Hi all, I would love hear from others about what they think of geography-based Board seats. Please weigh in.
PS: If anyone is CDG tomorrow morning at 8.20a local time, page me, but make sure to wear your OSGeo swag so I can recognize you... I'll be there for two hours waiting for my flight to DEL. On 8/11/07, P Kishor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/10/07, Steve Lime <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all: Perhaps this has been discussed before, but... Given the apparent > > desire to maintain geographic diversity amongst OSgeo leadership perhaps in > > the future we might consider regionally based board seats. > > This is absolutely the most wonderful, workable, and simplest idea to > this problem. > > When I was casting my vote, I had little to go on. One vote went to > someone who I have met personally, if only briefly (that person won > the election). One vote went to someone from a geographic area other > than Europe/NA (that person did not win). The other votes were based > on my recollection of their contribution to the mailing lists, > software, activism, and somewhat on the nomination write-ups. It is > hard to compare someone who writes code (I don't as much... at least, > not basic code) to someone who evangelizes (I do a lot of that... I > just spent the entire morning yesterday giving a presentation on open > geospatial at the World Bank... it was received with a lot of > enthusiasm and interest). > > Having regionally allocated board seats would cut down on some of this > comparison problem, and it would also ensure representation from > around the world, from regions that are different levels in diffusion > and adoption, and hence, need different kinds of work and involvement. > > Thanks Steve, for suggesting this... I wholeheartedly second this. > > > > That is, you have representatives from: > > > > North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, South/Central America and Oceania > > > > If the bulk of activity is in North America and Europe then given them two > > seats. Then you have nominations within a region and so on... Every other > > year different geographic regions would be up for re-election. As a voting > > member you'd vote for candidates in each region. > > > > If organizational affiliation diversity is more important (government vs. > > higher education vs. private sector vs. hobbyist) than geographic diversity > > then the same idea would apply. We do that here in Minnesota for our state > > GIS/LIS consortium board. That board also has an at-large seat open to > > anyone. > > > > Just a thought... > > > > Steve > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > -- > Puneet Kishor http://punkish.eidesis.org/ > Nelson Inst. for Env. Studies, UW-Madison http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/ > Open Source Geospatial Foundation http://www.osgeo.org/education/ > S&T Policy Fellow, National Academy of Sciences http://www.nas.edu/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > collaborate, communicate, compete > ===================================================================== > -- Puneet Kishor http://punkish.eidesis.org/ Nelson Inst. for Env. Studies, UW-Madison http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/ Open Source Geospatial Foundation http://www.osgeo.org/education/ S&T Policy Fellow, National Academy of Sciences http://www.nas.edu/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- collaborate, communicate, compete ===================================================================== _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
