David, There "is" and not "may be" because there are legal frameworks (acts of parliament) that governs corporations, civil societies, unions etc. If OSHCA is to be my organisation, I would have it up in 3 days (not one as suggested by Richard). My timeline of 3 months is not due to "technical grounds" for setting it up but rather to allow members and the protem committee to discuss and accept what should go into the incorporation papers. The procedures are laid out and transparent. Even the choice of incorporation in a developing country went through discussions on this list and there were no objections. I picked Malaysia because I'm from here and I had undertaken to do the job. If anyone else would like to volunteer to do the job please by all means.
The other reason why I picked Malaysia is provided by the evidence of the incorporation and success of the global knowledge partnership http://www.globalknowledge.org. There are several other similar organisations too. And look at the list of GKP members, their activities etc. Please enumerate what we want to do in OSHCA that is not done by global knowledge partnership. We had already gone through discussions on OSHCA's vision, mission statements, principles and activities. Though this is out of context here, Malaysia has a secular constitution and therefore it is "not" an islamic country, though majority of the population are muslims. Unfortunately the media especially in the US says we are an islamic state and most people rely on the media for information and believes them. But this (muslim or secular) should not be of concern to anyone. Molly David Forslund wrote: >There may be legal protection, etc in Malaysia. We are more familiar >with the situation in the US. >It is more of a question of comparing what is required and what you can >do with a corporation >in Malaysia than in the US. The decision shouldn't be made on political >grounds but on technical grounds, >in my opinion. > >Dave >Molly Cheah wrote: > > >>I was born in Malaysia and lived through the period where we obtained >>independance from the British and from whom our legal framework was >>adopted. Just wondering what are the concerns of Richard and David on >>the legal protection for OSHCA. Can you elaborate rather than make a >>comment that imply there isn't legal protection. Incidently we don't >>have the equivalence of Guantanano Bay in Malaysia. >>Molly >>Joseph Dal Molin wrote: >> >> >> >>>Legal protection in the context of an organization like OSHCA is IMHO >>>not a major concern. What is more important is how the countries laws >>>influence governance. >>> >>>David Forslund wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>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 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>>Yahoo! Groups Links >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > 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/
