Awareness on Membership software (CiviCRM) issues under Membership WG and Board review

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Update on Issue 2:

Thanks for your patience. Here are some updates on Issue 2:

  • Based on MWG investigation, the bug very likely started 1Dec2023 with 573 applications from then

  • MWG run a script to detect affected applications and found that:
    a. the bug not only automatically accept applications in cases where they were not eligible (number of mapping days in past 365 days less than 42), but also in cases where OSM username is left blank
    b. 65% of the applications are in order; the remaining 35% either have 1) no OSM username; or 2) invalid* OSM usernames; or 3) did not meet the Active Contributor Membership criteria.

  • We are developing a process to handle the issue with respect to the Active Contributor Membership and Board Elections criteria as well as the OSMF’s Article of Association, and in consultation with MWG and LWG. The proposed handling process in summary:

  1. check which application is affected
  2. recheck their eligibility for active contributor membership to confirm their membership, eligibility to vote and eligibility to self-nominate for the Board Elections
  3. An appeal process for those who do not meet the criteria

We hope to provide more updates soon. Thank you for your support and understanding.

=Arnalie
Board liason for MWG

*OSM usernames can be changed anytime so it may have been valid at the time of applications

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