[okfn-discuss] Governance and structure of the Open Knowledge Foundation and its activities

Mon Nov 30 00:39:51 UTC 2009

Hi Rufus,

On Nov 25, 2009, at 9:11 AM, Rufus Pollock wrote:

> 2009/11/24 Claudia Mueller-Birn <clmb at cs.cmu.edu>:
>> Hi Rufus,
>> 
>> Thanks for your comments.  I just had a look again on the Website, and I am going to propose some improvements ... not tonight ...But another quick question about the general organizational structure of OKF. At the moment the OKFoundation is working in the UK, but is there any possibility to, well how I name it, have subsidiaries, oh yes, like Wikipedia? In every country is another non-profit. Maybe it make sense just because of fund-raising... ?!?!
>> 
>> What do you think?
> 
> Good question and this is something there has already been some
> thought about as we have recently had interest in setting up an OKF
> Germany chapter.
> 
> We already have people involved in what we do from several different
> places around the world and many of our projects being "online" are
> clearly international. At the same time it is the UK where we are
> officially registered as an entity and it clearly makes sense to have
> associated "subsidiaries" or "chapters" in other countries.
> 
> So the answer is: yes there is very much a possibility of having
> official OKF chapters in other countries (e.g. OKF Germany or OKF USA
> or ...) -- in fact not only is this a possibility but it would be a
> very welcome development!

Okay, I'll keep it in mind. I'll bring this topic back on the table. At the moment, other things seem to be more important :-) As usual, I was just curious... a spontaneous thought in my mind....

Thank you anyway.

> Rufus

:::claudia