Re: [Talk-us] Please review: new proposed bylaws for OSM US, open for comments until Jan 20th

2015-01-20 Thread Paul Norman
On 1/14/2015 10:17 AM, Alex Barth wrote: To all OpenStreetMap US members: Our new proposed bylaws are open for comments until **January 20th 3PM Eastern**. Will these new bylaws be compatible with getting Local Chapter status? ___ Talk-us mailing

Re: [Talk-us] Please review: new proposed bylaws for OSM US, open for comments until Jan 20th

2015-01-20 Thread Alex Barth
On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 5:43 AM, Paul Norman penor...@mac.com wrote: Our new proposed bylaws are open for comments until **January 20th 3PM Eastern**. Will these new bylaws be compatible with getting Local Chapter status? Yes. ___ Talk-us mailing

Re: [Talk-us] Please review: new proposed bylaws for OSM US, open for comments until Jan 20th

2015-01-14 Thread Clifford Snow
Alex, In the by-laws document, paragraph 5.2, it specifies that the Chapter should have members mailing addresses, not just email addresses. I don't recall ever giving my address when I first joined. Most likely I've since forgotten but is the Chapter collecting that information? Thanks, Clifford

Re: [Talk-us] Please review: new proposed bylaws for OSM US, open for comments until Jan 20th

2015-01-14 Thread Ian Dees
Clifford, we do collect that information from our members. The current form doesn't have it marked as required but I'll probably change that after you pointed this out. On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 5:22 PM, Clifford Snow cliff...@snowandsnow.us wrote: Alex, In the by-laws document, paragraph 5.2,

[Talk-us] Please review: new proposed bylaws for OSM US, open for comments until Jan 20th

2015-01-14 Thread Alex Barth
To all OpenStreetMap US members: Our new proposed bylaws are open for comments until **January 20th 3PM Eastern**. As part of the process of bringing our organization in line with IRS requirements for a 501 c 3 tax deductible status we are applying for our legal counsel has recommend we update