[Talk-us] US Chapter Mission Statement

[Kate Chapman]

Frederik,

That makes sense to me.  I just wasn't sure if there were issues we had not
though about.  Americans abroad for example.  Would we discourage them from
becoming members of a U.S. chapter? Though I agree that those becoming
members of multiple chapters could complicate internal processes.  So maybe
the answer is to state somewhere that an individual can only be a member of
one chapter at a time.

Thanks,

Kate

> I have organisational knowledge of two other international non-profits with
> national chapters. Both do not encourage you to become a member of two
> national chapters at the same time; among other thigs this could double your
> theoretical weight in certain internal decision making processes.
>
> Having members from abroad is certainly always a bit of a challenge for an
> organisation (different address format; more expensive postage rates; other
> ways to make payments; other requirements for tax-exempt dontaions;
> etc.etc.). I think that things would be easier for everyone if people,
> generally, became a member of the OSM organisation in their respective
> country of residence, rather than becoming members in all OSM organisations
> in countries they want to map in!
>
> Just my 2¢ though.
>
> Bye
> Frederik
>
> --
> Frederik Ramm  ##  eMail frederik at remote.org  ##  N49°00'09" E008°23'33"
>
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