[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Some Local Chapters are going through this process currently, e.g.
OSGeo-AustNZ.
We will need to incorporate as a non profit within Australia with its
overheads of audits, annual fees etc.
One potential upside is that we may get some protection by way of
Directors
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 12-Jun-08, at 9:20 AM, Paul Ramsey wrote:
- Putting our policy online (presumably copied from Apache
shamelessly) in a findable location, to conform to the legal norms of
our host nation.
I'll have to
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 8:56 AM, Arnulf Christl
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But instead, she incarnated in the US, the
most backwater place imaginable wrt Open Source.
So, this raises two actions items:
- Putting our policy online (presumably copied from Apache
shamelessly) in a findable
: Thursday, June 12, 2008 9:28 AM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Chickens, Boards and Export Restrictions
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 8:56 AM, Arnulf Christl
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One critique is that the board of directors does not make
decisions easily
and quickly
Interesting Aside. Could the CRO perhaps ensure there's a way to QA
with the board nominees during the process? Perhaps a list of
questions at the top of the wiki page, and nominees can answer as
few/many of them as they like in their own page sections.
P
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Michael
2008/6/12 Paul Ramsey [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Interesting Aside. Could the CRO perhaps ensure there's a way to QA
with the board nominees during the process? Perhaps a list of
questions at the top of the wiki page, and nominees can answer as
few/many of them as they like in their own page sections.
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 8:56 AM, Arnulf Christl
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I for one get this feedback on a regular basis from parts
of the German speaking community. This sentiment has lead to a lot of
discussion within the GaV which is the existing German FOSSGIS community, a
legal entity
On 2008/06/12 8:56 AM, Arnulf Christl wrote:
Anyway. Another triviality we need to address are export restrictions.
Due to formal reasons OSGeo was required to incorporate[4]. It could
have been Togo - home of one of the most active and diverse spatial
communities[5]. Or it could have been
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 10:23 AM, Dave Patton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Are there practical
matters (e.g. wording in the foundation's charter
or letters of incorporation) that preclude OSGeo from
being incorporated in multiple jurisdictions?
Yes, it's work to be an entity. We're having enough
An Australian perspective, where we speak English almost exclusively:
I'd like to think we can address most of these issues by focusing on:
1. Be true to OSGeo's core values, possibly update them where they are
unclear.
* We promote Open Source Software and Open content.
* Engaging the
On 12-Jun-08, at 9:20 AM, Paul Ramsey wrote:
- Putting our policy online (presumably copied from Apache
shamelessly) in a findable location, to conform to the legal norms of
our host nation.
I'll have to re-read Arnulf's note to understand more precisely what
you are referring to here... we
IMO:
Paul,
Some Local Chapters are going through this process currently, e.g.
OSGeo-AustNZ.
We will need to incorporate as a non profit within Australia with its
overheads of audits, annual fees etc.
One potential upside is that we may get some protection by way of
Directors Insurance for
On 2008/06/12 5:01 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
IMO:
Paul,
Some Local Chapters are going through this process currently, e.g.
OSGeo-AustNZ.
We will need to incorporate as a non profit within Australia with its
overheads of audits, annual fees etc.
One potential upside is that we may get
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