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

[Stephen Roulston]

As a current (pre-Brexit) NI-resident mapper, I am happy to contribute to developing whatever documentation is felt necessary.

Stephen_Co_Antrim


> On 4 May 2017, at 10:49, Brian Prangle <bprangle at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
>> 
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