[Osmf-talk] OSGeo Oceania Local Chapter application

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

On 8/11/20 16:31, Christoph Hormann via osmf-talk wrote:
> I have thought about this quite a bit and my recommendation is that the
> OSMF not accept local chapters on a supranational level. 

Could we perhaps accept "supranational" local chapters with a
contractual extra that goes like:

"Should the community of an individual country (or smaller group of
countries) within the area claimed by $LOCAL_CHAPTER want to form their
own local chapter in the future, the OSMF and $LOCAL CHAPTER commit to
modifying this agreement to make room for the new regional chapter."

My thinking is that while being represented by an organisation from
Hobart might not be ideal for the mapper from New Guinea, maybe it is
still a tiny bit better than being represented from Cambridge, UK?

Another option would be to request that supranational chapters take
active steps to solicit representation from all countries they aim to
represent, and report on these efforts regularly. I.e. in order not to
lose their status of representing New Guinea, OSGeo Oceania would have
to show that they're active there in some form. And that would have to
be more than just saying "well people from New Guinea can join our
mailing list." ;) -- then again, we'd be asking more of the chapter than
we're doing ourselves.

Bye
Frederik

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