All,
I was planning to send a similar email this week, so Kate, thanks for
beating me to it. I agree that it is important to get the US chapter up and
running, and that local groups can then use the national non-profit status
for their efforts. One place we may want to look to as an example is
Hi All
I think there are quite a few advantages to a local chapter for the US - the
ones I think are the most important are the ones that help us all map the US.
- As a local chapter we can do a drive focused on getting the US OSM community
and map to catch up with Europe - we could use both
Playing devils advocate a bit - what will the chapter do that we can't
or aren't already?
Does the aura of having an incorporated body somehow change
everything? It certainly didn't with the OSMF, it was more that we
needed a body to hold independent control of things like the domain
As listed by Kate in her second email (and being built out on the wiki:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/United_States)
A local chapter will do more advocacy within their own nation.
In the US, if incorporated as a non-profit, the chapter would be able to
accept
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