[Aust-NZ] Fwd: OSGeo Annual General Meeting - Local Chapters please join

[Bruce Bannerman]

Many thanks for your response Jeff.

Noting that I’m not a lawyer, and this is just an educated guess:

I suspect that the parent OSGeo’s insurance may not cover a situation where a representative of a Local Chapter legal entity had a liability.

I think that Jody’s suggestion of seeking appropriate advice is really required here.

Kind regards,

Bruce


> On 9 Aug 2018, at 10:04, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
> 
> @Bruce,
> 
> Regarding OSGeo's "Directors & Officers Liability Insurance", this would apply to the officers of OSGeo (these are mostly OSGeo committee chairs and OSGeo project chairs, plus the Board), but does not include OSGeo local chapters.  Local chapters as you know do have an "OSGeo Representative" person to report to the OSGeo Board, but, the insurance you refer to does not cover that person.
> 
> It could be an interesting change to add each official OSGeo local chapter representative as an officer of OSGeo (a change that I would support).
> 
> But I hope this answers your direct question.
> 
> 
> -jeff
> 
> 
> 
> On 2018-08-07 4:56 AM, Bruce Bannerman wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>> I don’t see the need to establish another local chapter for AustNZ.
>> We already have one. Let’s just start using it.
>> Regarding formalising the local chapter, we did look at that several years ago. However when you look at the personal liability that office holder’s will have to shoulder, you may find that it is not that attractive.
>> @Jeff,
>> Would the parent OSGeo office holder’s insurance also cover local chapters?
>> Cheers,
>> Bruce
>>> On 5 Aug 2018, at 22:02, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thank you Alex and Adam!
>>> 
>>> (also it's great to see initial discussions on formalizing the local chapter, that's also a good topic in your report :)
>>> 
>>> -jeff
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 2018-08-04 9:13 PM, Alex Leith wrote:
>>>> Hi Jeff
>>>> Myself and Adam Steer will attend on behalf of the FOSS4G AuNZ chapter.
>>>> I'll work out how to add our names to the wiki ;-)
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> On Sat, 4 Aug 2018 at 04:12 Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>> wrote:
>>>>    It would be great to have the Australia / New Zealand local chapter
>>>>    make
>>>>    a brief report (2 slides) in Dar for the AGM (please signup on the wiki
>>>>    page below).
>>>>    -------- Forwarded Message --------
>>>>    Dear OSGeo Local Chapters officers,
>>>>    the OSGeo Annual General Meeting (AGM) is scheduled for Thursday
>>>>    morning
>>>>    August 30 at 8:00-9:00 in Dar Es Salaam (Tansania).
>>>>    As Local Chapters officers we ask that you attend, or send a delegate
>>>>    from your community. The FOSS4G organizers have given us one hour for
>>>>    the meeting, leaving us each with around 2 mins!
>>>>    This update is about your community. We are interested in how your
>>>>    community is doing, opportunities and challenges ahead, and how OSGeo
>>>>    can help.
>>>>    The shared slide deck is available here (request edit access if
>>>>    required):
>>>>    *
>>>>    https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1imiG7x09ry7lGvmS15FCVq2Z7yaICY00fcpXBK27TXY/edit?usp=sharing
>>>>    We are coordinating activities on the OSGeo Wiki
>>>>    (https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Annual_General_Meeting_2018). Please add
>>>>    your project and name to the wiki if you can attend.
>>>>    Best regards
>>>>    Astrid Emde (OSGeo Secretary)
>>>>    --     -------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>    Astrid Emde
>>>>    OSGeo Board Member and OSGeo Secretary
>>>>    Open Source Geospatial Foundation
>>>>    https://www.osgeo.org/member/astrid-emde/
>>>>    astrid_emde at osgeo.org <mailto:astrid_emde at osgeo.org>
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