Difference between revisions of "Talk:Local Chapter Guidelines"

Revision as of 08:06, 5 June 2006

Review

As posted by FrankW to International-Discuss and the board list. Please send all major edits on this page also to mailto:international-discuss@osgeo.org.

Concerns and Sggestions

Local chapter does not need to have a voting member of OSGeo involved

Suggestion to have 2-3 "levels" of chapter.

Level one

does not need to have any "official" existance

mailing list
wiki pages

Category: Working Group; Interest Group

Level two

Official existance

reports to the board

no OSGeo funding or management

mailing list
wiki pages
web pages
Documents directory
SVN(?)

Category: Project

Level three

Official Organization in the country where it is formed

own chapter board

no OSGeo oversight of finances

bank account
funding and management
local conferences

Groups working on building some momentum to form a chapter (level 1) might start in category 1, and might never get past that level if there is no need.

--Arnulf Christl 17:06, 5 June 2006 (CEST)

3) I foresee some local chapters that are essentially very local "social

   and support" groups.  For instance, the mooted "OSGeo Ottawa Chapter".
   Such chapters would be focused around a local group that meets regularly
   as opposed to a "language or national" based group that might not actually
   meet in person frequently.

4) Generally I think OSGeo needs to ensure that local chapters are

   behaving in a manner congruent with the OSGeo mission, and not
   otherwise bringing the foundation into disrepute, but beyond that
   we shouldn't need to interfere much.

I do like the idea of language based chapters acting as an advocate for translation into their language.

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-Arnulf,
+== Review ==
+As posted by FrankW to International-Discuss and the board list. Please send all major edits on this page also to mailto:international-discuss@osgeo.org.
-I reviewed the Local Chapter Guidelines wiki page at:
+=== Concerns and Sggestions ===
+* Local chapter does not need to have a voting member of OSGeo involved
-   http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Local_Chapter_Guidelines
+Suggestion to have 2-3 "levels" of chapter.
-Generally I like it, but I have a few concerns / suggestions.
+==== Level one ====
+: does not need to have any "official" existance
+* mailing list
+* wiki pages
-) I don't specially see that a local chapter needs to have a voting
+; Category
-    member of OSGeo involved.  We don't require this of projects, or
+: Working Group
-    committees, so why local chapters?
+: Interest Group
-) I think we need to imagine 2-3 "levels" of chapter.   The minimum
+==== Level two ====
-    level might not have any "official" existance, just existing as a mailing
+: Official existance
-    list and wiki pages.  This is roughly the same as the "working group"
+: reports to the board
-    discussed in the past.
+: no OSGeo funding or management
+* mailing list
+* wiki pages
+* web pages
+* Documents directory
+* SVN(?)
+; Category
+: Project
-    The second level would be authorized by the board, has a "project" on the
-    osgeo domain, mailing lists and is expected to designate someone to report
-    back to the board (but not necessarily an officer).   The group does a
-    variety of things, but maintains no chapter private chapter finances.
-    The third level might actually officially exist as an organization in the
+==== Level three ====
-    country where it is formed, has it's own chapter board, has it's own
+: Official Organization in the country where it is formed
-    bank account, etc.   This level would potentially be required if the local
+: own chapter board
-    chapter wants to put on local conferences or pursue other kinds of projects
+: no OSGeo oversight of finances
-    that might require funding, sponsorship, etc.  I would not necessarily
+* bank account
-    expect detailed OSGeo oversight of such finances.
+* funding and management
+* local conferences
-    I imagine something like OSGeo Japan Branch being in category 3, while
-    some other chapters not wanting too much organizational overhead might
+Groups working on building some momentum to form a chapter (level 1) might start in category 1,
-    opt for category 2.  Groups working on building some momentum to form
+and might never get past that level if there is no need.
-    a chapter might start in category 1, and might never get past that level
-    if there is no need.
+--[[User:Arnulf Christl|Arnulf Christl]] 17:06, 5 June 2006 (CEST)
 ) I foresee some local chapters that are essentially very local "social