IMO:
Frank,
Yes, I think that it would be prudent.
However, we have yet to determine just what types of insurance we require.
Bruce
>
> Bruce,
>
> Are you suggesting that the local chapter would be taking out directors
> insurance? At the OSGeo global level I believe we don't yet have
dir
[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 I
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
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
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 p
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
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 interna
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 en
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 Swi
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
2008/6/12 Paul Ramsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Interesting Aside. Could the CRO perhaps ensure there's a way to Q&A
> 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 sec
Interesting Aside. Could the CRO perhaps ensure there's a way to Q&A
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
ey
> Sent: 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
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 which could be seen as a weakness (chickens) [1].
A consensus decision making process necessarily limits the scope of an
organizati
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 locat
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