I have nothing against 'founding' a vzw. It *could* help in talks, though a 'OSM Belgium vzw' basically has nothing more to say / promise / offer regarding OSM as any cardplayers club...
There might be one possible drawback. A (small, without funding) Belgian vzw potentially could be a nice target for a legal attack by a 'big commercial player' in the mapping-business. In that case the commercial player would spend 'peanuts' in his eyes to the trial, while for the small vzw it would be an giant effort just to defend itself. Also think of this. If you have a solid, well organised structure, you could consider to put it in the legal form of a vzw if there is a need for it. If there is no structure or organisation at all (as it is now) you will not get one just by founding a vzw... Luc./Speedy On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Ivo De Broeck <ivo.debro...@gmail.com>wrote: > Is everyone of that taught? That why i want to reopen the discussion. Can > we organize a voting about that subject? > > One point : There is no official organization, who can talk with the > government or with other organizations (such as the "diensten toerisme"). > And there are enough other reasons to start with OSM Belgium. > > 2010/8/4 wannes <wanne...@gmail.com> > >> >> 2010/8/4 Ivo De Broeck <ivo.debro...@gmail.com> >> >> OK why can we not start the vzw? >>> >> >> As Ben said: there is no need for it. >> >> -- >> wannes >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-be mailing list >> Talk-be@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be >> >> > > > -- > Ivo De Broeck > Valleilaan 13 > 3360 Korbeek-lo > Tel (0)16 43 84 93 > Gsm +32 486 17 61 13 > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-be mailing list > Talk-be@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be > >
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