2006 - OSM Foundation is Registered
By the middle of 2006, a more formal form of governance was needed to support the rapidly growing project. In this post, Steve Coast proposes the methodology for establishing membership:
Discussion in person and on the list seemed to stall at the ‘what is a member’ stage. In person talking to a number of people (Ben deserves credit) a way out emerged that I didn’t get any major disagreement with:
For the initial vote as defined in the IRC discussion everyone on this mailing list (as of when this email goes out) or an OSM user is _eligible_ to become a member and can therefore vote. To become a member you need to PayPal me 5 pounds or write me a hand-written snail mail letter.
There are no second-class members, both methods afford the same privilege. Parallel to this, people wishing to fulfill positions can be nominated or self-nominate. The initial group of people voted in will then decide on things as per the IRC discussion.
The first vote will be held in three weeks time, the 11th June using the Single Transferrable Vote.
Learn more and/or become a member of the OSM Foundation by visiting https://osmfoundation.org/.