[Osmf-talk] OSM-US local chapter application

[Allan Mustard]

My two manats' worth:  if there is one thing OSM does well (besides
building a great map), it is to avoid being terribly doctrinaire.  If
local chapters at the subnational level crop up in the United States and
want formal affiliation, that can almost certainly be accommodated in
consultation with OSM US.  The more, the merrier!

apm

On 8/22/2020 10:05 AM, Rory McCann (OSMF Board) wrote:
> Hi Craig, et al.,
>
> On 21.08.20 13:46, Craig Allan wrote:
>> 1) The USA is one really big entity, so to improve direct engagement
>> with membership (building membership is my thing) I would not object
>> to formation of regional LCs operating closer to the members - for
>> example East, Midwest, West.В  They will have to decide internally
>> whether to do this, but from the OSMF point of view I would support
>> pre-emptively adding to the LC charter the clause discussed earlier
>> for the Pacific LC to provide for the creation of independent or
>> subordinate regional LCs if the need arises.
>
> At the moment, I don't think there is enough activity in any of these
> areas for such regional groups. But type of concern has arise for the
> OSGeo Oceania local chapter application. Personally, I hope OSM gets
> big enough that there will lots of regional activity, and if I were
> still on the board then, I would support recognising more local
> chapters in places in the USA that can be more "local". The LC
> agreement does allow us to change (and at extreme case cancel it), so
> the OSMF can always "carve out" regions.
>
> So I don't think there are organisations in each of those regions
> *yet*, but let's hope there are some day and we can split it down
> further. There's no rule that it has to be a 1:1 between LCs & countries.
>
> Rory
>
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