[Board] OSGeo vs 501c3 status - inpur required

[maplabs at light42.com]

Members of the Board of Directors, OSGeo

  in thinking about this a bit, it seems to me that more questions 
arise than answers ... 
If this decision does involve some amount of finality, then all the 
more reason to answer carefully. 
I don't understand this deadline - who set it, why it is, what are the 
alternatives if not .. 

On Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:44:42 -0500, Daniel Morissette 
<dmorissette at mapgears.com> wrote:
Board,

> "Do we want to maintain the project sponsorship program and setup a 
> taxable subsidiary for it, or do we drop the project sponsorship 
> program completely?"
>
>  ......... 
>
> Unless I hear back from other board members with a strong position 
> one way or the other, I am planning to continue trying to qualify as 
> a 501c3 foundation with a taxable subsidiary for the project 
> sponsorship program and whatever other taxable activity we may have 
> in the future. 
>

  It seems to me that confining the whole of "OSGeo" and/or "OSGeo US" 
to solely educational mission is badly flawed.. 
The potential scope of OSGeo participation and activity is much larger 
than that, now in fact, and in the future potentially. 

 How about.. 
   form a 501c(3) that is "OSGeo Education - US" or somesuch.. put 
the smaller box further down the chart, not at the top. 

--
Brian Hamlin
OSGeo Califoria Chapter
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