[talk-ph] OpenStreetMap Philippines Inc. Formation

[Andre Marcelo-Tanner]

Ok so a lot of us have met, mapping party was fantastic, next step 
should be formalizing. Basically a formal entity will allow our group to 
be represented by a public entity, instead of just the individuals and 
it has other perks like accepting donations, being recognized by LGU's, 
making press releases, and well basically being a professional formal 
organizations with a set of defined rules and regualations, officers, 
board members etc. If I could summarize the main goal behind this 
movement, it is to be able to push the growth of OpenStreetMap in the 
Philippines more so that we can get the whole country in on it.

Now creating a NGO is a simple process, the hard stuff like coming up 
with regulations etc can come later, its not even required. What is 
required are 5 incorporators, these are basically 5 entities 
(individuals or corporations) which will be the members that form the 
organization. Also we need 5 board members and atleast a President and a 
Secretary/Treasurer (President cannot be the secretary/treasurer but 
those 2 can be one person). So technically the minimum is 5 people for 
all this but we can use more if some incorporators won't be on the board 
or officers.

Whoever is willing to be a part of the formation please reply back or 
anyone has any comments please let me know. Ideally the shares would be 
split evenly (20% each), and so even a foreigner can be part of it, but 
if you're not in the country you need to get notarization at the nearest 
Philippine Embassy. Enthropia Inc. can already fill one spot, so we just 
need 4 more. Who wants to nominate a President, Secretary and Treasurer? :)

I hope we can get the ball rolling on this soon, would love to have 
another mapping party :)

Thanks very much,

Andre Marcelo-Tanner