Malsingmaps Forum

Dear members,

We have been approached by a major MNC car manufacturer to supply their navigation units with our maps. Other than the pride of seeing our hardwork recognised, we feel that we can put the money from map licensing to good use for the benefit of the community.

Briefly, this is how it will work:
- A new company will be set up to deal with the licensee.
- Mappers will grant newco the right to license our maps for a period of 18 months.
- The directors of the newco (most likely Jerome, Wsian, Dynamix, BernGPS and Sunn) and Adil as MD, will decide on the best use of the money received. Antyong is not a director.
- 2 important clause will be added to the Memorandum and Article of Association of newco (A) individual claims are not permited hence the money will be use for community purpose only (B) excess money will be divided equally among GPSMappers members on the winding up of newco
- A special version of our maps will be created for the licensee.
- There will be no change to the operation of Malsingmaps

Our mappers are acknowledged to be owners for our maps. However, because this an important and often controversial issue, we would like your wise opinion. The harmony of the Malsingmaps community is most important. I hope this issue won't divide us bitterly and the minority respect the majority's wish and continue to improve our maps.

We have gone through 2 rounds of discussions and voting. The 5 mappers had agreed unanimously. Members of GPSMappers.net are currently voting 86-1 in favour. The last round of voting will be conducted here.

All recepient of unlock codes, being acknowledge as contributors to the maps, will be eligible to vote. Recepients of last year's unlock codes please PM me if you are not able to access the polling forum.

There are at least 700 eligible voters. Please vote if you are eligible.

Please ask your questions here at this topic

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A new beginning.....

congratulation, now we can spred our wing more widely

Bravo everybody...

it is a good move , count on my support

It is a quantum leap.
Congratulations...

i am all in favour.......but as to clause B....since there are so many members here...and the contribution is not equal....is not easy to divide the money.....why dun donate to a charity that the directors decide......

I'm all for it! I also agree with libra6868 that the money should be distributed to a charity decided by the board of directors, as we have been contributing with the spirit of sharing with the community. No monetary gains were ever expected!

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A new beginning.....

Bravo. Long overdue.

Not sure about that bit about distributing money to members. Just throw it back into malsingmaps.com to pay for the servers, or mapping software licenses for the admins.

actually, who is the gpsmappers and who is the malsingmaps members? Did map contributors are also can be categorize into the gpsmappers?

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ONE FOR ALL, ALL FOR ONE !!