On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 1:09 PM, Etienne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > It would be helpful if you would coordinate funding drives with OSMF. > > If not planned carefully your efforts might coincide with a centrally > planned funding activity. This has potential to confuse and dilute > everyone's efforts. > > Tell us what you want to achieve and we can help you. > > OSMF is not incorporated in the US and so does not have 501(c)3 status. If > there is interest then, please talk to us, we are currently planning to > establish a structure for local chapters and federated member > organisations. This initiative is in the hands of Nick Black ( > [EMAIL PROTECTED]) if you want to get in touch with him. >
Hi Etienne, I'm glad you caught this before I finished the form. To sum it up, we're trying to talk to Garmin to get sponsorship from them for GPS receivers for US-based mapping parties (and potentially other ones around the world, too). The form is located here: http://www8.garmin.com/aboutGarmin/sponsorship/sponsorship-form.jsp I was planning on filling it out for us, but I would be more than happy to see it be a request that ends up with a wider scope than just the US. Based on some other posts on osm-talk, it sounds like someone has already attempted to talk to Garmin and they have expressed limited interest in a UK-only sponsorship, but maybe if they knew about OpenStreetMap's more global reach, they would be more interested.
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