Hi, Jeffrey Martin wrote: > The branch in each country can then pay dues to the international organization > or in some cases the international body can provide funding for projects in > the > local countries.
This is exactly what OSMF is aiming at, with the exception that they do not want to create the branches top-down, but instead they hope that OSM activists form the branches themselves nationally and then register with the central body. There may be some stepping stones here in terms of transferring funds in those cases where the national entity enjoys charitable status but OSMF doesn't; in some countries it might be illegal to transfer funds from a charitable (tax-exempt) organisation to one that does not have that status. Personally, I believe that chariable status is an administration nightmare as soon as you deal with a meaningful budget. You will end up paying tax attorneys just to remain charitable and in the end you're not better off than if you had just ignored the whole charitable thing. Bye Frederik -- Frederik Ramm ## eMail frede...@remote.org ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-t...@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
