Philipe, It would be fair to say that OSHCA has been "dormant" for the last couple of years and that its public reputation has faded... it is not fair to say that OSHCA has no public reputation at all having been active for 4 years and having organized successful, internationally attended conferences each of those years.
IMHO the path to success is to work top down and bottom up at the same time. In this regard, it makes sense to start where you are now rather than put more things on the critical path...initially the path of least resistance for bottom up involvement is to get the buy in, support and participation of active and credible "local projects", individuals and organizations to create critical mass....I am sure that there are many out there that aren't aware of this list or OSHCA. In parallel to this put in place the mothership... which is what going on now, to establish a clear set of standards etc. for implementing chapters and growing beyond the "local" project representation into local chapters. A strong international organization will make it much easier to take the next step and of establishing effective local chapters and ensuring that the OSHCA "brand" and principles are consistently applied.....that's where having common DNA to start with becomes important. Cheers, Joseph > Hi Joseph, > > Should we envision Oshca the path to success through a bottom up or top > down evolution. > > If the mother organization is already well know or strongly established, > you have better have lightweight branches... just like franchises, as > you stated. > In the other case, when it is easier to "think locally" than to address > the whole world for the first steps, you may have the "main > organization" work as the head of a confederation. > > My feeling is that, since Oshca has no public reputation yet, it would > more efficient to work as a locally incorporated branch of an > international movement. And I really believe that Oshca can only be born > as the sum of local energy before this entity can act by itself. > > Philippe > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > * Visit your group "openhealth > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openhealth>" on the web. > > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > . Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openhealth/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
