[Osmf-talk] Geolibres Local Chapter application for Argentina

[Joost Schouppe]

Simon,

The AoA's review is led by the Secretary (me), with the help of Dorothea
and the Board.

We did spot the potential issue, but we compared this with the other
chapters. Almost all the chapters require approval of new members by the
Board - on paper, all of them can be just a cabal of early adopters. The
only thing this adds is that a regular member also needs to be behind a new
application. In practice, just like any local organization, they actively
try to convince people to join them. We did get context from Geolibres
themselves, and I also had a long phone call with one of the founding
members of OpenStreetMap in Argentina. The local community seems to be
quite enthusiastic about the application (
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ar/2020-May/thread.html ;
with some off-list endorsements as well; and some comments on their
Telegram channel).

I'm consulting with Geolibres now to look over the options, but at first
glance I do like the addition to the LCA suggested by Frederik. This is the
kind of thing that enshrines the spirit of the document.

Best,
Joost

On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 10:30 AM Simon Poole <simon at poole.ch> wrote:

>
> Am 05.05.2020 um 07:48 schrieb Craig Allan:
>
> Hello All,
>
> Checklist:
> 1. Non-profit entity
> 2. easy mass membership etc.
>
> You must be reading a different document than I am. The major problem with
> the application is that their AoAs don't allow for this, instead it uses a
> HoT like model with some window dressing.
>
> I'm actually surprised that the LCCWG allowed the application to move
> forward to this stage without having the obvious issue addressed.
>
> Simon
>
> 3. dedicated to OSMF and OSM project.
>
> I think the articles of association/registration documents are compliant
> with the requirements.
> The office bearers I have googled seem to be GIS professionals of one sort
> or another, giving the chapter good intellectual capital.
> I'd like to have had access to their OSM contributor user names, but it's
> not (currently) in the requirements.
>
> The application is complete, meets the requirements, there are no obvious
> areas of concern.
>
> APPROVED
>
> Craig Allan
> (Username: cRaIgalLAn)
> ====================================
>
> On 2020/05/04 21:59, Joost Schouppe [OSMF secretary] wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
>
> You may be aware that *Geolibres* has applied to become an official Local
> Chapter of the OpenStreetMap Foundation. As part of the application
> process, we would like to ask you, * the OSMF membership* how you feel
> about this. Do you support this application? Do you have any questions,
> comments or concerns?
>
> You can find all the information about this Local Chapter application on
> the OSMF website:
> https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Local_Chapters/Applications/Argentina
>
>
> We will close this round of discussion two weeks from now (May 4th +14
> days).
> You can reply here or send a message to board at osmfoundation.org
> I am looking forward to hearing your responses.
>
> Thank you to the *Geolibres* team for this submission.
> All the best,
>
> Joost Schouppe
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