[Local-chapters] OSM Local Chapters Discussions

[Simon Poole]

Am 15.01.2013 15:36, schrieb Douglas Ssebaggala:
>
> Hi...
>
> Glad to know that this list will revive discussions.
>
> 1 - Are the guidelines for creating a local chapter on the OSM wiki
> still valid?
>
> or
>
> 2 - that will be clarified after the OSMF board meeting?
>
> 3- If i wanted to create a local chapter right now, what are the steps?
>
> Guess there will be more discussions on this mailing list after the
> pending issues are clarified, and existing local chapters resuming to
> use this mailing list...
>
> For the start, i will be grateful if i can get the answers to the
> above 3 questions.
>
> As Daniel says,(Was the discussion at the 2012 SOTM conference in
> Tokyo?), if there was no "consensus" in the last OSMF Board meeting,
> i/we shall be looking forward to reaching one, in the upcoming
> meeting(s).
>
My take on this is that the guidelines make sense in any case.

At the current point in time my best guess is that we are unlikely to
fundamentally change the membership process in the OSMF or pursue any
other larger structural change. As a consequence  I expect that the
original idea to put contractual relationships with the local chapters
in place will remain valid.

Not being active in the organisation at the time, the following is
hearsay: it seems that the local chapters had significant issues with
the proposed contracts and none where actually executed. Looking at the
one draft available it does seem to expect things from local
organisations that the OSMF itself is unable to provide.

Naturally none of this is going to improve with time, my goal for 2013
would be to

- have a framework in place for the LC - OSMF relationship

- have contracts in place with all existing local chapters that are
interested

Simon