[Osmf-talk] Treasurer's report for tomorrow's AGM

[Christoph Hormann]

On Friday 09 December 2016, Frederik Ramm wrote:
>
> Now legal is another matter, it has picked up quite a bit in recent
> years as we're registering trademarks in countries where it is more
> difficult than just filling out a web form and paying a fee - often,
> our UK law firm has to engage a partner firm in the respective
> country, and paperwork has to be produced that "proves" that we're
> really active in the country; initial registrations are rejected,
> appeals are written and so on.

Thanks, this makes things a bit clearer.

But i really think this field could use a bit more transparency w.r.t. 
spendings overall.  It is the biggest single item in the budget outside 
the OWG after all.  It would be good to know for example how much of 
the money goes to pay law firm services and how much is going into 
trademark registration fees.

Ultimately there will need to be decisions made on the scope of 
trademark registration (both geographic and semantic, i.e. what to 
register beyond the basic 'OpenStreetMap').  Even if such decisions are 
made by the board and LWG the members will ultimately also need 
sufficient information to assess those matters and the decisions made.

-- 
Christoph Hormann
http://www.imagico.de/