The protem committee taking four years to get this far is a pretty clear
indication that they've undermined themselves.
Richard
Molly Cheah wrote:
> Richard,
> I would appreciate it if you allow the protem committee to make the
> decisions on OSHCA since the community has given us the mandate to
> resurrect OSHCA. Otherwise I feel that you're undermining our efforts. I
> don't understand why suddenly you're in such a hurry. Like many others,
> Tim Cook, Bhaskar etc had expressed earlier there can be
> chapters/branches etc formed later.
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> The discussions and sentiments expressed here will certainly be taken
> into consideration by the protem committee. I would like to appeal to
> you not to complicate the matter further otherwise your intentions may
> be misconstrued. Please let me complete my job and my responsibility to
> the community.
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> I did not think that my intention to update the community with
> information would lead to a kind of upstaging the protem committee's
> efforts. If you proceed to register OSHCA it will be tantamount to
> acting in bad faith, as I had been negotiating with Brian on behalf of
> the community.
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> Molly
> Richard Schilling wrote:
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>>Since OSCHA is an internationl body we can register siultaneously, and
>>choose the base to be anywhere.
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>>Is the incorporation in Malaysia going to be doing business or just
>>representing FOSS industry interests? Depending on the answer to that
>>here are our choices here in the U.S. that I can pursue now:
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>>Trade association — Definition.
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>> trade associations don't "do business" but exist to exert
>> influence on a market. This seems to me the best fit for OSCHA
>> if the organization does not intend to own things like
>> copyrighted software. Gets around the international
>> intellectual property issues on software for OSCHA
>> as well.
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>> "Trade association," as that term is used here
>> means a membership organization of persons engaging in a similar
>> or related line of commerce, organized to promote and improve
>> business conditions in that line of commerce and not to engage
>> in a regular business of a kind ordinarily carried on for profit
>> and for which no part of net earnings inures to the benefit of
>> any member.
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>>Non-Profit Corporation - Definition.
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>> Non-Profit Corporations conduct business (e.g. provide products
>> and services) and can also have an influencing effect.
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>> A nonprofit corporation is an organization formed as a
>> corporation for purposes other than generating a profit, and in
>> which no part of the organization's income is distributed to its
>> directors or officers. Nonprofits are formed pursuant to state
>> law, often under the Revised Model Non-Profit Corporation Act
>> (1986). A nonprofit can be a church or church association,
>> school, charity, medical provider, legal aid society, volunteer
>> service organization, professional association, research
>> institute, museum, or in some cases a sports association. Being
>> formed with the state as a nonprofit corporation does not
>> automatically provide an organization with tax-exempt status.
>> Nonprofits must apply for tax-exempt status at the federal and
>> sometimes at the state level.
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