I was unaware of OSGeo AU/NZ but if their goals are similarly aligned it might have already solved the issue of needing a legal entity.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sam Vekemans <acrosscanadatra...@gmail.com> Date: 2009/8/29 Subject: Canada Chapter To: lo...@osmfoundation.org Cc: Talk-CA OpenStreetMap <talk...@openstreetmap.org>, deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com, Peter Miller <peter.mil...@itoworld.com>, t...@openstreetmap.org Hi, On the talk-ca list it's still in the works (i put forward the idea, but no responses yet). Once the Canada Import is done... that'll be a BIG difference in Map quality. :-) But anyway, being a local foundation might let us work closer with Natural Resource Canada, and with Non-profits and helping them build up their own maps that they provide to their own members. (and perhaps meet-up.com could help spur growth... but that's another story) OSGeo -Ottawa exists and OS GeoBC exists... and Austrialia / New Zealand exists http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Aust-NZ (I think it's John Smith thats in Australia but im not sure)? Anyway, im watching as close as i can to whats going on down there, and trying to understand the relationship between the OSM and OSGeo. I think it's the licensing issue (because industry uses Prop. Software -ArchGIS (but it's now compatible, and can work with it). Once OSM gets bigger (in these next 2 years of fast growth s-curve, more industry will be looking at use more professionally, (since we will out-map TeleAtlas & NavTeq) :-) Anyway, i schedualed time to make that conference call. (Hopefully by then, we'll have more details). I'll be on that mailing list, as soon as it's available :) Cheers, Sam Vekemans Across Canada Trails Twitter: @Acrosscanada Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
