Thanks for keeping us posted, John, & good work! I'd agree with the suggestion of a stand-alone CLG as a SPC, together with charity status.
Although, as you have noted, this combination reduces the need for an AGM & Financial reporting; in the interest of transparency, I would urge you to still hold an AGM & produce financial reports for the benefit of members. This would / should not need to be a fully audited report produced by an accountant - anybody who is capable of entering info into QuickBooks can produce a simple profit & loss statement to show where money has come from, & gone to, over the preceeding year. Do you need to get professional help in setting the Company up? While there is a bit involved, it is all relatively straight-forward, & mainly involves filling out govt forms (which, to anybody able to use the OSM wiki, should be a piece of cake! :-)) Having said that, my experience is only with Incorporated Associations, so a CLG may be a bit different, but shouldn't be hugely more complicated? Good luck with it all! Thanks Graeme On Mon, 18 Mar 2019 at 19:04, John Bryant <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > As promised, following on the heels of the successful FOSS4G SotM Oceania > conference <https://foss4g-oceania.org/> in November 2018, we have > embarked on a journey to lay down a strong foundation for the growth of > this community. In addition to planning a new instance of the conference in > Wellington, New Zealand, for November 2019, we are also doing significant > ground work on establishing a not-for-profit that can manage funds, enter > into agreements, and act as a local chapter of OSGeo and OSMF. > > We have developed a recommendation for an initial path forward, and we'd > like you, the community, to provide your feedback. If you have experience > or knowledge here, and can provide insight, or wish to contribute your > thoughts, please chime in. Your comments are most welcome, and can be > provided by responding to this email, or by commenting in the Google Doc. > > The draft recommendation is attached as a PDF, and a live Google Doc > version is linked here > <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LCoaNY9xACkpE_E1pTn3pGkNV41rqmoK5QkKl2FAfwY/edit?usp=sharing>. > We will take input until the end of next week (29 March). At that point, > we'll make adjustments where warranted, and hopefully be in a position to > raise a motion to the OSGeo Oceania board to accept the recommendation, and > begin the process. > > If this is all new to you, and you're wondering what the heck OSGeo > Oceania even is, please check out this basic wiki page > <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Oceania> that will give you a bit of > background. We'll be fleshing this out in the coming months, but I hope it > gives you enough of an idea. We will certainly be aiming to increase our > outreach, and get people involved from across the region. > > Any questions, please ask! > > Cheers > John Bryant > on behalf of OSGeo Oceania > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >
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