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In June 2021, the foundation stated that the effects of [[Brexit]] have prompted them to consider a move back into the [[European Union]] due to issues with [[database right]]s, difficulties with getting charitable status for the foundation, and the increasing difficulty of using [[PayPal]] and banking in the United Kingdom. The foundation has not announced the ___location of its new headquarters.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hern |first=Alex |date=2021-06-30 |title=OpenStreetMap looks to relocate to EU due to Brexit limitations |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jun/30/openstreetmap-looks-to-relocate-to-eu-due-to-brexit-limitations |access-date=2021-06-30 |website=The Guardian |language=en-uk }}</ref> As of February 2024, the candidates for relocation are [[Belgium]] and [[Luxembourg]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Board/Minutes/2024-02 - OpenStreetMap Foundation |url=https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board/Minutes/2024-02 |access-date=2024-06-22 |website=osmfoundation.org}}</ref>

By the end of 2022, the foundation had recognized 18 local chapters worldwide, including OSM Austria, supporting regional growth and community engagement.

== Governance ==

The OpenStreetMap Foundation is a [[membership organization]]. Membership in the foundation is separate from a user account on the OpenStreetMap website: a user account is required to contribute to the map, while foundation membership entitles one to vote at a general meeting.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Corporate Editors in the Evolving Landscape of OpenStreetMap|first1=Jennings|last1=Anderson|first2=Dipto|last2=Sarkar|first3=Leysia|last3=Palen|journal=[[ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information]]|publisher=International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing|volume=8|issue=5|date=May 18, 2019|page=232|doi=10.3390/ijgi8050232|bibcode=2019IJGI....8..232A|doi-access=free}}</ref>

The foundation is run by a board of seven members, including the foundation's officers: chairman, secretary and treasurer.<ref name=board /> The board is elected by the foundation's dues-paying members. {{Asof|20242025|0403}}, the board consists of GuillaumeCraig RischardAllan (Chairperson), CraigDaniela AllanWaltersdorfer (Secretary), Roland Olbricht (Treasurer), SarahGuillaume HoffmannRischard, MateuszHéctor KoniecznyOchoa Ortiz, ArnalieLaura VicarioMugeha, DanielaMaurizio WaltersdorferNapolitano.<ref>{{cite web|title=Officers & Board|publisher=OpenStreetMap Foundation|date=MarchNovember 2814, 2024|accessdate=AprilMarch 324, 20242025|url=https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/1232713157}}</ref>

Several working groups, composed mostly of volunteers, carry out day-to-day operations on behalf of the foundation:<ref name="Spreng">{{cite conference|title=Past and Future of the OpenStreetMap Foundation's Membership Working Group|first=Michael|last=Spreng|conference=[[State of the Map]]|___location=Heidelberg|date=September 21, 2019|url=https://pretalx.com/media/sotm2019/submissions/FAGNLA/resources/Spreng_Rischard_past_and_future.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Crowdsourced Geospatial Data|first1=Matthew T.|last1=Rice|first2=Fabiana I.|last2=Paez|first3=Aaron P.|last3=Mulhollen|first4=Brandon M.|last4=Shore|first5=Douglas R.|last5=Caldwell|publisher=[[Army Geospatial Center|United States Army Topographic Engineering Center]]|___location=Alexandria, Virginia|date=November 2012|pages=104–105|accessdate=February 13, 2021|url=https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a576607.pdf#page=115|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711171304/https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a576607.pdf#page=115|url-status=live|archive-date=July 11, 2020|format=PDF}}</ref>

* Data Working Group{{snd}} counter vandalism and dispute resolution<ref>{{citeCite journalQ|first=Andrea|last=Ballatore|title=Defacing the map: Cartographic vandalism in the digital commons|journal=[[The Cartographic Journal]]|publisher=Taylor & Francis|date=2014|volume=51|number=3|page=16|arxiv=1404.3341|doi=10.1179/1743277414y.0000000085|bibcode=2014CartJ..51..214B |s2cid=1828882Q55967185}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Towards Automatic Vandalism Detection in OpenStreetMap|first1=Pascal|last1=Neis|first2=Marcus|last2=Goetz|first3=Alexander|last3=Zipf|journal=ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information|publisher=International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing|date=November 22, 2012|volume=1|issue=3|pages=315–332|doi=10.3390/ijgi1030315|bibcode=2012IJGI....1..315N|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=How geopolitical conflict shapes the mass-produced online map|first1=Sterling D.|last1=Quinn|first2=Doran A.|last2=Tucker|journal=[[First Monday (journal)|First Monday]]|volume=22|number=11|date=November 6, 2017|doi=10.5210/fm.v22i11.7922|doi-access= free}}</ref>

* Communication Working Group

* Engineering Working Group

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* [[State of the Map]] Organizing Committee

Several local chapters are affiliated with the OpenStreetMap Foundation.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Plotting practices and politics: (im)mutable narratives in OpenStreetMap|first=Chris|last=Perkins|journal=[[Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers]]|publisher=Wiley-Blackwell|volume=39|number=2|date=2014|page=307|doi=10.1111/tran.12022|jstor=24582895|bibcode=2014TrIBG..39..304P |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24582895|url-access=subscription}}</ref> The local chapter for Italy is [[Wikimedia Italia]], which is also a chapter of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]].

== Programs and initiatives ==