[OSM-talk-be] Association/Veriniging OpenStreetMap Belgium ? (very soon ?)

[Julien Fastré]

I am sorry for the late answer, the week-end was full of activities.

I would also prefer a "belgian" assocation than a "regional one".

- we are quite few, we need to do a lot of work: I think we should 
gather our energy and, maybe later, thinks about splitting if necessary. 
We are to few for a split now - (I agree with Dennys on this idea)
-  If we develop tools (servers, teaching of OSM, etc.), we may think 
that both tools will be needed in every part of Belgium.
- it is still unclear about how to split: flemish/french ? What about 
brussels, bilingual... Walloon/Flanders/Brussels ? we need three 
associations... and three times the cost, etc.

What are we doing now ?

- a meeting "in real life" to discuss about the avantadges / 
disadvantages of splitting ?
- continue the discussion on the ML ?
- continue the discussion on the wiki ?

Julien


Le 12/10/12 15:08, Nicolas Pettiaux a écrit :
> 2012/10/12 Dennis Bollyn <dennis at gyrbo.be <mailto:dennis at gyrbo.be>>
>
>     The problem for me is that the association is basically overhead.
>     It costs money and effort to maintain it while not offering any
>     intrinsic benefits.
>
> indeed
>
>     The only reason we are considering it is because of a (possible)
>     donation from the government. Creating two separate associations
>     would double the overhead.
>
> +1
>
>     For now, I see no reason to create a Flemish counterpart. Since
>     there would only exist a single association, it would be the de
>     facto one to go to for all Belgian related situations.
>
> we said from the beginning that it could be done when needed.
>
>     In summary, I propose to create a single association (which is
>     what would probably happen anyway). If this association is created
>     in Brussels, on "neutral ground", it should be acceptable for both
>     Walloon, Flemish and Brussels governments. If the need should
>     every arise (a government refuses to work with an association that
>     also works with other governments, disagreements, ...), we can
>     always split the association afterwards.
>
> make sense.
>
> +2
>
> Nicolas
>
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