Richard Schilling wrote: > 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.
Glad that you have compared US and Malaysian corporate law. Personally I think it is great that OSHCA will finally be incorporated, and given the current Zeitgeist in many rich countries, that it will be incorporated under a flag bearing the crescent and star. Tim C > Molly Cheah wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > 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) > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > * Visit your group "openhealth > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openhealth>" > on the web. > > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service > <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openhealth/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
