Hi all, I responded to Matthew off-list an on, but my response bounced to here because I used an alternate email address.
Speaking as the secretary of the OSMF board and non-Canadian: we welcome new Local Chapters and any movement towards that. A first step is to gain sufficient momentum; a Local Chapter, or any official national OSM organization, should represent the community as a whole. That would be the first thing to figure out. I see a lot of regulars on this list, and having a discussion here about the viability / desirability of incorporating would be a great start. Discussing in person can be beneficial, but is understandably challenging in a large country. Feel free to reach out to me any time if you want to discuss more. Lastly, I would encourage you to subscribe to the local-chapters mailing list, which we have dedicated to discuss (the path to) local chapters. Best, Martijn On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 6:30 AM, Дмитрий Киселев <dmitry.v.kise...@gmail.com > wrote: > Hi I hope I will, > but I don't have any thought about local chapter and do we want to have a > local not-for-profit org, or not. > > It works when you want to get some data / hardware / money from gov or > companies (not from ordinary people). > I'm here not for a long time but looks like gov more willing to work with > OSM directly, as well as big GIS players. > So local chapter is nice but not a neccessary thing. > > 2017-09-28 9:19 GMT-03:00 Brian Bancroft <bancroft...@gmail.com>: > >> Hi Matthew, >> >> It seems like an interesting idea. I've been travelling a bit lately, and >> I've found there's a lot of people out there who don't know about OSM where >> the platform is exactly what they need. >> >> Would a robust OSMCanada spread the Gospel beyond the cities? Would it >> seek to incorporate local GIS imports on the map with legal support and >> task management? >> >> Do we know what an incorporated OSMCanada would do that the informal >> association of really nice and diligent people can't do on their own? >> >> I won't be making SoTMUS this year, but I'd love to hear more about what >> your aims are with this venture, and the problems you and others believe >> (or know) it would solve through incorporation and (possibly?) sweet >> government handouts. I'm guessing that these are the questions you want to >> crunch out while you're at the gathering of interesting people. >> >> Best wishes and good luck with this endeavour, >> >> Brian >> >> >> >> >> *From:* jwhelan0...@gmail.com >> *Sent:* September 28, 2017 7:06 AM >> *To:* scr...@gmail.com >> *Cc:* talk-ca@openstreetmap.org >> *Subject:* Re: [Talk-ca] OSM Canada & State of the Map US: Oct 20-22 >> >> I hadn't heard of them and I'm in Ottawa but there again I'm not very >> sociable. I question why such a decision would be made out of the country? >> >> Does it matter if someone creates a not for profit Canadian corporation? >> I think it would have to change its name though there have been discussions >> recently about the use of OSM in names. >> >> Cheerio John >> >> On 27 September 2017 at 21:59, Stewart C. Russell <scr...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> On 2017-09-27 05:49 PM, Matthew Darwin wrote: >>> > Hi, >>> > >>> > Are any Canadian folks going to State of the Map US October 20-22 >>> > https://2017.stateofthemap.us/ >>> >>> Nope. Wish I could afford it. >>> >>> > During the conference, I would like to have a discussion about turning >>> > the informal https://www.osmcanada.ca/ into a not-for-profit Canadian >>> > corporation. >>> >>> I'd be opposed. Who are osmcanada? They don't represent me. Last I heard >>> it was an informal group of mappers in Ottawa. What would the non-profit >>> do? How would it justify its status? Would it be attempting to be an >>> OSMF Chapter? >>> >>> Stewart >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Talk-ca mailing list >>> Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-ca mailing list >> Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca >> >> > > > -- > Best regards, > Dmitry > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca > >
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