[talk-au] OSM representation in Australia

[John Smith]

--- On Tue, 11/8/09, James Livingston <doctau at mac.com> wrote:
>  From what I've read about OSM Local Chapters, we would
> have a local  
> entity which is "federated" to the OSM Foundation. Which
> means that  
> the local entity (e.g. OSM Australia, although it could be
> an existing  
> mapping/GIS body not exclusive to OSM) can say they
> officially  
> represent OSM in Australia, use the OSM trademark, have all
> of our  
> members be voting members of OSMF, and the like.

That's not what's currently on the wiki, they explicitly state being a member of a local chapter doesn't make you a member of OSMF and vice versa.

Also no mention the the chapter itself being a member of OSMF.

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters

Automatic membership might have been suggested at some point by someone but it doesn't look like it has been continued for various legal/liability reasons etc.