Hello, The OSM-F Local Chapters working group met earlier this week to discuss setting up.... Local Chapters.
What are local chapters? A Local Chapter is an official group of OSMers within a specific territory that is able to officially represent the OSM-F. Why do we need local chapters? Over the last 12 months many OSMers, especially those outside of the UK, have expressed interest in setting up official, local groups so that they can represent the OSM-F when talking to journalists, dealing with companies and governments, arranging mapping parties and conferences. From the Foundation's point of view, establishing Local Chapters will help to spread the load of work and will lead to the growth and development of OSM in new territories. Who can set-up a local chapter? A Local Chapter will have a similar organisational structure to the OSM-F. It will consist of a board of directors who should be democratically elected by the memebership. We'll let you know more details as they are decided, but for now if you are interested in setting up or being involved with a local chapter, please drop me an email ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) What is the timeline for setting up local chapters? All dates are approximate and depend on the number of review cycles the agreement goes through. * Draft Local Chapters aggreement in please for OSM-F viewing by 22nd Dec (OSM-F Board Meeting) * First draft available for public comment in early Jan * Review comments Jan-Feb * Present revised edition to OSM-F for approval - Feb * Setting up of first local chapters, driven by local chapters themselves- Feb Who is in the Local Chapters Working Group? Nick Black (Chair) - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mikel Maron - [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80n - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Henk Hoff - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Simone Cortesi - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to help out? Got something to say? Please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or reply to this thread. Best, -- Nick Black [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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