Re: [openhealth] Resurrecting OSHCA - a review

2006-01-17 Thread Thomas Beale
Hi Molly,, by and large I agree with the tenor of the statements below, but believe they need some refinement...see below... Dr Molly Cheah wrote: I'm making this change on the Vision Statement: Vision: Free and Open Source Health Care Software will provide a viable and sustainable

Re: [openhealth] Resurrecting OSHCA - a review

2006-01-16 Thread William Lester
This discussion about OSCHA reminds me of an another organization I know very well called N-TEN (NonProfit Technology Enterprise Network). NTEN is a membership organization formed to promote the use of appropriate and effective ICTs by NPOs/NGOs. It's members include the NPOs/NGOs, the funders,

Re: [openhealth] Resurrecting OSHCA - a review

2006-01-15 Thread Philippe AMELINE
Hi Joseph, Could you tell me what incorporation mean, so I can understand why, to the question what happens if that person leaves the organization?, the simple answer the organization finds someone else is not valid ? Cheers, Philippe PS : Christian, you can count me for Oshca, since I

Re: [openhealth] Resurrecting OSHCA - a review

2006-01-15 Thread Joseph Dal Molin
Incorporation is the establishment of an organization as a legal entitye,g, in France a company with SRL appended to its name has legal status. You don't have to incorporate in many countries to be a companyyou can be a sole proprietorbut this applies to individuals only. The

Re: [openhealth] Resurrecting OSHCA - a review

2006-01-15 Thread Will Ross
Christian, Molly All, I'm neutral on the issue of incorporation. If it can help then I'm for it. But I don't want the discussion on incorporation to distract us from the possibility of convening our next OSHCA conference. I'm a strong advocate of having our next OSCHA Conference, with

Re: [openhealth] Resurrecting OSHCA - a review

2006-01-15 Thread Dr Molly Cheah
Will, When we're discussing resurrecting OSHCA, we're going beyond organising conferences, which organisations like IMIA,AMIA or any organisations advocating open source can do from time to time. We've also gone beyond the debate on the need for incorporation; the issues, pros and cons are in

Re: [openhealth] Resurrecting OSHCA - a review

2006-01-15 Thread Fred Trotter
I think that Will actually is proposing a vision, one which I whole-heartedly agree. The vision is that OSCHA is a vehicle for people to meet. This list is the best source of meeting of the minds I have found but is nothing compared to face to face. That is really what we do not have... Regards,

Re: [openhealth] Resurrecting OSHCA - a review

2006-01-15 Thread Dr Molly Cheah
Proposal so far OSHCA Vision OSCHA is a vehicle for people to meet face to face. Mission?? Objectives??? Molly p.s. Previously, OSHCA The Open Source Health Care Alliance is a collaborative forum to promote and facilitate open source software in human and veterinary healthcare.

Re: [openhealth] Resurrecting OSHCA - a review

2006-01-15 Thread Thomas Beale
Fred Trotter wrote: I think that Will actually is proposing a vision, one which I whole-heartedly agree. The vision is that OSCHA is a vehicle for people to meet. This list is the best source of meeting of the minds I have found but is nothing compared to face to face. That is really what

RE: [openhealth] Resurrecting OSHCA - a review

2006-01-15 Thread Koray Atalag
Atalag _ From: openhealth@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas Beale Sent: 16 Ocak 2006 Pazartesi 06:50 To: openhealth@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [openhealth] Resurrecting OSHCA - a review Fred Trotter wrote: I think that Will actually is proposing

Re: [openhealth] Resurrecting OSHCA - a review

2006-01-14 Thread Christian Heller
Hi Molly, some weeks ago, about 22 of us mailing list members expressed their support for incorporating OSHCA. I take the liberty to list those: - Molly Cheah - Brian Bray - Adrian Midgley - Fred Trotter - Tim Cook - Christian Heller - Joseph Dal Molin - David Chan - Nandalal Gunaratne - K.S.