Nice to see you make progress on this. I remember a few years ago when
this was a hot topic on the openhealth list....
If I were involved in the incorporation (which I can do, by the way in a
day) I would object to doing it in Malaysia. I would do it in the U.S.
first. The protections offered a U.S. corporation might be much greater
than in Malaysia.
Richard Schilling
Molly Cheah wrote:
> Dear all,
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> 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)
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> 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
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