Richard Schilling wrote:
> The protem committee taking four years to get this far is a pretty clear
> indication that they've undermined themselves.
No, Richard. There have been two, quite distinct pro tempore OSHCA
committees. The first one, of which I was a member, was working towards
incorporation of OSHCA in Canada, then Australia, then Canada again,
over the course of about 18 months or two years. Various people, whom I
shall not name, started to complain (probably with some justification)
about the slow progress (for part of which I was responsible), and
others began to see conspiracies and dictatorial tendencies in the way
OSHCA was being organised. Suffice to say that the barrage of criticism
resulted in a large proportion of the first pro temporore organising
committee resigning. Nothing then happened for at least a year, perhaps
18 months - there was no further discussion of OSHCA or its
incorporation. Then Molly, to her immense credit, decided to start
afresh - and that was only a month or two ago. So things are moving
pretty quickly for a disparate, international group of people in
different time zones and communicating only by email.
Tim C
> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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:
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> "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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