I want to apologize for taking this long to get back to everyone about the incorporation documents. I've had the flu since Monday and only today have I completely come out of it.
So appologies for the delay. I've added a few pages to the US Chapter page: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/United_States It's a bit spartan right now, but here's a summary on the discussion on the calls: There are two major "candidates" for incorporation at the moment. The first is California, with the possible help of an attorney that works with OSM International. Unfortunately this has been difficult as the attorney is quite busy at the moment, and so asking him to do more pro-bono work may be difficult going forward. The other major candidate is the District of Columbia. DC has a relatively straightforward incorporation process and several of us on the call (who live in/around DC) have been involved with incorporating other non-profits. As discussed, we can incorporate as a corporate entity, get our EIN, and then work on the non-profit part- part of which will be the mission statement and other documents we're working on at the same time. We don't actually need an attorney to file for any of this, but I've been assured by one attorney that they would be willing to help us on a limited basis. In addition, I know that Kate is talking to several attorneys, and we're looking at trying to find some law school students who might be willing to help us. DC has the most lawyers of anywhere in the world, so while I'm not saying it will be easy, it should be fairly doable. To that end, we're gathering up the steps that need to be taken for the incorporation, as well as non-profit status (which will require mission statement, decision on membership, a board of directors, a budget, etc.) But one step at a time. - Serge _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
