Hi Molly,
> I'm making this change on the Vision Statement:
>
> Vision:
> Free and Open Source Health Care Software will provide a viable and
> sustainable alternative in mainstream ICT for positive impact in health
> outcomes as adjunct to building a global information (knowledge?) society.
I'd prefer to say "knowledge society".
Loose collections of information are not worth much, only when being related
among each other and other information -- which makes up actual knowledge.
> I've also found these 3 interesting points in the oshca.org web-site
> under Charter:
>
> Promotes and helps the formation of development consortia for
> health care related projects
>
> Solicits membership from strategic organizations
>
> Helps projects find funding and reach critical mass
Especially the first and third are related and a good idea, in my opinion.
> The principles outlined at the old web-site may be worth keeping:
>
> *Principles*
>
> /Promote a globally sustainable approach/
Yes.
> /Stay lightweight and flexible/
Yes.
> /Be open to diverse opinions and technologies/
Yes.
> /Ethical Deployment/
Since sources are open and for free, this is an "ethical" thing, isn't it?
> I've also drafted these activities:
Agree.
Side-note: We should write out all proper names and
add their abbreviations in parentheses behind, e.g.:
Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)
and likewise for: ICT, ...
Christian
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