Any idea what the holdup is with OSM US? I've been hearing things for a while about software/technology nonprofits being under increased scrutiny
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 9, 2015, at 5:27 PM, Richard Welty <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 6/9/15 3:34 PM, Jeff Meyer wrote: >> Richard - these are great comments - sounds like you've been through the >> process before. > sort of. i was a member of the founding board for OSM US and for that > reason a fairly close spectator. Kate was the first president, and she was > pushing HOT and OSM US through the early stages of 501(c)3 status > at the time. >> >> Yes - need to figure this out. I'm inclined to incorporate somewhere where >> we have a physical personal presence, just to simplify the need for working >> with an agent. >> >> Separate question: should we be US-based or somewhere else? > that was why both HOT and OSM US went with DC, there were > DC residents (Kate in particular) involved in founding both > organizations. > > the agent thing is important; boards turn over. there may come > a time when there aren't any board members living where the > organization is incorporated. > > i can't speak to incorporating in other countries, i've never done > that. i have no idea what the tradeoffs are. >> >>> 4) there are bylaws issues. OSM US is going to have >>> to revise their bylaws to finish the process. i am not >>> conversant in the details, but i can ask. >> >> That would be great - can you find out more & report back? Who are you >> working with there? > i know all of the board, but my time on the board overlapped > with Martijn by one year (he succeeded me as president) and > he's the member i talk to most often. i'll ask him what's up. > > richard > -- > [email protected] > Averill Park Networking - GIS & IT Consulting > OpenStreetMap - PostgreSQL - Linux > Java - Web Applications - Search > _______________________________________________ > Historic mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/historic
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