I can host the new website and mailing list for free. -- IV
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 14:43:39 +0800
Molly Cheah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dear all,
I am happy to annouce that the transfer of the domain name oshca.org
from Brian had been completed. Brian is in the process of creating
and signing a document disclaiming rights to the OSHCA trademark.
Thank you Brian for these initiatives.
I understand that Brian will also make a decision with regards to
the fate of the openhealth lists on Minoru and Yahoo by this weekend.
I'll leave that to Brian to make that annoucement.
As for the status of OSHCA, the protem committee members (volunteers
expressed on the list as well as those agreed to serve when
requested) are as follows:
Joseph dal Molin (Canada/US)
Adrian Midgley (UK/Europe)
Thomas Beale (Australia/Pacific islands)
Nandalal Gunaratne (Sri Lanka/Asia)
Molly Cheah (Malaysia/Asia)
I hope to keep the protem committee small for quick decision making
but hope to add 2 more names, preferably from South America and
Africa/Middle East by the time we submit the incorporation documents
for registration. Please volunteer. These numbers and representation
structure can change after incorporation if members wish so. I don't
know how much discussion should go into the incorporation process or
how much time should be alotted. My proposed timeline for completion
of incorporation is 3 months from 15th April 2006 - tentative date
for submission of papers. We should have OSHCA ressurrected by 15th
July 2006, barring unforseen circumstances. Here are my assumptions
in order to realise this initiative:
1. Provisions in the constitution/M&A of OSHCA is a living document
and can be changed by members' majority wishes. For purpose of
incorporation, we will take into consideration past discussions
(2002-2004) and make the provisions as general and flexible as
possible to meet incorporation requirements.
2. There is no objection to incorporate ina developing country like
Malaysia. There will be provisions for setting up geographical
sections/branches etc with as much de-centralization as possible.
3.The Vision, Mission Statements, Principles and Activities as
discussed earlier this year will be included in the incorporation
papers. Any suggestion of changes posted on the Yahoo list by 15th
April will be taken into consideration by the protem committee for
incorporation. Procedures will be provided for amendments to be made
after incorporation.
4. Elections for new committee members can take place immediately
after incorporation. Provision will be made for the protem committee
to stay on for a defined number of months to attend to "teething"
issues that may arise.
5. The yahoo list will continue to discuss organising the 1st
post-incorporation OSHCA meeting scheduled for later part of 2006 to
kick-start/launch OSHCA. This may not be in the form of a full
conference. I would like to see presentations of current status of
open source healthcare solutions/applicaions. It should also provide
the opportunity to include indepth discussions on planning for the
future of OSHCA so that its resurrection becomes meaningful -
reflecting more than just a community of open source enthusiasts in
health care. If there are no other bidders, I plan to get funding to
do this in Malaysia. Naturally it may be on a modest scale.
Please feel free to propose ideas.The protem committee will work on
an action plan and invite volunteers to help.
Molly
