After I read the first paragraph, I thought "what about Sahana?".
On 25 November 2011 13:50, <[email protected]> wrote: > In the opening message of the thread "HOT governance tasks, please read!", > Mikel said: > > "The one thing we do need to decide is which organization would receive HOT’s > assets in the event of dissolution. This must be an existing US 501(c)3. One > suggestion so far has been the EFF, but this hasn’t progressed past the idea > stage. So, suggestions welcome." > > Am I correct in thinking that EFF = Electronic Frontier Foundation? If yes, > then I don't like this option. I'd prefer to see the assets going to an > organization involved in humanitarian aid, in particular disaster relief. I > did a little looking around in Wikipedia and found a few potential names in > this area such as (I've verified that these are 501(c)(3) organizations): > * AmeriCares: "AmeriCares is a nonprofit disaster relief and humanitarian aid > organization which provides immediate response to emergency medical needs – > and supports long-term humanitarian assistance programs – for all people > around the world, irrespective of race, creed or political persuasion." > (quote from http://www.americares.org/aboutus/ ). > * Sahana Software Foundation (their 501(c)(3) application is pending): "The > Sahana Software Foundation is dedicated to the mission of saving lives by > providing information management solutions that enable organizations and > communities to better prepare for and respond to disasters." (quote from > http://sahanafoundation.org/about-us/ ). > * Portlight Strategies: "Co-opting with individuals as well as other > organizations to cut through red tape in order to directly meet the specific > needs of un-served, under served, and forgotten people" (quote from > http://www.portlight.org/images/onesheet.pdf ). > ...Portlight appears to have the focus on disaster relief that is consistent > with HOT, but they are not that organized with respect to their online > presence and might not be sufficiently tech enabled to take advantage of the > assets ... in my opinion, based solely on reviewing their website. > > Those are three and there are others potentially. It would be useful to > consider what you would intend to accomplish through a beneficiary. Would it > be continuation of activities? Or uplift of an organization through asset > receipt? Or migration of membership into a new organizational structure > (like or unlike the original)? Or providing benefit and assuring stewardship > through a long-term partner? All things to consider when making the > beneficiary determination. > > Regards -- OSM user ceyockey > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
