[Local-chapters] Local Chapter vs Foundation: who's doing what?

[Julio Costa Zambelli]

I see the OSM Foundation at least in charge of:
1) Giving technological support to the project (API, Database, Servers,
Wiki, Mailing Lists, etc.)
2) Organizing the State of The Map conference
3) Taking care of global issues like the License discussion
4) Managing international donations like the Open Society Institute SoTM
Scholarship
5) Coordinating the efforts between various Local Chapters

Best Regards,

Julio Costa
OpenStreetMap Chile
http://www.openstreetmap.cl/

On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 2:26 AM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com>wrote:

> 2010/2/2 Henk Hoff <toffehoff at gmail.com>:
> > So what's the primary role of the local chapter and what the primary role
> of
> > the Foundation?
>
> It's difficult for the foundation to properly control lots of assets
> (GPS receivers etc) in lots of jurisdictions, and even harder to
> recover assets that aren't returned.
>
> It's difficult for the foundation to enter into contractual
> arrangements from the UK in various jurisdictions, things like
> companies donating goods and services for use by school kids for
> example, and these same companies wouldn't deal with individuals.
>
> It's difficult for the foundation to get special tax status in various
> countries, so donations could be tax free etc.
>
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