Hi I hope I will, but I don't have any thought about local chapter and do we want to have a local not-for-profit org, or not.
It works when you want to get some data / hardware / money from gov or companies (not from ordinary people). I'm here not for a long time but looks like gov more willing to work with OSM directly, as well as big GIS players. So local chapter is nice but not a neccessary thing. 2017-09-28 9:19 GMT-03:00 Brian Bancroft <bancroft...@gmail.com>: > Hi Matthew, > > It seems like an interesting idea. I've been travelling a bit lately, and > I've found there's a lot of people out there who don't know about OSM where > the platform is exactly what they need. > > Would a robust OSMCanada spread the Gospel beyond the cities? Would it > seek to incorporate local GIS imports on the map with legal support and > task management? > > Do we know what an incorporated OSMCanada would do that the informal > association of really nice and diligent people can't do on their own? > > I won't be making SoTMUS this year, but I'd love to hear more about what > your aims are with this venture, and the problems you and others believe > (or know) it would solve through incorporation and (possibly?) sweet > government handouts. I'm guessing that these are the questions you want to > crunch out while you're at the gathering of interesting people. > > Best wishes and good luck with this endeavour, > > Brian > > > > > *From:* jwhelan0...@gmail.com > *Sent:* September 28, 2017 7:06 AM > *To:* scr...@gmail.com > *Cc:* talk-ca@openstreetmap.org > *Subject:* Re: [Talk-ca] OSM Canada & State of the Map US: Oct 20-22 > > I hadn't heard of them and I'm in Ottawa but there again I'm not very > sociable. I question why such a decision would be made out of the country? > > Does it matter if someone creates a not for profit Canadian corporation? I > think it would have to change its name though there have been discussions > recently about the use of OSM in names. > > Cheerio John > > On 27 September 2017 at 21:59, Stewart C. Russell <scr...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On 2017-09-27 05:49 PM, Matthew Darwin wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > Are any Canadian folks going to State of the Map US October 20-22 >> > https://2017.stateofthemap.us/ >> >> Nope. Wish I could afford it. >> >> > During the conference, I would like to have a discussion about turning >> > the informal https://www.osmcanada.ca/ into a not-for-profit Canadian >> > corporation. >> >> I'd be opposed. Who are osmcanada? They don't represent me. Last I heard >> it was an informal group of mappers in Ottawa. What would the non-profit >> do? How would it justify its status? Would it be attempting to be an >> OSMF Chapter? >> >> Stewart >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-ca mailing list >> Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca > > -- Best regards, Dmitry
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