[Local-chapters] [OSGeo-Discuss] Legal entities for Local Chapters

[Victor Ferreira]

In Portugal we felt the need to create one, for one thing, to be able to
handle payments and receipts for events we organize.
It also gives us some credibility as a group when talking to companies and
government (when we ask for sponsorships for instance).
Victor

On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 9:53 AM, Jachym Cepicky <secretary at osgeo.org> wrote:

> Just noting:
>
> in Czech ve formed formal legal entity, when we've found out, that "having
> beer together" is not enough. It has been recognized by local
> organisations, goverment and copanies..
>
> You form legal entity when you think, it makes sense
>
> and it does not have to consume much time as you might think
>
> J
>
> st 18. 3. 2015 v 22:56 odesílatel Cameron Shorter <
> cameron.shorter at gmail.com> napsal:
>
>
>> On 18/03/2015 8:01 pm, Arnulf Christl wrote:
>> > Just a few notes from experience: Running a legal entity to organize
>> > things actually eats up a good chunk of volunteer resources which could
>> > be better used to actually promote Open Source, organize conferences and
>> > so on.
>> +1 I'd argue that local chapters should do their best to avoid creating
>> a legal entity where possible.
>>
>> Ask:
>> * What do you gain by being a legal entity?
>> * Can you make use of another legal entity instead (eg the OSGeo
>> Foundation)?
>>
>> Acknowledge the extra effort required to:
>> 1. Finance a legal entity,
>> 2. Collect finances to feed the legal entity,
>> 3. Expend effort filling all the official requirements of a legal entity.
>>
>> Of note, the OSGeo Australian/New Zealand chapter are not a legal
>> entity, and have successfully run the international FOSS4G conference
>> (with official requirements backed by the OSGeo Foundation)
>>
>> --
>> Cameron Shorter,
>> Software and Data Solutions Manager
>> LISAsoft
>> Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf,
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>>
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