[OSM-talk-ie] OSM-talk-ie] Local chapter application by OpenStreetMap United Kingdom

[Brian Prangle]

Personally, if we want detail in writing, I think it's up to ROI mappers
and NI mappers to come up with some form of words that satisfies them,
mainly because they are more aware of the cultural, social and political
nuances of the situation than we are  and we're only likely to put our foot
in it and upset someone. I'm happy to accommodate whatever arises and I'm
sure most other people in OSMUK feel the same.

On 4 May 2017 at 08:42, Rory McCann <rory at technomancy.org> wrote:

> On 28/04/17 07:09, Paul Norman wrote:
>
>> There are no restrictions on what local chapters someone is part of, and
>> the local chapters need to have a form of incorporation which allows for
>> easy and mass membership and democratic participation in the decisions
>> processes[1].
>>
>
> Well that's good and solves that problem.
>
> The restrictions are on what the local chapter can do. They are that the
>> Chapter represent the interests of the local community in its designated
>> geographic region[2]. I'm not sure what it would look like with one
>> chapter representing the interests in Ireland (the island) and another
>> in the UK, and the overlap in Northern Ireland.
>>
>
> The agreement isn't as bad as I feared, it says "The Foundation will not
> establish any other local Chapter within the geographic region without
> consulting with the Chapter." So there is nothing there that will ban an
> overlapping local chapter, merely that the OSMF will consult OSMUK. It
> looks like the founders of OSMUK are OK with this condominium, so there
> doesn't seem to be any roadblocks from OSMUK in principle...
>
> I'm not sure how specifically to move forward, maybe something more in
> detail in writing from people?
>
> Rory
>