Difference between revisions of "Talk:Local Chapter Guidelines"
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==== Level one ==== | ==== Level one ==== | ||
| − | + | * does not need to have any "official" existance | |
* mailing list | * mailing list | ||
* wiki pages | * wiki pages | ||
| − | + | Category [[Working Group]] and [[Interest Group]] | |
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==== Level two ==== | ==== Level two ==== | ||
| − | + | Category Project | |
| − | + | * Official existance | |
| − | + | * reports to the board | |
| + | * no OSGeo funding or management | ||
* mailing list | * mailing list | ||
* wiki pages | * wiki pages | ||
* web pages | * web pages | ||
* Documents directory | * Documents directory | ||
| − | * SVN(?) | + | * SVN(etc.?) |
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| − | |||
==== Level three ==== | ==== Level three ==== | ||
| − | + | Coudl be 'National Chapter'? The following are just suggestions and are not required. | |
| − | + | * Official Organization in the country where it is formed | |
| − | + | * no OSGeo oversight of finances | |
| − | * bank account | + | * own chapter board |
| − | * funding | + | * own bank account |
| − | * local conferences | + | * own funding |
| + | * local conferences | ||
| − | Groups working on building some momentum to form a chapter | + | Groups working on building some momentum to form a chapter might start in level 1, |
and might never get past that level if there is no need. | and might never get past that level if there is no need. | ||
Revision as of 08:13, 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 and Interest Group
Level two
Category Project
- Official existance
- reports to the board
- no OSGeo funding or management
- mailing list
- wiki pages
- web pages
- Documents directory
- SVN(etc.?)
Level three
Coudl be 'National Chapter'? The following are just suggestions and are not required.
- Official Organization in the country where it is formed
- no OSGeo oversight of finances
- own chapter board
- own bank account
- own funding
- local conferences
Groups working on building some momentum to form a chapter might start in level 1,
and might never get past that level if there is no need.
General Guidelines
Some local chapters that are essentially very local "social and support" groups. For instance the "OSGeo Ottawa Chapter" would be focused around a local group that meets regularly as opposed to a "language or national" based group that might not meet in person frequently.
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
Beyond that OSGeo shouldn't need to interfere much.
FrankW likes the idea of language based chapters acting as an advocate for translation into their language.