Board liaisons
To better support communication and liaison between the Board and Working Groups the OSM Foundation Board will ensure that all Board members are distributed among all Working Groups. The Board members will represent the Board and the Foundation in the processes of the Working Groups, noting that Board Members may not be the Chair of any Working Group. Some board members are already members of Working Groups, or routinely attend several Working Group meetings. This process may assist to distribute the workload of members more evenly.
- The liaison is not a full Working Group member, but the point of contact for board and Working Groups and responsible for communication between the board and the Working Group.
- To ensure continuity, the primary liaison and the backup should not belong to the same election group.
In March 2024, the board appointed the first Board liaisons for each working group, and also designated a backup liaison for each group.
The liaisons below were appointed on 14 November 2024.
| Working Group | Main liaison from the board | Back-up liaison from the board |
|---|---|---|
| CWG - Communication Working Group | Dani Waltersdorfer | Maurizio Napolitano |
| DWG - Data Working Group | Craig Allan | |
| EWG - Engineering Working Group | Roland Olbricht (also EWG member) | Héctor Ochoa Ortiz |
| LWG - Licensing Working Group | Guillaume Rischard (attending LWG meetings) | Maurizio Napolitano |
| LCCWG - Local Chapters and Communities Working Group | Laura Mugeha | Maurizio Napolitano |
| MWG - Membership Working Group | Roland Olbricht | |
| OWG - Operations Working Group | Guillaume Rischard (attending OWG meetings) | |
| SotM-WG - State of the Map organising committee | Laura Mugeha and Dani Waltersdorfer |