Hi Vicky +1 indeed about your personal submission. But think of cases other than yourself.. a change of perspective.. Cheers Ravi
On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 11:34 AM, Vicky Vergara <vi...@georepublic.de> wrote: > Hi all, Frank: > > I have being woman all my life and also Mexican, I fall in both > categories, but personally I want to win in a fair game, not to fill a > quota, and in this case is two quotas!!!. I don't feel that ever in my life > I won something to fill a quota and I don't want to start to be used to > fill a quota. > > Storm is over and my baby elephant is eating fresh grass that is starting > to grow. > > Being on the board or not, there is work to be done. > > Regards > Vicky > > PS. I will think of option(s) that are not filling quotas. > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 1:40 AM, Frank Warmerdam <warmer...@pobox.com> > wrote: > >> On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 7:56 PM, Ravi Kumar >> <manarajahmundry2...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Will be happy to see those who have let 'The Clouds In Motion'... and >> those >> > 'Giving us a good harvest of GRASS'.. speak out too. >> >> Ravi, >> >> I am not sure, but in light of my signature perhaps 'the clouds in >> motion' is a hint to me. >> >> I don't see any need to rerun this election, nor am I particularly >> concerned co-CRO who is nominated to run, etc. Lets all give folks >> the benefit of the doubt, and it isn't like the board has their >> fingers on the button of nuclear weapons. :-) >> >> Like Sanghee I am concerned that the board is less diverse than I >> would have hoped by now. I think it would be reasonable to adapt the >> board selection criteria to ensure at least some diversity on axes we >> want to see covered. I could imagine a couple of special rules like: >> - If by normal voting no female would be elected, and if there is a >> female running in the election the female with the most votes will >> replace the otherwise lowest voted person who would have made the >> board. >> - If by normal voting no two board members are selected who are >> outside "north america + europe" and if there are such candidates >> running then replace the otherwise lowest voted person who would have >> made the board with the the candidates outside of NA+EUR with the most >> votes. >> >> Well some word smithing and algorithm clarification would be needed, >> but you get the general idea, and a number of variations would be >> helpful in moving us towards more diverse representation. >> >> I would prefer to see a change in board voting rules of this nature >> passed by a vote of the charter members rather than just put in place >> by the board. >> >> But most of all, I wish to encourage us all to recognise that we are >> an organization of volunteers and that we have similar goals. While >> we fine tune things, I hope we try to avoid taking offense and ascribe >> the best intentions to others in our community. >> >> Best regards, >> -- >> ---------------------------------------+-------------------- >> ------------------ >> I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, >> warmer...@pobox.com >> light and sound - activate the windows | >> and watch the world go round - Rush | Geospatial Software Developer >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > > > > -- > > Georepublic UG (haftungsbeschränkt) > Salzmannstraße 44, > 81739 München, Germany > > Vicky Vergara > Operations Research > > eMail: vi...@georepublic.de > Web: https://georepublic.info > > Tel: +49 (089) 4161 7698-1 > Fax: +49 (089) 4161 7698-9 > > Commercial register: Amtsgericht München, HRB 181428 > CEO: Daniel Kastl > > >
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