As a current (pre-Brexit) NI-resident mapper, I am happy to contribute to developing whatever documentation is felt necessary.
Stephen_Co_Antrim > On 4 May 2017, at 10:49, Brian Prangle <[email protected]> wrote: > > Personally, if we want detail in writing, I think it's up to ROI mappers > and NI mappers to come up with some form of words that satisfies them, > mainly because they are more aware of the cultural, social and political > nuances of the situation than we are and we're only likely to put our foot > in it and upset someone. I'm happy to accommodate whatever arises and I'm > sure most other people in OSMUK feel the same. > > On 4 May 2017 at 08:42, Rory McCann <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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? >> >> Rory >> > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ie mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie _______________________________________________ Talk-ie mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie
