On 28/04/17 07:09, Paul Norman wrote:
There are no restrictions on what local chapters someone is part of, and the local chapters need to have a form of incorporation which allows for easy and mass membership and democratic participation in the decisions processes[1].
Well that's good and solves that problem.
The restrictions are on what the local chapter can do. They are that the Chapter represent the interests of the local community in its designated geographic region[2]. I'm not sure what it would look like with one chapter representing the interests in Ireland (the island) and another in the UK, and the overlap in Northern Ireland.
The agreement isn't as bad as I feared, it says "The Foundation will not establish any other local Chapter within the geographic region without consulting with the Chapter." So there is nothing there that will ban an overlapping local chapter, merely that the OSMF will consult OSMUK. It looks like the founders of OSMUK are OK with this condominium, so there doesn't seem to be any roadblocks from OSMUK in principle...
I'm not sure how specifically to move forward, maybe something more in detail in writing from people?
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