Dear all,
With roughly two hours before the board nomination deadline, we have
only 4 nominations for 4 seats. From what I know, this is without
precedent in our history. As CRO, I cannot comment on the apparent low
interest for the most important decision structure in OSGeo. However, I
know that it's in the best interest of our community to have a real
competition for the board of directors. That's why I propose to extend
the nomination deadline with one more week. I'm confident that this
extra time will help OSGeo to grow the already strong candidate list for
our board.
Best,
Vasile
On 10/30/18 9:52 AM, Vasile Craciunescu wrote:
Dear all,
It's time for the 2018 OSGeo Foundation Board Elections.
The nominations for the OSGeo Board of Directors started already
[1]. Please take a minute to understand what the board actually
does[2]. A director should plan to spend several hours a week on OSGeo
business in order to do a good job. The current board members will
know best.
To nominate a candidate for the board please first confirm with the
person that they would like to stand for election as a Board member.
Then send an email to c...@osgeo.org CCing the candidate by 23:59 GMT on
Sunday 11 November 2018[3] consisting of:
- name and e-mail
- current country of residence
- a paragraph describing why you think this person would make a good
Board member.
Remember that only Charter Members are eligible for a seat on the
Board and for voting but that *anybody* can *nominate* a board member.
Candidates are encouraged to put their vision and ideas for their term
at Election 2018 Candidate Manifestos [4] and sending them to Discuss
mailing list for further conversation.
Thank you.
Best regards,
Vasile, Vicky & Jorge
CRO 2018 Elections
[1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2018#Board_Election
[2] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Director_Responsibilities
[3]
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20181111T235959&p0=136&msg=OSGeo+Board+of+Directors+nominalizations+2018&font=cursive
[4] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2018_Candidate_Manifestos
[5] https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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