grandfathering_application_and_direct_secretary_to_sign_it|Approval]] of the [https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/File:Opensnowmap.org_Project_Licence_and_Domain_Grandfathering_Application.odt OpenSnowMap trademark licence agreement].
* 2021-03 [[Board/Minutes/2021-03#2021.2FRes08_Geosm_trademark_license_agreement|Approval]] of the GeOSM trademark license agreement.
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! Set - The 2021 [[Annual_General_Meetings|Annual General Meeting]] will take place on [https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=OSMF+15th+Annual+General+Meeting+-+11th+December+2021&iso=20211211T16&p1=1440 December 11th, at 1600 UTC] on [[osm:IRC|IRC]]
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|
The Foundation will have an [[Annual_General_Meetings|Annual General Meeting]] on [https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=OSMF+15th+Annual+General+Meeting+-+11th+December+2021&iso=20211211T16&p1=1440 December 11th, at 1600 UTC] on [[osm:IRC|IRC]].

There will be a board election, with at least 4 seats available.

More information can be found on the [[osm:Foundation/AGM21/Election_to_Board|OSM wiki]] and the [[Annual_General_Meetings/2021|OSMF website]].
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!  Commitment to open communication channels
|- 
| The OSMF board has made a [[Board/Minutes/2020-08#Commitment to open communication channels|commitment]] on 2020-08 on behalf of the Foundation that essential communications will always be accessible through an open, preferably self-hosted platform. They may be published on proprietary channels as well, but only in addition to an open channel.

For the purpose of this commitment, essential communications include:

* Publications or consultations by the [[Officers_%26_Board|board]], [[Working_Groups|working groups]], committees or other Foundation bodies.
* Communications mandated by OSMF policies/guidelines/frameworks and similar documents.
* Anything related to how the OSMF is governed, such as [[Annual_General_Meetings|Annual General Meetings]] and elections.

By open platforms, the board means those that are accessible through open-source software and open protocols, and do not require an account at a third-party service to access. (Read-only public access is sufficient for one-way publications, but not two-way communications).

The [[Working_Groups|Working Groups]] (WGs) have been consulted prior to the decision. The consultation didn't identify any major roadblocks, as the WGs already do this for the most part (with some caveats). 

See also: [[FOSS Policy]], [[Commitment_to_Open_Communication_Channels|OSMF webpage]], [[FOSS_Policy_Special_Committee|FOSS Policy Special Committee]], [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2020-August/007095.html announcement to OSMF members]
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== Ongoing or discussed ==

Please note that the list below mostly does not include regular work by [[Working_Groups|working groups]] and topics have been mentioned during board meetings.

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! <b> Ongoing - Investigation into moving OSMF out of the UK, and into the EU </b>
|- 
| 
The OSMF board is considering relocating the OSMF to the EU and is [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2021-June/007860.html consulting the members for feedback, advice and whether they’ve missed anything].

Comments by members on the osmf-talk<sup>*</sup> mailing list: [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2021-June/thread.html#7860 thread 1], [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2021-July/thread.html#7923 thread 2]. 

<small><nowiki>*</nowiki> ''[https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/osmf-talk osmf-talk] is the mailing list for OpenStreetMap Foundation members ([https://join.osmfoundation.org/ Join the Foundation]). All past messages are available [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/ here].''</small>

* [https://lite.framacalc.org/9oc7-osmf-possible-eu-successors Collaborative spreadsheet by the community].
* [https://files.osmfoundation.org/apps/onlyoffice/s/F3QNmG8JHz8iWp5 Spreadsheet with answers to the board's questions, sent directly to the board].

Please note that there were extensive discussions about Brexit and its effects by the [[Licensing_Working_Group|Licensing Working Group]] (LWG) ''(search the [[Working_Group_Minutes#Licensing_Working_Group|LWG minutes for "Brexit"]])'' and the issue was also previously discussed by OSMF members and the board.

<u>Recent board discussions about relocation</u>
* 2021-07 [[Board/Minutes/2021-07-16#Spreadsheet_for_collating_information_on_a_possible_move_out_of_the_UK|Spreadsheet for collating information on a possible move out of the UK]]
* 2021-06 [[Board/Minutes/2021-06-11#Investigate_moving_OSMF_out_of_the_UK.2C_and_into_the_EU|Investigate moving OSMF out of the UK, and into the EU]] ''(mid-month board chat)''
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! <b> Ongoing - Plans to hire a Senior Site Reliability Engineer and an iD developer </b>
|- 
| '''Hiring an iD developer'''<br>

2021-09 update: OSMF has contracted [https://github.com/tyrasd Martin Raifer] to work mainly on iD. He's going to continue working for 25% of his time for [https://heigit.org/ HeiGIT] (Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology). This was [[Board/Minutes/2021-09#Hiring_an_iD_developer|announced]] during the September 2021 board meeting.

After two and a half years developing [https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Id iD], Quincy Morgan wished to pass the torch on iD development, for personal reasons. The joint statement of the board with Quincy regarding iD development was [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2021/04/26/joint-statement-from-quincy-morgan-and-the-osmf-board/ here] (en). ([https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2021/04/28/declaracion-conjunta-quincy-morgan-junta-fundacion-openstreetmap-desarrollo-id/?lang=es es], [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2021/04/27/declaration-conjointe-de-quincy-morgan-et-du-conseil-dadministration-de-la-fondation-openstreetmap-concernant-le-developpement-did/?lang=fr fr], [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2021/04/27/declaracion-conxunta-de-quincy-morgan-e-o-consello-da-fundacion-openstreetmap-sobre-o-desenvolvemento-de-id/?lang=gl gl], [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2021/04/27/gezamenlijke-verklaring-van-quincy-morgan-en-het-bestuur-van-de-openstreetmap-foundation-over-id-ontwikkeling/?lang=nl nl], [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2021/05/05/wspolny-komunikat-quincy-morgan-oraz-zarzadu-fundacji-openstreetmap-w-sprawie-rozwoju-edytora-id/?lang=pl pl], [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2021/04/27/%d1%81%d0%be%d0%b2%d0%bc%d0%b5%d1%81%d1%82%d0%bd%d0%be%d0%b5-%d0%b7%d0%b0%d1%8f%d0%b2%d0%bb%d0%b5%d0%bd%d0%b8%d0%b5-%d0%ba%d1%83%d0%b8%d0%bd%d1%81%d0%b8-%d0%bc%d0%be%d1%80%d0%b3%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b0/?lang=ru ru], [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2021/05/07/%e9%97%9c%e6%96%bcid%e5%b0%88%e6%a1%88%e9%96%8b%e7%99%bc%ef%bc%8c%e6%98%86%e8%a5%bf%e2%80%a7%e6%91%a9%e6%a0%b9%e8%88%87%e9%96%8b%e6%94%be%e8%a1%97%e5%9c%96%e5%9f%ba%e9%87%91%e6%9c%83%e7%90%86%e4%ba%8b/?lang=zh-hant zh-hant]). 

* The interim maintainers of iD are Milos Brzakovic and Ninoslav Petrovic, as part of their work on the Maps and Geospatial team at Microsoft ''([https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/dev/2021-June/031187.html announcement on the dev mailing list])''.
* The OSMF board has conducted some interviews with interested developers and is currently discussing with one of the candidates. [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2021/06/15/apply-to-maintain-and-develop-id/ What the board was looking for].

''iD related board discussions/posts during 2020 and 2021:''
* ''2021''
** ''Jun 15 [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2021/06/15/apply-to-maintain-and-develop-id/ Apply to maintain and develop iD] (blog post)''
** ''Jun 11 [[Board/Minutes/2021-06-11#Hiring_-_iD_and_Senior_Site_Reliability_Engineer_status_updates''
** ''May 14 [[Board/Minutes/2021-05-14#iD_next_steps|iD next steps]] (mid-month board chat)''
** ''Apr 26 [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2021/04/26/joint-statement-from-quincy-morgan-and-the-osmf-board/ Joint statement from Quincy Morgan and the OpenStreetMap Foundation’s Board, regarding iD development] (blog post)''
** ''Apr 09 [[Board/Minutes/2021-04-09#iD_updates|iD updates]] (mid-month board chat)''
* ''2020''
** ''Jun 08 [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/06/08/toward-resolution-of-controversies-related-to-id/ Toward resolution of controversies related to iD] (blog post)''
** ''Jun 11 [[Board/Minutes/2020-06-11#Responses_to_RFC_on_iD_governance|Responses to request for comments on iD governance]] (mid-month board chat)'' 
** ''Jun 26 [[Board/Minutes/2020-06#Responses_to_RFC_on_iD_governance|Responses to request for comments on iD governance]]''
** ''Sep 10 [[Board/Minutes/2020-09-10#Plan_on_supporting_core_infrastructure:_thoughts_on_deliverables|Plan on supporting core infrastructure: thoughts on deliverables]]''
** ''Nov 12 [[Board/Minutes/2020-11-12#Funding_for_SSRE_.26_iD_-_update|Funding for senior site reliability engineer (SSRE) & iD - update]] (mid-month board chat)''

'''Hiring a Senior Site Reliability Engineer'''<br>

The OSMF board plans to hire a senior site reliability engineer (SSRE). The person has already been selected.

''Related:''
* ''2021''
** ''Jul 16 [[Board/Minutes/2021-07-16#Status_of_hiring_Senior_Site_Reliability_Engineer| No update]] (mid-month board chat)''
** ''Jun 11 [[Board/Minutes/2021-06-11#Hiring_-_iD_and_Senior_Site_Reliability_Engineer_status_updates|Hiring - iD and Senior Site Reliability Engineer status updates]]''
** ''May 28 [[Board/Minutes/2021-05#Where_we_are_with_hiring_a_Senior_Site_Reliability_Engineer|Where we are with hiring a Senior Site Reliability Engineer]], 
** ''May 14 [[Board/Minutes/2021-05-14#Hiring_a_senior_site_reliability_engineer_-_status_update|Hiring a senior site reliability engineer - status update]] (mid-month board chat)''
* ''2020''
** ''Nov 12 [[Board/Minutes/2020-11-12#Funding_for_SSRE_.26_iD_-_update|Funding for senior site reliability engineer (SSRE) & iD - update]] (mid-month board chat)''
** ''Aug 27 [[Board/Minutes/2020-08#Funding_and_hiring_for_Site_Reliability_Engineering_position|Funding and hiring for Site Reliability Engineering position]] where a budget of GBP 130K for all expenses linked to the SSRE position was approved.''
** ''Jul 30 [[Board/Minutes/2020-07#Proposal_to_hire_a_senior_site_reliability_engineer| Proposal to hire a senior site reliability engineer]].''
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{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! <b> Ongoing - Work on updating the Etiquette guidelines and on moderation of two of the OSMF-hosted mailing lists </b>
|- 
| In December 2020, the OpenStreetMap Foundation (OSMF) Board [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/12/11/message-from-osmf-board-chair-on-mailing-list-behavior/ set out] to “find partners to help instate a moderator team for the [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/osmf-talk OSMF-talk]<sup>1</sup> and [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk talk]<sup>2</sup> mailing lists" and in their [[Board/Minutes/2020-12#How_does_the_board_plan_to_respond_to_the_recent_call_for_action_statement_and_its_recommendations.3F|December 2020 meeting]] requested that the [[Local_Chapters_and_Communities_Working_Group|Local Chapters and Communities Working Group]] (LCCWG) take the lead on this initiative. Subsequently, this group has been formed as a subcommittee of the LCCWG. The [[Local_Chapters_and_Communities_Working_Group/Moderation_Subcommittee|Moderation subcommittee]] is a temporary group of OSM community members working on [[Local_Chapters_and_Communities_Working_Group/Moderation_Subcommittee/Scope_of_work| this Scope of Work]] via [https://hackmd.io/oqst2Pt1RlyLITj5lmMLcg this Implementation Plan] (hack.md). Learn more about participants and find links to any draft documents [[Local Chapters and Communities Working Group/Moderation Subcommittee|on the subcommittee's page]]. The moderation subcommittee will not be doing the moderation themselves.

<sup>1</sup><small> ''[https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/osmf-talk osmf-talk] is the mailing list for OpenStreetMap Foundation members ([https://join.osmfoundation.org/ Become a member of the OpenStreetMap Foundation]). You can read all past messages [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/ here].''</small><br />
<sup>2</sup><small> ''[https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk talk] is a general mailing list for OpenStreetMap. Anyone can subscribe to it. You can read all past messages [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/ here].</small>''

Work of the LCCWG moderation subcommittee, formed for this task, so far:
* Suggested update of the [https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Etiquette/Etiquette_Guidelines etiquette guidelines].  The authors recommend applying the updated guidelines (once they are approved) to all OSMF-run platforms (forum, wiki and national mailing lists) as well. Feedback could be provided on the [https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Etiquette/Etiquette_Guidelines discussion page] from August 13 to September 8, 2021.
* 2021-07 [https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Etiquette/Process_for_Moderation Suggested process] for moderation -  feedback could be provided on the [https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Etiquette/Process_for_Moderation discussion page] from July 23 to August 18, 2021. 
* 2021-01 [https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/w/images/8/80/LCCWG_moderation_subcommittee_scope_of_work_proposal_2021-01.pdf This report] on the [[Board/Minutes/2021-01#Report_from_LCCWG_on_.E2.80.9CCall_to_Take_Action_and_Confront_Systemic_Offensive_Behaviour_in_the_OSM_Community.22|29th of January]].
* 2021-03 [[Local_Chapters_and_Communities_Working_Group/Draft_implementation_plan_for_moderation_of_talk_and_osmf-talk_mailing_lists|A draft implementation plan]]

The initial action by the board was the result of a statement [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2020-December/007541.html sent] on December 9th 2020 by a group of community members  to [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/osmf-talk osmf-talk] (OSMF members' mailing list):  [https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:A_Call_to_Take_Action_and_Confront_Systemic_Offensive_Behaviour_in_the_OSM_Community.pdf Calling People to Take Action and Confront Systemic Offensive Behavior in the OSM Community] (.pdf on the wiki, [https://docs.google.com/document/d/130JCTX9ve4H4ORXznmIVTpXiN3TX8nRGA8ayuTZ9ECI Gdoc here]) asking amongst others:''
* ''people to support the statement, help co-write and translate it and'' 
* ''OSMF to implement the suggested changes. ''
''The content of the statement was locked on December 16th 2020 after being published (the content was being updated even after people/groups had started signing it) and it includes the names of 310 community members and 47 organisations in support.''

''Related discussions:''
* ''2021-07-30: [[Board/Minutes/2021-07#Local_Chapters_and_Communities_Working_Group_Moderation_Subcommittee_-_status_update_presentation|Local Chapters and Communities Working Group Moderation Subcommittee - status update presentation]]
* ''2021-05-28: [[Board/Minutes/2021-05#Local_Chapters_and_Communities_Working_Group_Moderation_Subcommittee_-_status_update|LCCWG Moderation Subcommittee - status update]]''
* ''2021-03-26: [[Board/Minutes/2021-03#Presentation_from_Local_Chapters_and_Communities_Working_Group_moderation_subcommittee|Presentation from Local Chapters and Communities Working Group moderation subcommittee]] during board meeting.''
* ''2021-02-12: [[Board/Minutes/2021-02-12#LCCWG_moderation_subcommittee|LCCWG moderation subcommittee]] (mid-month board chat - not open to observers)''
* ''2021-02-06: [[Board/Minutes/2021-02-S2S/Decide_on_our_response_to_the_moderation_subcommittee_report|Decide on our response to the moderation subcommittee report]] (board screen-to-screen meeting)''
* ''[https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2020-December/thread.html#7541 Messages on the osmf-talk mailing list].''
* ''2020-12-18: [[Board/Minutes/2020-12-18#On_recent_call_to_action| comment by Nicolas]] and [[Board/Minutes/2020-12-18#On_recent_call_to_action_.282.29| comment by Pierre Béland]] (guests).''
* ''2020-12-10: [[Board/Minutes/2020-12#How_does_the_board_plan_to_respond_to_the_recent_call_for_action_statement_and_its_recommendations.3F| Question by Rebecca Firth]] (guest), as a representative of the group that has drafted the call to action.''
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{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! <b> Ongoing: Work on membership prerequisites </b>
|- 
| The OSMF membership voted in 2020-12 and [[Annual_General_Meetings/2020/Suggested_resolutions#Vote_3:_Work_on_membership_prerequisites|decided]] the following:

"The board of directors shall, together with the OSMF [[Membership_Working_Group|Membership Working Group]], work on a set of proposals to ensure that all successful applicants for membership or associate membership in the OpenStreetMap Foundation have made a reasonable amount of contributions to OpenStreetMap. The specific form of the contributions (e.g. mapping vs. non-mapping) does not make a difference for the fulfillment of these prerequisites. The board shall submit these proposals as possible resolutions at a general meeting in 2021."

If you would like to help the volunteers of the [[Membership_Working_Group|Membership Working Group]] to work on this, please email mwg@osmfoundation.org 

The rationale is presented [[Annual_General_Meetings/2020/Suggested_resolutions#Vote_3:_Work_on_membership_prerequisites|here]].

''Related board discussions:'' 
* ''2021-02 [[Board/Minutes/2021-02-S2S/Discuss_Membership_prerequisites_-_steps_towards_Annual_General_Meeting_resolution|Discuss Membership prerequisites - steps towards Annual General Meeting resolution]]  (board screen-to-screen meeting)''
* ''2020-10 [[Board/Minutes/2020-10-S2S/Articles_of_Association|Articles of Association]] (board screen-to-screen meeting)''
|-
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{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! <b> Ongoing: Work on making it possible for Active Contributor awardees to receive (regular) OSMF membership
|- 
| The OSMF membership voted in 2020-12 and [[Annual_General_Meetings/2020/Suggested_resolutions#Vote_2:_Amend_OSMF_Fee_Schedule_to_allow_Active_Contributor_Awardees_to_receive_.28regular.29_OSMF_membership.2C_rather_than_just_associate_membership|decided]] to allow Active Contributor awardees to receive ([[Membership#Normal%20Members|regular]]) OSMF membership, rather than just [[Membership#Associate_Members|associate]] membership.

The volunteers of the [[Membership_Working_Group|Membership Working Group]] are working on implementing this decision.

'''Background'''<br>
The OSMF's [[Membership/Active_contributor_membership|Active Contributor Programme]] started last year, and it grants free OSMF associate membership to people who “can demonstrate that they have consistently made sizeable contributions to OpenStreetMap”. By default, if you have made a map edit to OSM on at least 42 days in the past 365 days, you can become a member. Otherwise the Board can look at your non-mapping contributions - decision is on a case by case basis. It has been very successful, with several hundred people receiving it.

Initially this program only granted people [[Membership#Associate%20Members|associate membership]] of the Foundation, rather than ([[Membership#Normal%20Members|regular]]) membership. Associate membership is nearly identical, but there are some legal differences, like a requirement to give the Foundation your address. Importantly, associate members are not legally members of the Foundation, and cannot be elected to the Board, nor vote on changes to the Foundation's [[Articles_of_Association|Articles of Association]].
If you would like to help the volunteers of the Membership Working Group, please email mwg@osmfoundation.org 
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{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! <b> Ongoing - Work on a trademark agreement with Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team  </b>
|- 
| OSMF is currently talking with [https://www.hotosm.org/ Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team] (HOT) and is working on a draft agreement regarding granting rights to HOT for the use of [[Trademark_Policy#1.1._The_.E2.80.9COSM_marks.E2.80.9D|OSM marks]].

Related:
* 2021-02 [[Board/Minutes/2021-02-12#Humanitarian_OSM_and_trademark_agreement_with_HOT|board chat]], [[Board/Minutes/2021-02#Report_on_status_of_HOT_trademark_grant| public board meeting]] and the board [[Board/Minutes/2021-02#2021.2FRes07_Approve_.C2.A31800_for_Lawdit_for_HOT_trademark_grant_consultation|approved £1800 for consultation by Lawdit on the HOT trademark grant]]
* 2021-01-19 HOT and OSMF board members meeting ''(Participants: McCann (OSMF board) and Abelshausen (HOT board))''
* 2021-01-14 HOT board and OSMF board meeting.
* [[Board/Minutes/2020-12-18#Coordination_with_HOT|2020-12]] HOT emailed the OSMF board regarding coordination between OSMF and HOT in order to improve OSM as a global project and suggested meetings of the two boards.
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{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! <b> Discussed: Encouraging more volunteers to join working groups </b>
|- 
| [[Board/Minutes/2021-02-S2S/Encouraging_more_volunteers_to_join_other_working_groups|Collaborative notes]] by board members on encouraging more volunteers to join [[Working_Groups|working groups]] ''(session during [[Board/Minutes/2021-02-S2S|2021-02 screen-to-screen meeting]])''.
|-
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{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! <b>Discussed: Addressing lack of gender diversity in OSM community </b>
|- 
| [[Board/Minutes/2021-02-S2S/Addressing_lack_of_gender_diversity_in_OSM_community|Collaborative notes]] by board members on addressing lack of gender diversity in OSM community''(session during [[Board/Minutes/2021-02-S2S|2021-02 screen-to-screen meeting]])''.
|-

{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! <b>Invitation to make a community presentation at a board meeting </b>
|- 
| 
If  you are part of a [[Local_Chapters|local chapter]], or a local community, putting together an organised project, or developing software, the board of the OSM Foundation would like to hear from you at the [[Monthly_Board_Meetings|monthly board meetings]]. Please get in touch with the board at bo<nowiki>ard@osmfou</nowiki>ndation.org.

[https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2021-June/007911.html Invitation call].
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== Working Groups updates ==
[[Working_Groups|Working Groups]] are the main way in which the Foundation supports OSM in specific areas. Working Groups' members are volunteers.

Like everything in OpenStreetMap, we are very open and always welcome new working group members and helpers. If you support the ideals of OpenStreetMap and open data and want to help, just email the group that interests you. 

{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! [[Communication_Working_Group| Communication Working Group]], [mailto:communication@osmfoundation.org Contact/Join]
|- 
| 
* Communicating the work of the Foundation and related news, through official channels. 

News distribution
* [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/ Blog] posts are tweeted, and are also announced on language-specific channels on Telegram.
|- 
|
'''Get notified''' of new blog posts and translations ''(whenever available)'' by subscribing to our language-specific RSS feeds: <br>
[https://blog.openstreetmap.org/feed/?lang=al AL], [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/feed/?lang=de DE], [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/feed/?lang=en EN], [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/feed/?lang=es ES], [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/feed/?lang=fr FR], [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/feed/?lang=gl GL], [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/feed/?lang=fa FA], [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/feed/?lang=hr HR], [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/feed/?lang=hu HU], [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/feed/?lang=it IT], [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/feed/?lang=lt LT], [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/feed/?lang=nl NL], [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/feed/?lang=pl PL], [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/feed/?lang=pt-pt PT-PT], [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/feed/?lang=pt-br PT-BR], [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/feed/?lang=sq SQ], [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/feed/?lang=uk UK], [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/feed/?lang=ru RU],  [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/feed/?lang=zh-hant ZH-HANT]

'''Distribution of promotional material'''<br>
Please see the [https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Promotional_Material_Programme OSM Promotional Material Programme].

'''Mastodon server'''<br>
The [https://en.osm.town/ en.osm.town] mastodon server was set up, is run and moderated by Amanda McCann ''([[Communication_Working_Group|CWG]] volunteer and board member)''. In August 2021 the board [[Board/Minutes/2021-08#2021.2FRes29_OSMF_takes_over_funding_for_the_en.osm.town_Mastodon_instance.2Fserver|voted and approved]] to pay for future costs of running the en.osm.town mastodon server/instance from now on.

'''Translations'''<br>
Information on [[OSMF_updates/2021-08/Translators|languages and translations]] by volunteers from August 2020 to August - as well as how to help.

'''Minutes'''<br>
See [[Working_Group_Minutes#Communication_Working_Group|minutes]].
 
'''New members''': Welcome to Rebecca Firth, Benjamin Dills, Mikel Maron, Pete Masters.<br>
'''Members leaving''': We thank Hrvoje Bogner and Wille Marcel for their work.
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{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! [[Data_Working_Group|Data Working Group]], [mailto:data@osmfoundation.org Contact/Join]
|- 
| 
* Resolving issues in copyright violation, disputes, vandalism, and bots, beyond the normal means of the community;
* Helping to set policy on data;
* Detecting and stopping vandalism and imports that do not comply with guidelines.
|- 
| 
'''July 2020 to April 2021'''

[[Image:dwg-cases-q1-2021.png|300px]] [[Image:dwg-cases-q4-2020.png|300px]] [[Image:dwg-cases-q3-2020.png|300px]]

1,391 tickets were created in OTRS in these 3 quarters (355 of these were copied from the web site issue tracker). Issues of minor importance are sometimes handled directly in the web site issue tracker and will therefore not be counted.

A total of 2,534 messages were received in the context of these tickets, and 3,628 messages and memos were written by DWG members.

~ 143 tickets were follow-on tickets to older issues, 94 were discarded as spam. 948 tickets created in this period were closed, and additionally, ~262 tickets from previous periods were closed.

The median time for the first (non-automated) response to tickets was:
* 2021-Q1: 04 hours
* 2020-Q4: 14 hours
* 2020-Q3: 22 hours

~11 DWG members were active in each quarter (~92% of cases were handled by the five busiest members).

The majority of tickets were handled in English (4,031), but we also used the languages Dutch (39), German (49), Russian (38), French (14) and Italian (5). (We will also often include auto-translated versions of English messages in responses.)

Generally, all these numbers should be taken with a grain of salt because edge cases can be mis-counted in our statistics. Also, due to reorganisation or cleaning out of old information, it is possible that previous quarters shown in the above graph differ slightly from the numbers published at the time. 

'''Activity reports''': [[Data_Working_Group/DWG_Activity_Report_Q1_2021| 20210 Q1]], [[Data_Working_Group/DWG_Activity_Report_Q4_2020| 2020 Q4]], [[Data_Working_Group/DWG_Activity_Report_Q3_2020| 2020 Q3]]

'''Lists of cases and actions by the DWG''': [[Data_Working_Group/DWG_Activity_Report_Q1_2021#List_of_Cases|2021 Q1]],  [[Data_Working_Group/DWG_Activity_Report_Q4_2020#List_of_Cases|2020 Q4]],  [[Data_Working_Group/DWG_Activity_Report_Q3_2020#List_of_Cases|2020 Q3]]

'''Notable cases'''<br>
2021-Q1
* [[Data_Working_Group/DWG_Activity_Report_Q1_2021#User_conflict_over_sports_clothing_shops|User conflict over sports clothing shops]] 
* [[Data_Working_Group/DWG_Activity_Report_Q1_2021#Increase_in_usage_of_outdoor_activity_apps_and_land_owner_complaints|User conflict over a series of bicycle / mountainbike routes]] 
* [[Data_Working_Group/DWG_Activity_Report_Q1_2021#User_conflict_over_a_series_of_bicycle_.2F_mountainbike_routes|User conflict over a series of bicycle / mountainbike routes]] 
* [[Data_Working_Group/DWG_Activity_Report_Q1_2021#Complaints_about_note_closures|Complaints about note closures]] 
* [[Data_Working_Group/DWG_Activity_Report_Q1_2021#Argument_over_road_name_and_road_importance_in_Iran|Argument over road name and road importance in Iran]] 
* [[Data_Working_Group/DWG_Activity_Report_Q1_2021#Misdirected_complaint_based_on_an_attributed_OSM_map_on_a_3rd-p|Misdirected complaint based on an attributed OSM map on a 3rd-party website]] 
* [[Data_Working_Group/DWG_Activity_Report_Q1_2021#Asian_railway_mapping_from_undisclosed_sourcearty_website|Asian railway mapping from undisclosed source]] 
2020 Q4
* [[Data_Working_Group/DWG_Activity_Report_Q4_2020##Edits_around_Armenia_and_Azerbaijan|Edits around Armenia and Azerbaijan]]
* [[Data_Working_Group/DWG_Activity_Report_Q4_2020#.22Schoolkid.22_vandalism_in_north-east_England|"Schoolkid" vandalism in north-east England ]]
* [[Data_Working_Group/DWG_Activity_Report_Q4_2020#Using_external_websites_as_a_source_that_in_turn_used_Google|Using external websites as a source that in turn used Google ]]
* [[Data_Working_Group/DWG_Activity_Report_Q4_2020#Blocked_for_studying|Blocked for studying]]
* [[Data_Working_Group/DWG_Activity_Report_Q1_2021#Anonymous_Notes_in_Brazil|Anonymous Notes in Brazil]]
* [[Data_Working_Group/DWG_Activity_Report_Q1_2021#Uptick_in_.22private_access.22_issue|Uptick in "private access" issues]]

If you feel that you have been unfairly treated by the DWG, a [[Data_Working_Group#I_feel_that_I_have_been_treated_unfairly_by_DWG|related section was added to the DWG page]]. 

'''New [[Data_Working_Group#Who_we_are|members]]''': We welcome Rafael Avila Coya ''(Spain)'', Lukasz Kruk ''(Poland)'' and Jesús López Témez ''(Spain)''.
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! [[Engineering_Working_Group|Engineering Working Group]] restart [mailto:engineering@osmfoundation.org Contact/Join]
|- 
| After a period of inactivity (with the exception of organising the annual participation in the [[osm:Google_Summer_of_Code| Google Summer of Code]]), the [[Engineering_Working_Group| Engineering Working Group]] (EWG) has been re-established by a [[Board/Minutes/2021-07#Vote_to_approve_the_proposed_Engineering_Working_Group_charter|board decision on 2021-07-30]]. The re-started group is still in its infancy and is welcoming additional members.

* 2021-08-31 [[Working_Group_Minutes/EWG_2021-08-31| First meeting of the newly (re-)created EWG]]. Meetings will be held every 14 days.
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'''Charter'''<br>
[[Board/Minutes/2021-07#Vote_to_approve_the_proposed_Engineering_Working_Group_charter| Approved]] by the board on 2021-07-30 ([https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2021-July/007945.html Consultation of OSMF members]).

<u>What we do</u><br>
The Engineering Working Group is charged with
* Handling software development paid for by the OSMF
* Putting out calls for proposals on tasks of interest, and accepting proposals on other tasks
* Offering a platform for coordination of software development efforts across the OSM ecosystem
* Managing OSM’s participation in software mentorship programs
For handling paid development, "tasks" include development of new features, maintenance of code, documentation, and other tasks that improve the developer experience. We encourage applications from skilled individuals who aren’t professional developers, professional contractors or companies, as well as those who are. In our first round we will look for projects that don’t need much management and will apply the principles of the [[Hiring_Framework|Hiring Framework]].
We encourage standardization and shared efforts between projects by bringing together developers with similar interests. This work also includes responding to emails and directing people at other people or appropriate resources.
<u>Join us</u>
We are looking for people with experience with the OSM software ecosystem, developing software, or managing software development.
<u>Prospective Budget</u>
Our first budget will outline further detail, and is subject to change after the Working Group forms and we have initial meetings.
- Estimated 50k initial budget, same scale as microgrants.<br>
- 50% of funding to core OSM software used to edit OSM or OSM-specific software run on the OpenStreetMap website.<br>
- 30% of funding to OSM quality assurance and analysis tools and OSM-specific software in common use (category name to be determined).<br>
- 20% of funding to consumer-facing OSM software and new software.<br>
All code written must be open-source and available without charge.<br>
We would like to budget for administrative assistance for meeting minutes, document management, and other administrative tasks and believe this is best handled through existing contracts the board has in place.

'''[https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2021/09/13/join-the-osmf-engineering-working-group/ Join the Engineering Working Group]''' to support the OSM developer ecosystem.

Previous related board discussions:
* [[Board/Minutes/2021-07#Engineering_Working_Group_restart|2021-07]]
* [[Board/Minutes/2021-06#Engineering_Working_Group|2021-06]]
* [[Board/Minutes/2021-05-14#Responding_to_proposed_Engineering_Working_Group_restart|2021-05]] Responding to proposed Engineering Working Group restart ''(board chat)''
* [[Board/Minutes/2021-04#Engineering_Working_Group|2021-04-30]] (public board meeting), [[Board/Minutes/2021-04-09#How.27s_the_Engineering_Working_Group_revamp_looking.3F|2021-04-09]] ''(board chat)''
* [[Board/Minutes/2021-02-S2S/Discuss_rebooting_the_Engineering_Working_Group|2021-02]] Discuss rebooting the Engineering Working Group ''(Screen-to-screen board meeting)''
* [[Board/Minutes/2020-09-10#Engineering_Working_Group_.2F_Personnel_committee_roles_and_next_steps|2020-09 - Engineering Working Group / Personnel committee roles and next steps]]
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! [[Licensing_Working_Group|Licensing Working Group]], [mailto:legal@osmfoundation.org Contact/Join]
|- 
| 
* Licensing matters relating to ''using'' our geodata, ([https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/summary/ our end user license], [[osm:Open_Data_License/Community_Guidelines| community guidelines]], [[License|License FAQ]]).
* Licensing matters relating ''creating'' our geodata, ([[License/Contributor_Terms|contributor terms]],  [[osm:Import/Catalogue|imports]], using aerial imagery ...)
* Legal matters relating to responsibility and risk, (trademarks,  [[License/Takedown_procedure|safe harbour]], privacy, child protection, ...)
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| '''[[OSMF_updates/2021-08/Licensing_Working_Group_Overview| Overview of activities August 2020 to August 2021 here]].'''

''Minutes: [[Working_Group_Minutes#Licensing_Working_Group| Licensing Working Group]]''
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{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! [[Local_Chapters_and_Communities_Working_Group|Local Chapters and Communities Working Group]], [mailto:local@osmfoundation.org. Email], Chat:  [https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#osmcommunity IRC], [https://riot.im/app/#/room/#osmcommunity:matrix.org Element]
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| Aims:
* Building local community cohesion 
* Facilitating a global exchange of ideas 
* Improving the Local Chapters affiliation scheme 
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| '''[[OSMF_updates/2021-08/LCCWG_Overview| Overview of activities August 2020 to August 2021 here]].'''

[[Local_Chapters_and_Communities_Working_Group#Who_we_are| Working Group members]]' changes:
* '''New members''': We welcome to Jonathan Beliën ''(OpenStreetMap Belgium)'', Nicholas Chavent ''(Francophonie community)'', Naveen Francis ''(India local community)'', Besfort Guri ''(FLOSSK (OSM Kosovo))'', Adam Hoyle ''(OpenStreetMap United Kingdom)'', Anisa Kuci ''(Wikimedia Italia)'', Sophie Mower ''(HOT)'' and Jorge Gustavo Rocha ''(OSGeo Portugal)''. 
* '''Member leaving''': We thank to Stefano Sabatini for his work.
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! [[Membership_Working_Group|Membership Working Group]], [mailto:mwg@osmfoundation.org Contact/Join]
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|
* Member self service area
* Administering the membership database
* Processing [[Membership/Active_contributor_membership|Active Contributor memberships]]
* Answering routine membership queries
* Increasing the OSMF Membership
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Besides the ongoing regular work described above, some of the issues discussed by the group have been:
* Logistics of the [[Membership/Active_contributor_membership|Active Contributor program]]
* [[Working_Group_Minutes/MWG_2021-02-01|Possible implementation]] of the [[Membership/Active_contributor_membership|Active Contributor program]] to grant [[Membership#Normal_Members|normal OSMF memberships]]
* [[Working_Group_Minutes/MWG_2020-12-04#Membership_Renewal_Date_handling|Membership renewal date handling]]
* [[Working_Group_Minutes/MWG_2020-12-04#MWG_Workload|Workload]]
* [[Working_Group_Minutes/MWG_2020-12-04#Software_Dispute_Resolution_Panel|Nominations]] for the [[osm:Software_dispute_resolution_panel|Software Dispute Resolution Panel]]
* [[Working_Group_Minutes/MWG_2020-12-04#Practices_for_conducting_MWG_online_business|Practices for conducting MWG online business]]

'''Processed: more than 743 active contributor membership applications since 2020-08-01''', which resulted in:
* 743 new [[Membership#Associate_Members|Associate OSMF members]], of which
* 730 had at least 42 mapping days during the last 365 days prior to their application, while
* 13 had other significant non-mapping contributions. Applications for non-mapping contributions are assessed by the board and 13 were approved from the 19 which were received.

'''About the  active contributor membership program'''<br>
In August 2020 the [[Membership_Working_Group|Membership Working Group]] launched the [[Membership/Active_contributor_membership| active contributor membership program]]: an easier and costless way for active OpenStreetMap contributors to apply to become an Associate member of the Foundation with no need to pay the membership fee. One needs <u>either at least 42 mapping days in the last 365 days or other contributions</u>) to have a voice in the OpenStreetMap Foundation, which is supporting the project, and be able to vote for the board members of your choice.

'''[https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/joost%20schouppe/diary/395012 Initial effect] of the [[Membership/Active_contributor_membership|Active Membership Contributor program]] analysed in December 2020. The program started in August 2020.'''<br>

''About the program: If you are an active OpenStreetMap contributor (with at least 42 mapping days in the previous 365 days or other contributions) you can become a member of the OpenStreetMap Foundation, which is supporting the project, without paying any membership fee. Find out more and the links to apply [https://join.osmfoundation.org/active-contributor-membership/ here].''
Joost Schouppe (past MWG member) looked in December 2020 at the [https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/joost%20schouppe/diary/395012 initial impact of the active contributor membership program] and analysed which countries are over- and under-represented in the membership of the OpenStreetMap Foundation.

<small>'''Announcement of the active contributor membership program in different languages'''
* DE [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/08/28/aktiver-osm-mitarbeiter-sie-koennen-jetzt-einfach-der-openstreetmap-foundation-beitreten/?lang=de Aktiver OSM-Mitarbeiter? Sie können jetzt einfach der OpenStreetMap Foundation beitreten]
* EN [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/08/20/active-osm-contributor-membership-program/ Active OSM contributor? You can now easily join the OpenStreetMap Foundation]. 
* FR [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/08/23/contributeur-osm-actif-vous-pouvez-desormais-rejoindre-facilement-la-fondation-openstreetmap/?lang=fr Contributeur OSM actif? Vous pouvez désormais rejoindre facilement la Fondation OpenStreetMap].
* GL [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/08/22/es-unha-persoa-que-contribue-de-forma-activa-a-osm-agora-podeste-unir-a-fundacion-openstreetmap/?lang=gl Es unha persoa que contribúe de forma activa a OSM? Agora pódeste unir á Fundación OpenStreetMap].
* NL [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/08/29/actieve-osm-bijdrager-u-kunt-nu-gemakkelijk-lid-worden-van-de-openstreetmap-stichting-openstreetmap-foundation/?lang=nl Actieve OSM-bijdrager? U kunt nu gemakkelijk lid worden van de OpenStreetMap Stichting (OpenStreetMap Foundation)]
* PL [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/08/23/jestes-aktywnym-wspoltworca-osm-teraz-mozesz-w-latwy-sposob-dolaczyc-do-fundacji-openstreetmap/?lang=pl Jesteś aktywnym współtwórcą OSM? Teraz możesz w łatwy sposób dołączyć do Fundacji OpenStreetMap].
* RU [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/08/29/openstreetmap/?lang=ru Активный участник OSM? Вступайте в Фонд OpenStreetMap]
* [[Communication_Working_Group/Translations/Help_with| Add a language]]
</small>

'''Members (leaving)''': We thank Paul Norman and Joost Schouppe for their work.

''Minutes: [[Working_Group_Minutes#Membership_Working_Group| Membership Working Group]]''
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! [[Operations_Working_Group|Operations Working Group]], [mailto:operations@osmfoundation.org Contact/Join]
|- 
| 
* Ensuring the operation and smooth running of the XML editing API and data distribution services.
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|
'''Github''':<br> [https://github.com/openstreetmap/operations/issues OSM operations], [https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/ OSM website] and other repositories.

The spending plan for 2022 is at https://operations.osmfoundation.org/2021/07/22/plan.html

'''[[OSMF_updates/2021-08/Operations_Overview| Overview of news and activities August 2020 to August 2021 is here]]'''.
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{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! [[StateoftheMap_Organizing_Committee| State of the Map Working Group]], [mailto:team@stateofthemap.org Contact/Join]
|- 
| 
* State of the Map Policy
* Responsible for the organisation and execution of the annual OpenStreetMap Foundation Conference "The [[osm:State_of_the_Map|State of the Map]]" (SotM).
|- 
| The volunteers of the [[osm:State_of_the_Map|State of the Map]] organising committee successfully organised the [https://2021.stateofthemap.org/ virtual, international State of the Map 2021] ''(second virtual conference)''. Talks were pre-recorded and broadcasted live. Live question and answer sessions took place, where community members were able to ask questions to the speakers via the conference platform. 

See the section ''"Completed - State of the Map 2021 international conference"'' for more details.

The  [https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/images/8/85/Sotm2021-logo.png SotM 2021 logo] was created by Julie Mattelaer.

'''Live translations of talks'''<br>
We are happy to have made the conference more accessible by providing live translation to other languages. While watching the live talks, attendees could connect to a [[osm:Mumble|Mumble]] server and join their preferred language channel. Over 40 live translations of talks were done by [[osm:State_of_the_Map_2021/volunteers/translation|volunteers]] (thanks!) in the following languages: Bahasa Indonesia, Bengali, Italian, Polish, Spanish and Russian. Translations were recorded for future subtitling of the videos.

<div class="osmf-box-primary osmf-center">
Organising a State of the Map conference is a huge effort! But it can be broken down to small and straightforward tasks. We are looking for you! Are you interested in taking over one of our tasks? [https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/StateoftheMap_Organizing_Committee/How_you_can_help This page] shows you what the team is doing when the conference is not virtual – maybe there’s something here that you can help with. Or ask us (s<nowiki>otm@openstre</nowiki>etmap.org) for more details of tasks you are interested in!
</div>
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== Committees, Special Committees and other Foundation bodies ==
<big>'''Committees'''</big><br>
Committees are defined in the [[Articles_of_Association#PROCEEDINGS_OF_THE_BOARD|Articles of Association]] 91-94, and not typically employed by the Board. OSMF currently has one such committee.

{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! [[Personnel_Committee|Personnel Committee]]
|- 
| '''Aim, composition, related board discussions'''

A [[Personnel_Committee|personnel committee]] comprised of board members and  with the following [[Personnel_Committee/Charter|charter]] was formed in October 2020 to provide human resources (HR) and organisational support for people doing work for the Foundation for most of their time over the year. 
The people are: 
* [[osm:User:Dorothea|administrative assistant]] ''(contracted)'', 
* <u>near future</u>: Senior Site reliability Engineer ''(to be employed)'', 
* <u>near future</u>: iD developer ''(to be contracted. Previous contracted developer: Quincy Morgan)''

Input [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2020-September/007214.html was asked] from OSMF members ''([https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2020-September/thread.html#7214 Discussion: Seeking input on the personnel committee])''.

'''Committee composition'''<br>
The composition of the committee (except the chairperson), has not been fornalised.
* Chairperson: [[osm:User:Liotier|Jean-Marc Liotier]] - elected in  [[Board/Minutes/2020-12-18#Elect_officers|December 2020]].
* Current: [https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Board_Member_Bios&oldid=8498#Guillaume_Rischard Guillaume Rischard] (OSMF board), [https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Board_Member_Bios&oldid=8498#Jean-Marc_Liotier Jean-Marc Liotier] (OSMF board), [https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Board_Member_Bios&oldid=8498#Mikel_Maron Mikel Maron] (OSMF board)
* Previous: Guillaume Rischard and [https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Board_Member_Bios&oldid=6864#Joost_Schouppe Joost Schouppe]

The formation of the committee was initially discussed during [[Board/Minutes/2020-03-F2F/Sustaining_and_fortifying_OSM#Personnel_committee|the March 2020 board screen-to-screen meeting]] with a resulting action item to "Scope out boundaries on committee, safety measures, how to mitigate effects on volunteers, e.g. de-motivation".

'''Related board discussions'''<br>
''For discussions related to hiring/contracting for specific positions, please see the related section "Plans to hire a Senior Site Reliability Engineer and an iD developer" of this update or the [[Monthly_Board_Meetings|Board minutes]].''
* 2020 Dec [[Board/Minutes/2020-12-18#Elect_officers|Elect officers]] ''(election of Jean-Marc Liotier as personnel committee chairperson and discussion about the committee)''
* 2020 Oct
** [[Board/Minutes/2020-10#Personnel_committee| Personnel committee]] ''(Public board meeting - adoption of [https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Personnel_Committee/Charter&oldid=7922 personnel committee charter])''
** [[Board/Minutes/2020-10-S2S/Managing_staff_-_what_questions_need_to_be_resolved|Managing staff - what questions need to be resolved]] ''(board screen-to-screen meeting)''
* 2020 Sep [[Board/Minutes/2020-09#Personnel_committee| Personnel committee]]''
* 2020 Mar [[Board/Minutes/2020-03-F2F/Sustaining_and_fortifying_OSM#Personnel_committee|Personnel committee]] ''(board screen-to-screen meeting)''
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<big> '''Special committees''' </big><br>
Special committees are different from the committees above (defined in the [[Articles_of_Association#PROCEEDINGS_OF_THE_BOARD|Articles of Association]] 91-94) and cannot be considered to be a subgroup of them. See rules 6, 7 and 8 [https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Board_Rules_of_Order&oldid=7351#9._Working_Groups.2C_Committees.2C_and_Special_Committees under section 9 of the Board rules of order].

{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! [[Diversity_and_Inclusion_Special_Committee| Diversity and Inclusion Special Committee]], [mailto:disc@osmfoundation.org Contact]
|- 
| The Diversity and Inclusion Special Committee (DISC) was appointed by the OSMF Board in January 2020.

'''Minutes and actions'''<br>
There were no minutes or published work between the period covered by this report (August 2020 to August 2021). The committee is marked as inactive on the OSM Foundation website, pending [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/12/11/message-from-osmf-board-chair-on-mailing-list-behavior/ work by the LCCWG moderation subcommittee on mailing list behavior] for the 2 mailing lists osmf-talk<sup>1</sup> and talk<sup>2</sup>.''

<small><sup>1</sup> ''[https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/osmf-talk osmf-talk] is the mailing list for OpenStreetMap Foundation members ([https://join.osmfoundation.org/ Become a member of the OpenStreetMap Foundation]). You can read all past messages [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/ here].''<br /></small>
<small><sup>2</sup> ''[https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk talk] is a general mailing list for OpenStreetMap. Anyone can subscribe to it. You can read all past messages [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/ here].''</small>

In October 2020 there was a [https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/mikelmaron/diary/394595 call] by Mikel Maron ''(board member)'' to revitalise the committee.
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{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
!  [[FOSS_Policy_Committee|FOSS policy special committee]]
|- 
| '''Published - [https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/w/images/b/b5/FOSS_policy_special_committee_-_Report_on_FOSS_use_in_OSMF_2021-01.pdf Report on free and non-free tools in the OSM Foundation] (.pdf)  and recommendations by the [[FOSS_Policy_Committee|FOSS Policy special committee]] and recommendations - 2021-01''' - [https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/File:FOSS_policy_special_committee_-_Report_inventory_data_2021-01.ods Raw data] <br>

* [https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/xamanu/diary/395615#comments Community discussion on the report] ''(comments on the diary entry by Felix)''
* Membership discussion on the osmf-talk mailing list: [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2021-January/007667.html January thread] and [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2021-February/007697.html February thread] ''(only [https://join.osmfoundation.org/ OSMF members] can post on the list - [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/osmf-talk subscribe]. Messages are available to all [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/ here]).''
* 2021-01 [[Board/Minutes/2021-01#Inventory_of_free_and_non-free_tools_by_the_FOSS_policy_special_committee|Notes from the discussion during the board meeting where the report was presented]].
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{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! Special committee on takeover protection
|- 
| '''Composition and remit'''<br>
The board on July 28 2021 [[Board/Minutes/2021-07#2021.2FRes23_To_appoint_Andy_Allan_and_Michael_Collinson_to_special_committee_on_takeover_protection|appointed]]  [[osm:User:Gravitystorm|Andy Allan]] and [[osm:User:Ewmjc|Michael Collinson]] to the [[Special_Committee_on_Takeover_Protection|special committee on takeover protection]]. The committee's remit is to recruit additional members and investigate, then recommend to the Board, possible remedies to any potential threat of a hostile takeover of the OpenStreetMap Foundation. The remit includes but is not limited to specific attention to paid voting [[Annual_General_Meetings/2020/Suggested_resolutions#Vote_4:_Instruct_the_Board_to_investigate_paid_votes|as mandated]] by the Foundation membership at the 2020 [[Annual_General_Meetings|annual general meeting]].

<u>Board discussions related to takeover protections</u>:
* ''2021 [[Board/Minutes/2021-04#Takeover_protection|Apr 30]], [[Board/Minutes/2021-04-09#Takeover_protection|Apr 09]], [[Board/Minutes/2021-02-S2S/Takeover_protection|Feb: Takeover protection (including Updating the conflict of interest policy?)]] (board screen-to-screen meeting)''
* ''2020 [[Board/Minutes/2020-09#Takeover_protections| Sep 24]], [[Board/Minutes/2020-09#How_have_all_the_new_active_contributors_affected_the_takeover_risk.2Fapproach.3F|Sep 24. Members: How have all the new active contributors affected the takeover risk/approach?]]''

In addition to the board discussions on takeover protection, the [[Membership_Working_Group|Membership Working Group]]:
* in 2020 created and implemented the [[Membership/Active_contributor_membership|Active Contributor Membership program]] and
* is working on membership prerequisites<br>
...both also being considered as additional measures for takeover protection.
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<big>'''Other OSM Foundation bodies'''</big><br>
''The Microgrants committee, while having the word "committee" in its name, was not created as a committee defined in the [[Articles_of_Association#PROCEEDINGS_OF_THE_BOARD|Articles of Association]] 91-94, and thus is listed under "other Foundation bodies".''

{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! [[Microgrants/Committee|Microgrants committee]]
|- 
| '''Completed - Trial run of Microgrants'''<br>
The [[Microgrants/Committee| Microgrants committee]] members were selected by the OSMF board to oversee the trial round of the Microgrants program ''(Duration: October 2020 - October 2021)''. You can read more about the trial run of the program in the section ''"Nearly completed - Funded work on 12 projects via the trial round of Microgrants".''

''' Final report by the [[Microgrants/Committee| Microgrants committee]]'''<br>

* [https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/File:OSMF_Microgrants_report_2020-21.odt Final report] ''(file type: .odt, file size: 29 KB)'' and 
* [https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/File:20210924_Microgrants_presentation.pdf presentation] by Hanna Krüger ''(.pdf, 53 KB, 8 pages) during the [[Board/Minutes/2021-09|September board meeting]].

'''Timeline'''<br>
''2021''
* ''Sep [[Board/Minutes/2021-09|Presentation of final report during September board meeting]]'' 
* ''Jul [[Board/Minutes/2021-07-16#Microgrants_-_what.27s_next.3F|Microgrants - what's next?]]'' 
2020'' 
* ''Feb [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/02/17/call-for-microgrants-committee/ Call for microgrants committee members].''
* ''Mar [[Board/Minutes/2020-04#2020.2FRes16_Start_the_Microgrants_Committee| 5 selected committee members from 13 applications]].''
* ''Apr [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/04/19/announcing-the-osm-foundations-call-for-microgrant-applications/ Call for microgrant applications], [[Board/Minutes/2020-04#Microgrants_update| Board update]].'' 
* ''Jun [[Board/Minutes/2020-06#2020.2FRes28_Select_Microgrant_observers| Selection of 2 observers out of 4 applicants]], [https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Microgrants/Committee/Minutes/2020-06-04#Observers_Report_by_Craig_Observer report], [[Board/Minutes/2020-06#Microgrants_selection| Board update]].''
* ''Jul [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/07/01/osmf-microgrants-program-congratulations-to-selected-projects/ Announcements of 12 selected microgrant proposals].''
* ''Aug [[Board/Minutes/2020-08-13#Microgrants_tracking_and_reporting_status|Microgrants tracking and reporting status]].''
* ''ep [[Board/Minutes/2020-09#Conflicts_of_Interest_disclosure|Conflicts of Interest disclosure]].''

Timeline with more details [[Microgrants/Timeline|here]].
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{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! [[osm:Software_dispute_resolution_panel|Software Dispute Resolution Panel]] for iD editor
|- 
| '''Mandate, terms of office, composition, conflicts of interest, transparency, evaluation'''

The OSMF Board [[Board/Minutes/2020-08#Dispute_resolution_panel_proposal|decided in August 2020]] to create a [[osm:Software_dispute_resolution_panel|Software Dispute Resolution Panel]] to deal with disputes over changes to the [[osm:iD|iD]] editor. The full proposal can be found [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/08/04/proposal-for-software-dispute-resolution-panel/ here].  The community consultation thread is [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2020-August/085258.html here], and a digest of that consultation can be found [https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/w/images/8/8a/20200720_digest_responses_iD_proposal.odt here]. Working Groups were asked to submit nominations and the Board appointed the following five persons (from a total of 7 nominations) to the first Panel in January 2021:

* Richard Fairhurst
* David Morais Ferreira
* Wille Marcel
* Minh Nguyen
* Ilya Zverev

'''Mandate'''<br>
''The panel has the following mandate:''<br>
Initially, the Panel will deal solely with disputes over changes to the iD editor. If subsequently developers of other OSM-related software wish to use the Panel, they may request inclusion in the Panel’s remit. Opting into cooperation with the Panel is voluntary and will not, for example, factor into OSMF decisions related to funding.

Once a software product has been included in the Panel’s remit, the Panel shall be the venue for resolving disputes over that software without exception, that cannot otherwise be resolved in the everyday discussion and governance of the project. Developers may request dispute resolution at any time. Members of the community may, after having made their issues known to the developers and working through their processes in good faith, request dispute resolution from the Panel. The Panel may decline to handle any requests where community discussion on the issue is still in progress, or requests that it deems abusive, repetitive, frivolous or spurious. Members may appeal to the OSMF board if they consider a resolution process was unjustly declined.

The Panel is empowered to enlist assistance of subject-matter experts to study and resolve disputes, such as tagging presets. The Panel will examine all sides of any dispute and render a judgment. For tagging-related features, the Panel will advise against controversial presets or validation rules which are not based on sound and settled best practice. The panel will look at existing documentation, any recent community votes, usage numbers, and past discussions, and may convoke subject-matter experts. By having requested inclusion in the Panel’s remit, developers agree in advance to be bound by the Panel’s decisions. 

'''Term of office'''

The term of office for members of the Panel shall be two years, except that in the first year of operation, two of the members shall have a term of office of one year. In this manner each year either two or three members of the panel will potentially turn over, allowing for some overlap and institutional memory. Members may be reappointed up to two times, but must step down after a maximum of three terms in a row, and may be reappointed after a one-term break.

'''Composition, conflicts of interest'''

Members of the panel must have a background as volunteer contributors to the OpenStreetMap project. In appointing members of the Panel, the working groups and Board shall strive for Panel composition (membership) that reflects all interests of the OSM community writ large. Members must not participate in cases involving software products developed, whether fully or partially, by employees of the same organization. Conflict-of-interest rules comparable to those for the OSMF board and working groups shall apply to the panel.

'''Transparency'''

Panel decisions will be recorded on the [[Software_Dispute_Resolution_Panel|OSMF website]]. 

'''Evaluation'''

The decision to install the Panel will be evaluated by the Board and in public discussion among the Foundation’s members after one year. 

For more information and future changes, please see the [[osm:Software_dispute_resolution_panel|dedicated page on the OSM wiki]].
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! [[Advisory_Board|Advisory Board]]
|- 
| The [[Advisory_Board| Advisory Board]] members are separate from the OSMF board of directors - individuals are either representatives of Gold/Platinum [[Corporate_Members|Corporate Members]] of the OSMF, [[Local_Chapters| Local Chapter representatives]] or invited directly by the OSMF board of directors and they can be consulted by the OSMF board.
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| '''Meetings of Advisory Board members with the OSMF board'''<br>
''Meetings are now open to observers and happen approximately every 3 months.''
* '''2021-08-10''' The board had [[Advisory_Board/Minutes/2021-08-10|an online meeting]] with representatives of 7 [[Local_Chapters|Local Chapters]] and 2 Gold [[Corporate_Members|Corporate Members]] on the [[Advisory_Board| Advisory Board]]. The meeting was open to observers (6 guests).
** [[Advisory_Board/Minutes/2021-08-10#Takeover_protection_update|Microgrants update]]
** [[Advisory_Board/Minutes/2021-08-10#Microgrants_update|Attribution Guidelines]]
** [[Advisory_Board/Minutes/2021-08-10#Attribution_Guidelines|Board session during State of the Map 2021 conference]]
** [[Advisory_Board/Minutes/2021-08-10#Board_session_during_State_of_the_Map_2021_conference|Update on hiring of Senior Site Reliability Engineer]]
** [[Advisory_Board/Minutes/2021-08-10#Update_on_hiring_of_Senior_Site_Reliability_Engineer|Update on hiring an ID developer]]
** [[Advisory_Board/Minutes/2021-08-10#Update_on_hiring_an_ID_developer|Engineering Working Group restart update]]
** [[Advisory_Board/Minutes/2021-08-10#Engineering_Working_Group_restart_update|Strategic plan outline]]
** [[Advisory_Board/Minutes/2021-08-10#Strategic_plan_outline|Publication of the Advisory Board mailing list archive]]
** [[Advisory_Board/Minutes/2021-08-10#Publication_of_the_Advisory_Board_mailing_list_archive|2021 Annual General Meeting: date set]]
** [[Advisory_Board/Minutes/2021-08-10#2021_Annual_General_Meeting:_date_set|Promoting gender diversity - Local Chapter question]]
** [[Advisory_Board/Minutes/2021-08-10#Promoting_gender_diversity_-_Local_Chapter_question|Joining the board]]
** [[Advisory_Board/Minutes/2021-08-10#Joining_the_board]]
* '''2021-05-25''' The board had [[Advisory_Board/Minutes/2021-05-25|an online meeting]] with representatives of [[Local_Chapters|Local Chapters]] and Gold [[Corporate_Members|Corporate Members]] on the [[Advisory_Board| Advisory Board]]. The meeting was open to observers.
** [[Advisory_Board/Minutes/2021-05-25#State_of_the_Map_Program_.28SotM.29_Committee:_How_is_the_program_committee_determined.3F_ensure_Oceania_is_more_active_for_future_SotMs|State of the Map Program (SotM) Committee: How is the program committee determined.3F ensure Oceania is more active for future SotMs]]
** [[Advisory_Board/Minutes/2021-05-25#OSM_Special_Interest_Group:_How_OSGeo_Oceania_is_supporting_OSM|OSM Special Interest Group: How OSGeo Oceania is supporting OSM]]
** [[Advisory_Board/Minutes/2021-05-25#Update_on_hiring_of_Senior_Site_Reliability_Engineer|Update on hiring of Senior Site Reliability Engineer]]
** [[Advisory_Board/Minutes/2021-05-25#iD_Maintainance_Plan_post_Quincy_leaving|iD Maintainance Plan post Quincy leaving]]
** [[Advisory_Board/Minutes/2021-05-25#.E2.80.9CTakeover_Protection.E2.80.9D_threat_models|"Takeover Protection" threat models]]
* '''2021-02-24''' The board had [[Advisory_Board/Minutes/2021-02-24|an online meeting]] with representatives of 10 [[Local_Chapters|Local Chapters]] and 1 Gold [[Corporate_Members|Corporate Member]] on the [[Advisory_Board| Advisory Board]].
** Report on [[2021_Survey_Results|2021 OSMF community survey]]
** Board to share themes & plans from the [[Board/Minutes/2021-02-S2S|2021-02 Board Screen-to-Screen meeting]]
** Roundtable update: 2021 plans from local chapters and companies?
** Delegating some microgrant decision-making to Local Chapters
** Shared platforms and services: what do Local Chapters need? How much can OSMF provide/co-ordinate/fund?
* '''2020-10-09''' The board had an [[Advisory_Board/Minutes/2020-10-09| online meeting with three of the six Corporate Members of the Advisory Board]].
** [[Advisory_Board/Minutes/2020-10-09#Attribution_guidelines|Attribution guidelines]]
** [[Advisory_Board/Minutes/2020-10-09#Strategic_plan_creation|Strategic plan creation]]
* '''2020-10-05''' The board had an online meeting with 4 Local Chapter representatives of the Advisory Board. ''(one of the representatives was from a local chapter that had been accepted but not signed the agreement yet).''
* 
* '''[[Advisory_Board/Communication| Overview of communications]]'''
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== Internal ==
{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! Board transparency
|- 
| [[Board/Minutes/2020-10-S2S/Board_transparency|Board transparency]] discussion during the [[Board/Minutes/2020-10-S2S|October 2020 screen-to-screen]] board meeting.
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{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! Board capacity and sustainability
|- 
| [[Board/Minutes/2020-10-S2S/Board_capacity_and_sustainability|Board capacity and sustainability]] discussion during the [[Board/Minutes/2020-10-S2S|October 2020 screen-to-screen]] board meeting.
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{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! Board delegate to Open Source Initiative
|- 
| OSMF is an affiliate member of the [https://opensource.org/ Open Source Initiative] (OSI).

[[Board/Minutes/2020-12-18#Delegate_to_Open_Source_Initiative|Decision]] to re-appoint [https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Board_Member_Bios&oldid=8498#Tobias_Knerr Tobias Knerr] as the OSMF delegate to the Open Source Initiative.
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{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! Board - Blackout period on voting on circular resolutions from December 20th to January 10th
|- 
| [[Board/Minutes/2020-12-18#Vote_on_the_traditional_circular_blackout_for_the_holidays|Decision]] to impose a blackout period on voting on circular resolutions from December 20th to January 10th.

''[[Board_Rules_of_Order#7._Circular_Resolutions| Circulars]] usually follow a board discussion by mail (except the circulars on fee waiver application due to financial hardship), and are basically a show of hands. The duration of the voting is usually set to seven days.''
 
''Board members who might be away during the holidays will not have the chance to ask others to give an issue another thought before voting, or provide their point of view during the internal discussion. Therefore, it has been suggested to have a black-out period for non-urgent circulars during the holidays.''

''Related board discussions: [[Board/Minutes/2018-12-20#Holiday_-_blackout_for_circulars| 2018-12]], [[Board/Minutes/2019-12#Holiday_blackout_for_circulars| 2019-12]]''
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{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! Board - Not approved update to the Board Conflict of Interest policy
|- 
| [[Board/Minutes/2021-02#2021.2FRes08_Update_Conflict_of_Interest_policy|Read about the rationale and the result of the vote.]]
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{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! Board - Apology about not disclosure of Conflicts of Interest
|- 
| An [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2021-February/007708.html apology] to OSMF members was issued by board members Mikel Maron and Joost Schouppe regarding conflicts of interest in the awarding of [https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Microgrants microgrants] in 2020, as both were closely associated with successful grantees.

Related: Board [[Conflict_of_Interest_Policy|Conflict of Interest Policy]].
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{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! Board - Closed sessions of public board meetings
|- 
|The OSMF board currently has monthly public videomeetings ''(open to observers)'' and monthly board chats ''(not open to observers)'' - all are listed [[Monthly_Board_Meetings|here]].

The following closed sessions took place during the past year:
* 2021-07-30 [[Board/Minutes/2021-07#Closed_session:_Update_on_iD_maintainer_hiring_process|Update on iD maintainer hiring process]]
* 2021-03-26 [[Board/Minutes/2021-03#User_suspension_appeal|User suspension appeal]] ''([[Board/Minutes/2021-03#User_suspension_question_-_had_they_requested_anonymity_removal.3F|Related question from guest during board meeting]])''
* 2021-01-29 [[Board/Minutes/2021-01#Software_dispute_resolution_panel_2|Software dispute resolution panel]]
* 2020-10-22 [[Board/Minutes/2020-10#Discussing_the_suggested_new_contract_for_Dorothea.2C_as_worked_out_by_TimeLessTime|Discussing the suggested new contract for Dorothea, as worked out by TimeLessTime]]
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{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! Board - Reminders for formal requirements for circulars and conflict of interest cases
|- 
| Board members were [[Board/Minutes/2021-05-14#Reminders_for_formal_requirements_for_circulars_and_conflict_of_interest_cases|reminded]] of the following:

'''Circulars''' ''([[Board_Rules_of_Order#7._Circular_Resolutions|about circulars]])''
* Minimum duration of voting on circulars is 1 week, the duration can't be 1-3 days (can be extended to 2 weeks by request) - ([[Board_Rules_of_Order#7._Circular_Resolutions|7.2 on board rules of order]]).
* The content of the circular and links are public by default ([[Board_Rules_of_Order#7._Circular_Resolutions|7.6 on board rules of order]]).
* The title and the content must make clear what is approved and what happens when a circular fails.
* Comments on the circulars on Loomio are made public.

'''Conflict of interest'''
* Any board member with a conflict of interest during a circular/voting must declare it by clearly stating or writing that it exists - [[Conflict_of_Interest_Policy|Board Conflict of Interest Policy]].
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{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! Board - Presentations from [[Local_Chapters|Local Chapters]], communities and community members during board meetings
|- 
|
'''Local Chapters presentations'''
* 2020-08 [https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/w/images/a/a2/FOSSGIS_presentation_20200827.pdf FOSSGIS presentation] [Germany], ''(slides: .pdf)''
* 2020-10 [https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/w/images/2/23/FLOSSK_Local_Chapter_presentation_2020-10.pdf FLOSSK presentation] [Kosovo], ''(slides: .pdf, 2.42 MB, 10 pages)''
* 2020-11 [[Board/Minutes/2020-11#Monthly_Local_Chapter_presentation_-_OSM_Ireland|OSM Ireland]]
* 2021-01 [https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/w/images/4/41/OSM_UK_Local_Chapter_presentation_202101.pdf OSM UK presentation] ''(slides: .pdf, 560 KB, 12 pages)''

'''Notes from presentation of communities that are not a Local Chapter yet''' 
* [[Board/Minutes/2021-06#Monthly_presentation:_OpenStreetMap_Philippines_by_Feye_Andal|OpenStreetMap Philippines]]

'''Notes from community members' presentations'''
* [[Board/Minutes/2021-07#Monthly_presentation_-_Sarah_Hoffmann|Sarah Hoffmann]] 
* [[Board/Minutes/2021-05#Monthly_presentation_-_Jochen_Topf|Jochen Topf]]

''In 2020 the board started hourly discussions with Corporate Member representatives on the Advisory Board and [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2020-April/006725.html inviting] Local Chapter representatives on the Advisory Board to give 10' presentations during public [[Monthly_Board_Meetings|board meetings]]. A year later, during the 2021-04 board meeting, delegation of the Local Chapter presentation scheduling was suggested by the Secretary (Rory McCann), who was previously solely responsible for that. Mikel Maron and Eugene Alvin Villar [[Board/Minutes/2021-04#Delegation_of_local_chapter_presentation_scheduling|offered to help with organisation]].''

<u>Related</u>:<br>
Two of the local chapters presented their activities on blog.openstreetmap.org:
* 2021-06 '''[https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2021/06/08/activities-of-local-osm-chapter-in-slovakia/ Blogpost: Activities of Local OSM Chapter in Slovakia]'''
** IT [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2021/07/16/attivita-ramo-locale-osm-slovacchia/?lang=it Attività del ramo locale di OSM in Slovacchia]
** ES [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2021/06/10/actividades-del-capitulo-local-de-osm-en-eslovaquia/?lang=es Actividades del capítulo local de OSM en Eslovaquia]
* 2021-06 '''[https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2021/06/27/projects-by-the-czech-osm-local-chapter-and-community/ Blogpost: Projects of the Czech OSM community]''' ''(projects of the whole community, the local chapter is considered as the legal organisation)'' 
** CS [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2021/06/28/projekty-ceske-komunity-osm/?lang=cs Projekty české komunity OSM]
** ES [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2021/07/03/proyectos-de-la-comunidad-osm-checa/?lang=es Proyectos de la comunidad OSM checa]
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{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
!  Board - Granted signing authority to Licensing Working Group for academic use requests
|- 
| The [[Licensing_Working_Group|Licensing Working Group]] (LWG) receives frequent requests from academics to use OSM derived figures in academic papers. The requests are not going beyond what is already granted through the license, but publishers, such as [https://plos.org/ PLOS], frequently require explicit approval. This is pretty standard, and in line with our mission of use of open data. The board has [[Board/Minutes/2021-05#2021.2FRes18_Grant_Licensing_Working_Group_signing_authority_for_academic_use_requests|granted]]:
* to the [[Licensing_Working_Group|Licensing Working Group]] members signing authority for academic use requests such as [https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/w/images/0/01/Content-permission-form.pdf this example of a permission form from PLOS],
* to [https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Dorothea Dorothea] the ability to execute with the Secretary's signature on the forms.

Previously only [[Officers_%26_Board|Board members]] could sign such documents.
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{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
!  Board - Created default policy on Conflicts of Interest for Working Groups
|- 
| In December 2020, the Board [[Board/Minutes/2020-12#Conflict_of_interest_policy_for_Working_Groups|adopted]] a [[Working_Group_Conflict_of_Interest_Policy|default policy]] for [[Working_Groups|Working Groups]] (WGs) in the OpenStreetMap Foundation, to be used if the working group doesn't adopt its own. The board Conflicts of Interest Policy is [[Conflict_of_Interest_Policy|here]] ''([[Board/Minutes/2020-05#2020.2FRes19_Adopt_Conflict_of_Interest_Policy|adopted 2020-05]])''.

Some of the Working Groups have already their own conflict of interest policy:
* [[Communication_Working_Group/Conflict_of_Interest_policy|Communication Working Group]] ''(uploaded 2020-Nov, based on the board one)''
* [[Data_Working_Group/DWG_Conflict_of_Interest_Policy|Data Working Group - Conflict of Interest Policy]] ''(uploaded 2019-Jun)''

Related board discussions: [[Board/Minutes/2020-09-10#Working_Group_Conflict_of_Interest_policy|Sep]] ''(mid-month board chat - not open to observers)'', [[Board/Minutes/2020-10-S2S/Develop_plan_for_conflict_of_interest_on_Working_Groups|Oct]] (screen-to-screen), [[Board/Minutes/2020-11#Conflict_of_Interest_policy_for_Working_Groups|Nov]], [[Board/Minutes/2020-12#Conflict_of_interest_policy_for_Working_Groups|Dec]]
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{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
!  Working Groups, Committees and other bodies - Nextcloud instance with OnlyOffice online suite for internal use
|- 
| The [[FOSS_Policy_Special_Committee|FOSS Policy Special Committee]] at the request of a working group and individual board members, asked cloud68.co to set up the Open Source collaboration suite Nextcloud with OnlyOffice for a testing period. 

OnlyOffice provides collaboration tools for documents, calendars, and forms. According to the committee the tool was well received and it provides a fundamental pillar according to the FOSS Policy to offer Open Source alternatives for an inclusive community. It also fulfills the obligations of the OSMF to comply better with the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). After the end of the rest period, the FOSS Policy Special Committee recommended to the board to contract two years of the tool and evaluate afterwards the adaption and use, which was [[Board/Minutes/2021-03#Decide_on_NextCloud|approved]].

Related section of the report: "FOSS policy special committee".
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{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! Committees - Non-board members can sit on OSMF Committees ([[Annual_General_Meetings/2020/Suggested_resolutions|approved during 2020 Annual General Meeting]])
|- 
|The OSMF's [[Articles_of_Association|Articles of Association]] allow the Board to create “committees” to do things, but they can only have board members on them. This will not change the fact that most OSMF work happens in the volunteer [[Working_Groups|Working Groups]]. The board thinks that there is probably some Foundation (or board) work that could be done by committees.

The Board [[Annual_General_Meetings/2020/Suggested_resolutions#Vote_1:_Allow_non-board_members_to_sit_on_OSMF_Committees_.28special_resolution.29|asked the OSMF members to vote]]  during 2020 Annual General Meeting so that they can create committees which can have OSMF [[Membership#Normal%20Members|(regular) members]] and  [[Membership#Associate%20Members|associate members]] on it. The board mentioned that they will insist on at least one Board member on each committee, and require that the powerful position of “chair” be held by a Board member. The Board will still have to create these committees and decide what, if any, powers and duties they would have. The vote was approved by the membership.
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== Financial updates ==
The 2021 report by the Treasurer will be available by 11 December 2021 and linked from [[Annual_General_Meetings/2021|this page]].

{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! Closed - OSMF's Wise account was closed
|- 
| Wise (formerly Transferwise) is a financial technology company (not a bank) that the OSMF used to receive/send some payments. (Transfer)Wise decided to terminate its business relationship with OSMF. After a long search, we opened new accounts with Bank of Ireland. If you have previously set-up a recurring bank transfer for either your membership fee or for donations using our Transferwise accounts, please use one of our accounts listed [[Donate/International_Bank_Transfers|here]]. We still have a bank account with Triodos, but we don't use it for all transactions, as it has high fees.
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{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! Completed - New bank accounts with Bank of Ireland
|- 
| There are various ways to [[Donate|donate]] or pay your membership.

If you have set-up a recurring order with your bank in the past, please note that we have [[Donate/International_Bank_Transfers|new bank accounts]].
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{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! Completed - Fund-raising for hiring a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, an iD developer and core infrastructure projects
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| OSMF has contacted [[Corporate_Members|Corporate Members]] and other organisations, in order to raise funds for hiring a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SSRE), an [[osm:iD|iD]] Developer and projects related to core infrastructure.

'''iD''': On August 2020 the budget for iD development [[Board/Minutes/2020-08#Funding_of_projects_used_in_core_infrastructure:_iD|was set to 130,000 USD and OSMF committed 10-20K USD]] from existing funds. Quincy Morgan was initially contracted for the iD developer position, who now wishes to pass the torch on iD development, for personal reasons.  The board has a promising candidate for the iD position.

'''SSRE''': A 130K GBP budget was set for all expenses linked to the SSRE position [[Board/Minutes/2020-08#Funding_and_hiring_for_Site_Reliability_Engineering_position| was approved]] on August 2020. The board has selected the person the SSRE position, but they have not started working yet. 

'''Projects related to core infrastructure'''<br>
The board funded work on the following projects used in core infrastructure: Nominatim, osm2pgsql, Potlatch.
''(see the related section "2020-08 Approved funding of projects used in core infrastructure (Nominatim, osm2pgsql, Potlatch)")''.

''Related board discussions:''
* ''2020-10 [[Board/Minutes/2020-10-S2S/OSMF_fundraising|OSMF fundraising where are we this year: are we done for 2020? What is fundraising process against 2021 budget?]] discussion during board screen-to-screen meeting.''
* ''2020-08 [[Board/Minutes/2020-08#Funding_and_hiring_for_Site_Reliability_Engineering_position|Funding and hiring for Site Reliability Engineering position]], where a budget of 130K USD for all expenses linked to the SSRE position was approved.''
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{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! Treasurer's monthly reports during the past year
|-
|
* 2021 [[Board/Minutes/2021-01#Treasurer.27s_report|Jan]], [[Board/Minutes/2021-02#Treasurer.27s_report|Feb]], [[Board/Minutes/2021-03#Treasurer.27s_report|Mar]], [[Board/Minutes/2021-04#Treasurer.27s_report|Apr]], [[Board/Minutes/2021-05#Treasurer.27s_report|May]], [[Board/Minutes/2021-05-14#Banking_situation|May]] ''(mid-month board chat)'', [[Board/Minutes/2021-06-11#Bank_account_-_status_update|Jun]] ''(mid-month board chat)'', [[Board/Minutes/2021-07#Treasurer.27s_report|Jul]], [[Board/Minutes/2021-07-16#Bank_account_update|Jul]] ''(mid-month board chat)''
* 2019 [[Board/Minutes/2020-09#Treasurer.27s_report|Sep]], [[Board/Minutes/2020-10#Treasurer.27s_report|Oct]], [[Board/Minutes/2020-11#Treasurer.27s_report|Nov]], [[Board/Minutes/2020-12#Treasurer.27s_report|Dec]]
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{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! Discussions on management of financial risk, budgeting and fund-raising
|-
| '''Discussion: [[Board/Minutes/2021-02-S2S/Decide_to_what_extent_management_of_financial_risk_should_be_formalized_-_and_how_to_implement_that|Decide to what extent management of financial risk should be formalized - and how to implement that]]''' during 2021-02 screen-to screen meeting.

'''Discussion: [[Board/Minutes/2021-02-S2S/Discuss_institutionalising_budgeting_and_fund-raising_processes|Institutionalising budgeting and fund-raising processes]]''' during 2021-02 screen-to screen meeting.
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{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! Operations Working Group: spending plan for 2022
|-
|
[https://operations.osmfoundation.org/ Operations Working Group]: [https://operations.osmfoundation.org/2021/07/22/plan.html spending plan] for the year starting from 2022Q2. It will form the basis for a budget when a budget request is received from the OSMF Board. Published on July 2021.
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{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! Suggested - Operating Reserve Policy 
|- 
| Jean-Marc Liotier ''(OSMF Board)'' after getting elected started a [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2020-December/007620.html discussion] on osmf-talk<small><sup>1</sup></small> about formalising the running of the OSMF operating reserves. 

There was a related board discussion in February 2021 about [[Board/Minutes/2021-02-S2S/Decide_to_what_extent_management_of_financial_risk_should_be_formalized_-_and_how_to_implement_that|deciding to what extent management of financial risk should be formalized - and how to implement that]].

<small><sup>1</sup> ''[https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/osmf-talk osmf-talk] is the mailing list for OpenStreetMap Foundation members ([https://join.osmfoundation.org/ Join the Foundation]). All past messages are available [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/ here].''</small>
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{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! Pending - 2021 budget
|-
| 
* 2020-10 [[Board/Minutes/2020-10-S2S/2021_budget|2021 Budget: review budget draft, and what do we need to finish and approve?]] discussion during board screen-to-screen meeting.
* 2020-09 [[Board/Minutes/2020-09-10#Budget_progress| Budget progress]] ''(mid-month board chat)''
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{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! 2021-05 Approved payment of 100 Euros per hour to the Treasurer
|- 
|'''Financial issues'''<br>
OSMF after January 2021 was using:
* Wise (formerly Transferwise), a financial technology company (not a bank) for some transactions,
* PayPal for memberships/donations and
* Triodos, a normal bank but with high fees, so not used for all the OSMF transactions.

Around March 2021, Wise informed us that it would close the OSMF account and sometime after that, the PayPal OSMF account was not accessible as well. You can read about it in the Treasurer's reports during the monthly meetings, as well as the [[Board/Minutes/2021-04#Treasurer.27s_report|April 2021 board discussion]].
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| The board has "[[Board/Minutes/2021-05#2021.2FRes19_To_authorize_payment_of_100_Euros_per_hour_to_the_Treasurer|authorised payment]] of 100 Euros per hour to the Treasurer, to resolve the [[Board/Minutes/2021-04#Treasurer.27s_report|current blockage]] of PayPal and TransferWise accounts, to be charged after the first four hours of work, which will be free. The Treasurer shall keep documentation on steps taken and report daily to the Board on progress made".
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! 2021-01 Approved $5000-7000 for contractor to work on CiviCRM for the Membership Working Group
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|The [[Membership_Working_Group|Membership Working Group]] (MWG) has asked a contractor to work on [[osm:CiviCRM|CiviCRM]]<small><sup>1</sup></small>, which includes coding and sign-up process workflow adaptations for automatic verification of usernames, validation of edits for active contribution memberships, and simplified sign-up to osmf-talk. 

Details and board decision: 2021/Res01 [[Board/Minutes/2021-01#2021.2FRes01_Membership_Working_Group_CiviCRM_work_budget_.28.245000-7000.29|Membership Working Group CiviCRM work budget ($5000-7000)]]

<sup>1</sup><small>''[http://civicrm.org/ CiviCRM] is an open source, internationalised suite of computer software which the OpenStreetMap Foundation self-hosts and uses to manage the Foundation's membership database, send emails to OSMF members (such as [[Annual_General_Meetings|Annual General Meeting]] announcements), as well as to manage registration to the annual, international [https://stateofthemap.org/ State of the Map conference].''</small>
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! 2021-01 Approved paying Aspiration Tech (Gunner) $2,000 to facilitate February 2021 screen to screen meeting
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|Recent board screen-to-screen meetings are facilitated by Gunner (Aspiration Tech).

Details and board decision: 2021/Res02 [[Board/Minutes/2021-01#2021.2FRes02_Pay_Aspiration_Tech_.28Gunner.29_.242.2C000_to_facilitate_Feb_2021_Screen_to_Screen_meeting| Pay Aspiration Tech (Gunner) $2,000]] to facilitate the [[Board/Minutes/2021-02-S2S|February 2021 Screen to Screen meeting]]. 
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! 2020-08 Approved funding of projects used in core infrastructure (Nominatim, osm2pgsql, Potlatch)
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The board funded work on the following projects used in core infrastructure:
* '''[[osm:Osm2pgsql|Osm2pgsql]]''' - [[Osm2pgsql_project_2020-07 | Proposal by Jochen Topf]] - [https://blog.jochentopf.com/2020-12-02-osm2pgsql-work.html Report for project on Jochen's blog]
* '''[[osm:Nominatim|Nominatim]]''' - [[Nominatim_project_2020-07 | Proposal by Sarah Hoffmann]] - [https://2021.stateofthemap.org/sessions/QUHKNR/ State of the Map 2021 presentation] was the result of OSMF-funded work. 
* '''[[osm:Potlatch_2|Potlatch 2]]''' - [[osm:Microgrants/Microgrants_2020/Proposal/Potlatch_2_for_desktop |Proposal by Richard Fairhurst]] - [https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Richard/diary/395259 Diary entry]

Please see the [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2020-August/006987.html message of the board] on [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/osmf-talk osmf-talk] ''(mailing list for OSMF members)'' and the subsequent discussion. Funding of [https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/ID iD] was discussed in a [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2020-August/006997.html separate thread].

The proposals for [https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Osm2pgsql osm2pgsql] and [https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Potlatch_2 Potlatch] were originally submitted as [https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Microgrants Microgrant] 2020 proposals ''([https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Microgrants/Microgrants_2020/Proposal/Potlatch_2_for_desktop Potlatch 2 proposal], [https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Microgrants/Microgrants_2020/Proposal/Osm2pgsql_development osm2pgsql proposal])'' but were not selected. The board approved to fund these projects directly, together with [https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nominatim Nominatim] and [https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/ID iD].

Related board discussions: 2020 [[Board/Minutes/2020-07-16#Funding_of_projects_used_in_core_infrastructure_.28Nominatim.2C_osm2pgsql.2C_Potlatch.29| Jul 16]], [[Board/Minutes/2020-07#Funding_of_projects_used_in_core_infrastructure_.28Nominatim.2C_osm2pgsql.2C_Potlatch.2C_iD.29| Jul 30]]

Board decision: 2020/Res38 [[Board/Minutes/2020-08#2020.2FRes38_Funding_of_projects_used_in_core_infrastructure_.28Nominatim.2C_osm2pgsql.2C_Potlatch.29| Funding of projects used in core infrastructure (Nominatim, osm2pgsql, Potlatch)]]
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!  Contracts - 2021-04 BigBlueButton renewal contract
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| The [https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/BigBlueButton BigBlueButton] (BBB) instance https://osmvideo.cloud68.co/ is used by the OSMF board, some [[Working_Groups|working groups]] and community members for video meetings. Community members are welcome to create accounts and use it for OSM meetings. 

OSMF has a contract with [https://www.cloud68.co/ Cloud68] for the service and the board decided to sign up for the Medium plan (€99/month).

Board decision: [[Board/Minutes/2021-04#2021.2FRes17_BigBlueButton_renewal_contract|2021/Res17 BigBlueButton renewal contract]]
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!  Contracts - 2021-04 Approve Dorothea's new contract
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| [[osm:User:Dorothea|Dor<nowiki>othea Ka</nowiki>zazi]] is contracted by OSMF since 2016 to help the board and some of the volunteer working groups. [https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/w/images/3/39/Contract_Dorothea_202103.odt New contract] ''(* .odt file size: 1.07 MB)''

Board decision: [[Board/Minutes/2021-04#2021.2FRes13_Approve_Dorothea.27s_new_contract|2021/Res13 Approve Dorothea's new contract]]
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!  Contracts 2020-11 Authorize the Operations Working Group to sign with the commercial Content Delivery Network
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| The board authorised the [https://operations.osmfoundation.org/ Operations Working Group] to sign with Fastly for the [[osm:Tiles|tile]] Content Delivery Network, including the standard contractual clauses.
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!  Contracts 2020-09 Accept contract with Quincy Morgan
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| Quincy Morgan was contracted by OSMF to work on [https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/ID iD]. [https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/w/images/1/10/Contract_Quincy_Morgan_202009.odt Contract] ''(27 KB)''

Board decision: [[Board/Minutes/2020-09#2020.2FRes42_Accept_contract_with_Quincy_Morgan|2020/Res42 Accept contract with Quincy Morgan]]
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== Other updates ==

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! 2020 Chairperson's and Treasurer's reports 
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* [[Annual_General_Meetings/2020/Chairperson%E2%80%99s_report#OSMF_Chairperson.27s_Annual_Report_for_2020|OSMF Chairperson's Annual Report for 2020]]
* [[Annual_General_Meetings/2020/Treasurer’s_report|Treasurer’s report for 2020]]

The next reports will be available by 11 December 2021, and linked from [[Annual_General_Meetings/2021|this page]]..
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! 2020 Annual General Meeting - The four resolutions which were approved by the OSMF membership 
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|  Please see the links below for details about the changes and the reasoning behind each resolution.

* [[Annual_General_Meetings/2020/Suggested_resolutions#Vote_1:_Allow_non-board_members_to_sit_on_OSMF_Committees_.28special_resolution.29|Allow non-board members to sit on OSMF Committees]] (special resolution)
* [[Annual_General_Meetings/2020/Suggested_resolutions#Vote_2:_Amend_OSMF_Fee_Schedule_to_allow_Active_Contributor_Awardees_to_receive_.28regular.29_OSMF_membership.2C_rather_than_just_associate_membership|Amend OSMF Fee Schedule to allow Active Contributor Awardees to receive (regular) OSMF membership, rather than just associate membership]]
* [[Annual_General_Meetings/2020/Suggested_resolutions#Vote_3:_Work_on_membership_prerequisites|Work on membership prerequisites]]
* [[Annual_General_Meetings/2020/Suggested_resolutions#Vote_4:_Instruct_the_Board_to_investigate_paid_votes|Instruct the Board to investigate paid votes]]

Special resolutions ''(in this case only the first one)'' can change the Foundation's [[Articles_of_Association|Articles of association]].
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! Four new OSMF-hosted mailing lists
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* 2021-07 [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-sa Talk-sa] - Saudi list - [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-sa/ past messages]
* 2020-11 [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-it-lombardia Talk-it-lombardia] OpenStreetMap Italy regional talk list for Lombardy - Lista regionale della Lombardia - [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-it-lombardia/ past messages]
* 2020-08 [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-pacific Talk-pacific] - OpenStreetMap Pacific - [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-pacific/ past messages]
* [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-oceania Talk-oceania] ''(no messages at this time)'' 

- [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo Public mailing lists on lists.openstreetmap.org] ''(excluding [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/osmf-talk osmf-talk], as it is not public - only OSMF members can subscribe to it, thus it's not listed])''<br>
- [[osm:Mailing_lists#Country-specific_lists|Page for OSM mailing lists on the OSM wiki]] ''(it includes lists hosted by external parties)''
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== Local Chapter related OSMF news ==

See  [[OSMF_updates/2021-08/Local_Chapters_Overview]].
== Membership statistics as of September 11th, 2021 ==

See [[OSMF_updates/2021-08/Membership_statistics]].