Hi Rob Want an open constitution of the kind you want? Go for unincorporated society - you can fashion it any way you want.
Want an incorporated limited company? There's a mountain of legislation demanding structure you are mandated to have in your constitution - your room for manouevre in the AoA is limited. That's our dilemma and we will end up with a compromise between the two that satisfies no-one completely but will be workable. Regards Brian On 25 April 2016 at 22:34, Rob Nickerson <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Brian, > > The CIC form makes the vision much clearer (unlike the AoA which is always > going to be a legalise-esque dull document). It's a good reminder of why we > are doing this :-) > > The first activity listed touches on "provid[ing] a mechanism for > developing as a community rather than as disparate, scattered individual". > This follows on from my recent comments on the AoA and the contrast I drew > between the template AoA and the Constitution of the (Unincorporated > Association) WM-ODUG. That constitution set out how decision making works > amongst the members which is one element of the activities aim to develop a > community. It's very different from the current proposed AoA for > OpenStreetMap United Kingdom. > > Today we have the opportunity to make the AoA more about our desired way > of working, and not just the legal text we refer to when something goes > wrong. In fact one could argue that if the AoA don't match our desired way > of working (the AoA is the Constitution after all) then something has "gone > wrong" before we even start. > > As always I look forward to hearing the views of others on this matter. > > *Rob* > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > >
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