On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 8:57 AM, Kate Chapman <[email protected]> wrote: > :) > > I think the other question is what do we wish to see in a beneficiary > meaning what is the goal. > > The issue with our Articles of Incorporation is we list the > OpenStreetMap Foundation as a beneficiary, but since they aren't a > 501c3 that doesn't work. The thought originally of listing them was > that they would continue the goal of helping spread OpenStreetMap. > But, is that the goal? > > Is the importance open-data? Using open-data for humanitarian > response? Open-source software? Open-source software for humanitarian > response? > > I'm inclined towards open-data rather than open-source software. In > which case I'm not sure what the correct organization would be. > creative commons, wikimedia
or some university. flossk's beneficiary is the university of prishtina. mike > -Kate > > On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 2:48 PM, David Schmitt <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 2011-11-25 05:38, Kate Chapman wrote: >>> >>> If Sahana's application is pending then we can't list them as a >>> beneficiary. They need to be a 501(c)3. I will email and see what >>> their status is. >> >> The question then becomes: Who is *their* beneficiary? >> >> Seasons greetings, David >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > -- James Michael DuPont Member of Free Libre Open Source Software Kosova http://flossk.org _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
