Gert For thr record..the board spent 5 minutes to answer with +1 to the motion of giving 200 usd. The other mails where discussion outside the board among members. Which is fantastic because this is the blood of our community....
Maxi Il 26/Set/2015 15:30, "Gert-Jan van der Weijden - Stichting OSGeo.nl" < gert-...@osgeo.nl> ha scritto: > Good to see we have this election wave going. > @Michael, I'd bet you would be a good discussion moderator for an election > debate at FOSS4G 2016 ! > Of course this all closely related to an other thread that are going on > ("osgeo is becoming irrelevant") > > > I'd like to ask our board candidates what their opinion is on the current > relationship between the Board and the OSGeo-committees. > In order to make it easier my observation: I get the impression that the > Board spends much time on practical issues (such as the 47 mails regarding > the 200 dollar grant for a Vimeo Pro account) which easily could be > delegated to committees. (finance, website, marketing, conference etc.). > Thus the Board can concentrate on more strategical matters (and keep an eye > on the progress in the committees) > > > Regards, > > GJ > > ps. 32 hours until the closure of the ballot-boxes... > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto: > discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] Namens Michael Gerlek > Verzonden: vrijdag 25 september 2015 17:13 > Aan: dirk.fri...@geosparc.com > CC: discuss@lists.osgeo.org; managementsupp...@geosparc.com > Onderwerp: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Question(s) for board candidates > > Dirk: > > Thanks for taking time to answer the questions. If I could follow-up, > though, more details would be helpful. (I don’t mean to pick on you > personally, I’m just trying to get a better feel for what sorts of specific > ideas you and the other candidates might have.) > > >> 2) What do you see as OSGeo’s purpose in five years? > > I think the same purpose, but more grown up. More professional. > > What does “professional” mean in this context — better website, paid staff > to organize FOSS4G, ..? > > >> 2a) What should OSGeo be doing in five years that it *isn’t* doing > today? > > I agree with Sanghee Shin: -> Need to develop more formal and stable > > relationship with outer organisations or players. > > Which organizations and players, or at least what types — OSM, OGC, AGI, > ..? What do you mean by “formal and stable”? (Are there cases in the past > that can think of where we may have not met that criteria?) > > >> 3) How do we get from (1) to (2)? > > set up and support local chapters per region, sector. > > support initiatives to the industry, education, ... > > looking for funding to get better professional support > > How can OSGeo help better help set up and support local chapters? We have > many chapters right now — formal and informal, large and small: in what > areas do you see that we are currently not doing enough for them and/or > could do more for them? > > Can you provide a couple examples of the kinds of professional support you > are thinking of — private donations, government grants, corporate > sponsorship, ..? Do you envision having a paid staff to pursue those > opportunities, or..? > > -mpg > > > > On Sep 25, 2015, at 11:00 AM, Dirk Frigne <dirk.fri...@geosparc.com> > wrote: > > > > Dear Darrel, > > > > On 21-09-15 20:03, Darrell Fuhriman wrote: > >> I have a set of inter-related questions for board candidates. > >> > >> 1) What do you see as OSGeo’s purpose today? > > OSGeo should promote the rights for free software, from a geo > > perspective. Data and standards from the other points of the triangle. > > OSGeo should act as one voice in OGC to defend the open standards from > > an OSGeo perspective. > > > >> 1a) What is OSGeo doing today that it shouldn’t be doing? > > tell me. a lot of initiatives are taking place in the name of OSGeo. > > > >> > >> 2) What do you see as OSGeo’s purpose in five years? > > I think the same purpose, but more grown up. More professional. > > > >> 2a) What should OSGeo be doing in five years that it *isn’t* doing > today? > > I agree with Sanghee Shin: -> Need to develop more formal and stable > > relationship with outer organisations or players. > > > >> > >> 3) How do we get from (1) to (2)? > > set up and support local chapters per region, sector. > > support initiatives to the industry, education, ... > > looking for funding to get better professional support > > > >> 3a) How can you help that? > > I can play a role to start with a European and Belgium local chapter. > > I will also try to work with sponsors and the OSGeo industry. > > > > D. > > > >> > >> Darrell > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Discuss mailing list > >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >> > > > > -- > > Yours sincerely, > > > > > > ir. 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