Guys, It may be good to give also an update on the whole chapters thingy on this mailing list.
First: the draft agreement you've been referring to is of the table. We had a good discussion within the OSMF board about the organizational structure of the Foundation. We concluded that this agreement did not fit nicely into our thoughts of where we're heading with the Foundation. So what are we working on now. Some highlights: - LC is a separate entity and has it's own membership scheme. - LC members are not official members of the Foundation (and can therefore not vote on Foundation matters) - LC is basically the representative of OSM in it's country/region - Foundation is official publisher of the OSM database and licensee of the data - Foundation may (!) check on the books etc in order to check whether the LC is not doing anything that could hurt the name and fame of OSM or the Foundation. - LC may use the name and logo of OSM Hope this gives some clarity on the current situation with Local Chapters. Cheers, Henk Hoff OpenStreetMap Foundation 2010/2/20 John Smith <[email protected]> > On 20 February 2010 12:47, Liz <[email protected]> wrote: > > I wrote a note about this draft, decided it could be libellous and > haven't > > posted it publically. > > It's only libelous if unfounded... > > > I'll merely say that if they are the terms, I wouldn't be able to join > the > > local chapter. > > This is why I've decided to pursue a local entity, rather than a local > chapter, I wouldn't join one either. > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >
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