openstreetmap
Attract new members to OWG
Last year we formalised the joining criteria for OWG, and made the policy available on our website. However, if you go to our website at https://operations.osmfoundation.org it's a bit of a beware-of-the-leopard situation.
We'd like to have new people joining in with the work, even just a little bit here and there, and hopefully when the meet the criteria, joining OWG as full members.
The first step is to make this desire much more clear on our website, ideally obvious from the front page.
I found this group a little bit ago researching RIOT as a Slack replacement and was looking at what other things you had listed on Git. What sort of criteria are needed to work with the OSMF Operations team besides a desire to do so?
The policy is
- Anyone who meets the following criteria is eligible to become a member of the Operations Working Group:
- They demonstrate positive engagement with the group, e.g: help resolve issues on the OWG Tracker, and
- They demonstrate broad technical knowledge, e.g: by contributing to the Chef repo, or running their own servers, and
- They are an "active contributor" to the OpenStreetMap Project, as per the Contributor Terms
- The candidate can then apply to become a probationary member, and are added to OWG mailing list and invited to meetings.
- After 3 months, OWG then votes on whether to accept the candidate permanently.
- If the candidate does not become a permanent member, OWG will vote on whether to extend the probationary period for another 3 months.
- An OWG member will be removed from the group if, for a period of 6 months:
- They haven't participated on the OWG Mailing list, and
- They haven't participated on the Operations Tracker
There's also a policy for sysadmin membership
