[Oceania-Board] Open Street Map Agreement

[Adam Steer]

[cc'ed to board list for recordkeeping - Andrew and Ed please remove
oceania-board at lists.osgeo.org from the cc list to avoid spamming Alex,
thnx, we can put your responses in context so they don't get lost]

Thanks Greg, Ed I'd have to look at the history of decisions about
this to remember whether the board has already said 'yep, lets ratify
this'. If that isn't documented I think a Loomio poll will be fine,
and I will go and vote 'yes do it' as soon as one exists. Noting the
normal need to have 7 days response for a vote: can OSMF wait a few
days? I can respond immediately, the way to move faster / get it done
by Saturday is having all the board responding by Friday ;)

I don't see any problem with the agreement as is, I also think that it
is fine for Alex or you or Trisha to sign. it doesn't matter that
elections are soon, the work has all been done by people here now.

Cheers,

Adam

On Wed, 18 Nov 2020 at 12:55, Greg Lauer <gregory.lauer at gmail.com> wrote:
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> HI All,
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> The Open Street Map Foundation has forwarded us an agreement to sign, via Ed. Ed believes that we may have already reviewed this . I honestly don't remember and I am travelling at the moment. Ed commented that it needs to be signed by Saturday (Ed can you clarify this please)
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> I believe, as a Board, we have ratified the ToR for the Open Street Map WG so I would think this agreement builds on that.
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> I am not suggesting that we blindly sign the agreement in 48 hours without due diligence. Firstly is everybody happy with the agreement as it is? Does it need clarification or changing? Do we need a Loomio vote, or a special Board Meeting to ratify. Any other thoughts?
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> My interpretation is that it is a reasonable simple agreement that does not bind us financially, and I see nothing that goes against OSGeo Oceania's constitution and/or ToR. We have done the ground work in getting OSM to this stage, and I personally feel that with a simple board approval it can be signed by one of the executive Board members (Alex, Trish or myself).
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> Please, that is just my interpretation. I would welcome everybody's thoughts and comments on how to best resolve in a timely manner? I have added Ed and Andrew to the conversation so they can answer any potential questions.
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> Thanks,
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> Greg
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