Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] What is the point in formalising OSGeo Local Chapters?

2012-01-26 Thread Alex Mandel
http://www.osgeo.org/content/chapters/guidelines.html You need to meet once per year in some way. Have an mission statement. Select a Liason to the board. Apply to the board for approval. That's it. Benefit, you are allowed to use the OSGeo name and brand as you now represent OSGeo in your Geogra

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] What is the point in formalising OSGeo Local Chapters?

2012-01-26 Thread Jody Garnett
Nice - so Aust-NZ may already qualify :-) -- Jody Garnett On Friday, 27 January 2012 at 1:11 AM, Daniel Morissette wrote: > Please also note that you do not need a legal entity to qualify as a > local chapter, so being an OSGeo local chapter can be very lightweight > contrary to what wa

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] What is the point in formalising OSGeo Local Chapters?

2012-01-26 Thread Daniel Morissette
Please also note that you do not need a legal entity to qualify as a local chapter, so being an OSGeo local chapter can be very lightweight contrary to what was suggested in the thread. Several OSGeo local chapters are only virtual groups with a small steering committee, mailing list, website a

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] What is the point in formalising OSGeo Local Chapters?

2012-01-25 Thread Jody Garnett
The magic of cross posting… This conversation started as a discussion on a different topic -> is there any interest in having a conference, unconference or code sprint in the Aust-NZ region :-) As for the benefits of a local chapter; it may in fact being limited to running a regional confere

[OSGeo-Discuss] What is the point in formalising OSGeo Local Chapters?

2012-01-25 Thread Cameron Shorter
OSGeo Discuss, In Australia/New Zealand we have been discussing whether we should legally "formalise" the Aust-NZ OSGeo chapter, and come to the conclusion that we gain little, and loose a lot by becoming legal. Email discussion here: http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/aust-nz/2012-January/thre