German OSGeo Chapter formation, bank account

[Frank Warmerdam]

Arnulf Christl wrote:
> We need local money to pay for local 
> expenses. Else a lot simply ends up in superfluous transactions fees.

Folks,

I'm not sure that I have adequately followed this thread, but it seems
completely reasonable to me that local chapters which wish to "have
finances" would have their own local bank account managed by themselves.
To this extent, the bank account should be seen as belonging to the local
chapter, not to the Open Source Geospatial Foundation.  But likewise, it
would be the local chapters responsibility to take care of, and not the
foundations.  From a legal point of view, I am presuming that local
chapters are not exactly part of the foundation.  They are distinct, but
related organizations.

We *might* want to put in place some rules on financial transparency for
OSGeo local chapters at some point, but I think that might be premature.

Heck, if the Ottawa chapters raises some money by some activity, I hope
they will keep it local to pay for future meeting donuts and so forth.

So, it seems to me the German OSGeo chapter, once formed, should open it's
own bank account with the appropriate treasurer designated to manage it.

Best regards,
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