Richard,
As a newcomer to this list you have no basis for your observation.
I've been participating since 2002, and I am a great admirer of
Molly's efforts. Far from being undermined, I think Molly's Protem
Committee is rather clearly the only game in town.
Please figure out how to be a bit more constructive. There is a lot
of real work to be done.
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On Mar 29, 2006, at 2:02 AM, Richard Schilling wrote:
> The protem committee taking four years to get this far is a pretty
> clear
> indication that they've undermined themselves.
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> 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.
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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.
>>>
>>> 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
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>>> or related line of commerce, organized to promote and improve
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>>> 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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