I don't understand why this is good or even relevant. What should
matter is the legal protection
provided by the incorporation in the various countries participating,
which I think was Richard's point.
Dave Forslund
Tim.Churches wrote:
> 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
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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