[Local-chapters] local chapters agreement back

[Eugene Alvin Villar]

On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 8:31 PM, Simon Poole <simon at osmfoundation.org>wrote:

> As I've previously suggested I think we should have a 2nd informal
> designation for groups (aka OSMF user group or similar) that currently
> don't fit in the formal local chapter framework, giving them some
> visibility and allowing them to grow to the point where they can become a
> LC.
>

Why not just adopt the affiliated organizations model used by the Wikimedia
movement:?
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Recognizing_Models_of_Affiliations

Basically there are 3 OSM organization types (not counting movement
partners which are not necessarily aimed at OSM, such as OKFN): (1) local
chapters, (2) thematic organizations, and (3) user groups. For instance,
HOT is the quintessential thematic organization.
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