We can add a discussion on a OpenStreetMap organization on our agenda. In French, briefly summarized:
Simon Poole note qu'aux rencontre de Zürich, la création d'une asso OpenStreetMap suisse est souvent discutée, qui pourrait aider à: + Gérer un serveur Suisse + Avoir une existence formelle pour conclure des contrats avec des fournisseurs de données (swisstopo, ...) + Potentiellement être le chapitre local de OSMF Il est intéressé par avoir des retours Romands sur cette idée.
Yves
On 24. 06. 11 21:55, Simon Poole wrote:
I apologize for hijacking this thread (and for using English, but my French is simply lousy).
At the Zürich "Stammtisch" we have repeatedly discussed the idea of creating a Swiss OSM association which could help with
- running (a) server(s) with Swiss projects (not only from a financial
and organisational point of view, but more important: helping to protect individuals from legal and financial liabilities)
- acting as a formal contract party for data providers (swisstopo and
so on)
- and potentially be a local chapter of the OSMF
I should point out that I have a rather long personal history with activities in associations and at one point in time promised myself that I would never help founding one again :-). However after attending the OpenData conference today in Berne, I must say that having a minimal formal organisational base would really help.
I would also like to make clear, that in my vision such an association would be very non-intrusive and light weight.
If you have time at your meeting, I would be very interested in feedback from the French-speaking part of Switzerland (and naturally from everybody else too).
Simon
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