TEST POST PLEASE IGNORE :) I accidentally released from moderation this after Mikel had already re-posted it after figuring subscription stuff out.
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Mikel Maron <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > First post here? I just joined OSM US before attending SOTM-US. So hi. > > I heard that the OSM US Board was deliberating the topic of Local > Chapters. I know a little of the history of Local Chapters from my (now > over) time on the OSM Foundation Board (I'm still on the OSMF "Management > Team"). It's been a long process and I think it's a very important topic > for OSM US engage with it. Mike Collinson is intended to revive the process > and discussion, and he's quite a steady hand within the OSMF. > > For specific reasons why OSM-US should care, a couple concrete things off > the top of my head are trademarks and promotion. OSM Foundation holds the > trademarks, like OpenStreetMap and the logo. The promotion space for events > on the OSM.org website (like the SOTM-US banner) needs a means for > management. Both of these things are going to be governed by Local Chapter > agreements. > > There's been some weird proposals in the past, like Local Chapters can not > run any kind of OSM server. That is definitely off the table. Was a dumb > restriction that was thinking only about "forking", but then other > non-prescriptive clauses in the agreement would cover that case (ie > supporting the OSM project). > > It would be shortsighted for OSM-US to not engage in the local chapters > process, and figure out what a federated governance looks like. And it > wouldn't strike the right tone for a newly re-energized OSM-US. It's one > thing if you're just a group of mappers somewhere, but once you have > registration, are raising significant money, throwing events, and > promoting, not having a legal relationship with the organization that holds > the servers of the projects you're based on is not structurally sound. We > need to encourage the OSMF to tighten up legally where necessary, stay > minimal, but be clear and fair. There needs to be a legal relationship with > chapters. > > Best > Mikel > > * Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > >
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