Thank you for your service Maria, it was a pleasure working with you :) On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 8:09 AM María Arias de Reyna <dela...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear fellow OSGeoers, > > I want to congratulate all the recently elected members of the Board, > specially the new ones! I hope you enjoy the journey as much as I did > and contribute with your unique view to our organization. I want to > thank all the people that helped me on this two-year journey and I > hope I helped others on this journey too. OSGeo is evolving to be more > inclusive, diverse and bigger than ever and I am proud of you all. > > As some of you may know, some months ago I decided to go back into the > barricades and far from public exposure. I think rotating positions > inside a voluntary organization is something very healthy to do and > gives you a unique perspective. That's why I decided to participate on > a proposal for FOSS4G 2021 and not repeat elections again for the > Board. > > I hereby resign as President to let one of the current members of the > Board take this position. I have always a strong advocate that this > kind of positions should be taken by Board members, so I want to > explicitly facilitate the transition. Our current vice-presidents > Helena Mitasova and Angelos Tzotsos will fill the space until a new > President is appointed. > > I have to say I'm still a bit sad of the geographic, cultural and > ethnic representation on the Board. I am sure we can change this on > the following years. Until then, I am confident current members of the > Board will do a great job representing you all. > > See you all in Calgary in 2020! > María, your former OSGeo President. > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- -- Jody Garnett
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