Looking at the list I was thinking the exact same thing and would support a blanket invitation as well...
Steve >>> On 5/30/2008 at 3:16 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "P Kishor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 3:41 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> dear all, >> >> The list of nominations for new OSGeo Charter Members is here: >> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2008 >> >> From today until the end of Friday 6th June 2008, votes for >> 15 new Charter Members are being accepted at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This is a great list. Each one of those listed would be (well, already > is) a great asset to the OSGeo cause and community. There are only 18 > on that list, so that means 3 will be left out. My vote? Charter-ify > all 18 of them. > > > >> >> * Only Charter Members are eligible to vote! >> * Please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a list of names 15 lines >> long (one vote per new member slot) >> * Votes can be for 15 different people, or the same person >> 15 times, or any balance in between. >> >> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2008 has more links. >> >> Charter Members are responsible for electing the Board of the >> OSGeo Foundation. The initial group of Charter Members was the 25 >> people in the Free and Open Source Geospatial community who attended >> the "startup" meeting of the Foundation in Chicago on 4th Feb. 2006 >> >> This group later selected another 20 Charter Members and they in turn >> elected the first complete Board in the summer of 2006. In 2007 another >> 15 Charter Members were elected to the Foundation (one stood down). >> The current list is at http://www.osgeo.org/charter_members >> >> http://www.osgeo.org/membership explains why the Charter Membership >> exists, basically as an attempt to guarantee the ongoing integrity >> of the Board as representative of the community at large. >> This is seen as more stable, and less liable to "hijack", than >> granting a vote in exchange for payment (like the OpenStreetmap Foundation) >> or in exchange for measurable contribution (like Wikimedia's Foundation) >> >> This year's nominations again, for those who read this far: >> >> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2008 >> >> >> jo >> -- >> > > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
