As part of our work over the past three months, the OSM Foundation Board has been revising the OSMF Strategic Plan. We are now sharing a rewritten version for feedback from OSMF members and the OSM community.
You can find the latest version here. Please provide your ideas and inputs via the Community Forum or on the mailing list.
Highlights:
Previous rounds of feedback on earlier versions have been very helpful in shaping where we are now. You will see many changes in the document.
- The plan starts with a preamble that gives a big picture overview of where we are now and where we need to go.
- The plan retains the four clusters around which the OSMF Board organizes its work: technical infrastructure, community development, institutional development and financial governance.
- Within these clusters, there is a set of goals and some mention of major actions. More importantly there is an indication of which part of OSMF is responsible for developing and seeing the actions through.
- Overall the plan is more concise and, we think, more clear, providing a solid basis for understanding the OSMF’s work.
What’s next?
We will review feedback on an ongoing basis for the next three weeks, followed by a discussion at the Board’s September mid-month chat. We will then make additional revisions based on feedback, with the ambition to adopt the plan at the September Board meeting on September 21, 2023.
We look forward to hearing from you, and thanks to all who have participated in this process!
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