I am sorry for the late answer, the week-end was full of activities.
I would also prefer a "belgian" assocation than a "regional one".
- we are quite few, we need to do a lot of work: I think we should
gather our energy and, maybe later, thinks about splitting if necessary.
We are to few for a split now - (I agree with Dennys on this idea)
- If we develop tools (servers, teaching of OSM, etc.), we may think
that both tools will be needed in every part of Belgium.
- it is still unclear about how to split: flemish/french ? What about
brussels, bilingual... Walloon/Flanders/Brussels ? we need three
associations... and three times the cost, etc.
What are we doing now ?
- a meeting "in real life" to discuss about the avantadges /
disadvantages of splitting ?
- continue the discussion on the ML ?
- continue the discussion on the wiki ?
Julien
Le 12/10/12 15:08, Nicolas Pettiaux a écrit :
2012/10/12 Dennis Bollyn <den...@gyrbo.be <mailto:den...@gyrbo.be>>
The problem for me is that the association is basically overhead.
It costs money and effort to maintain it while not offering any
intrinsic benefits.
indeed
The only reason we are considering it is because of a (possible)
donation from the government. Creating two separate associations
would double the overhead.
+1
For now, I see no reason to create a Flemish counterpart. Since
there would only exist a single association, it would be the de
facto one to go to for all Belgian related situations.
we said from the beginning that it could be done when needed.
In summary, I propose to create a single association (which is
what would probably happen anyway). If this association is created
in Brussels, on "neutral ground", it should be acceptable for both
Walloon, Flemish and Brussels governments. If the need should
every arise (a government refuses to work with an association that
also works with other governments, disagreements, ...), we can
always split the association afterwards.
make sense.
+2
Nicolas
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