Hi, I am doing my best. Have been very busy this year working. But I am ready to help in emergencies. mike
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 10:50 PM, Mikel Maron <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello HOTties! > > It’s governance time. > > As the end of 2011 approaches, the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team has a > number of tasks on hand. It’s time for another round of membership > nominations. We are past due to have a Board election. And we have updates > to our Bylaws. We need to complete all these things on an relatively quick > schedule, as we are working to complete 501(3)c filing for HOT by the end of > the year. > > So, please, read through this email carefully, and please act where > requested. Any questions or concerns, fire away. Thanks! > > * Membership > > First for all current members need to confirm continued membership. Do you > wish to continue to be a member of HOT? Some individuals have been more > active than others and we understand if you don’t have the time. > > The current membership list is posted to > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Members > > To confirm your membership, please fill out this brief form. > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGJzRjBVb25LRzI1OFVseC1kOWNIamc6MQ > > Please confirm your membership by end of day, December 7. > > * Member Nominations > > HOT membership works similarly to Apache. New members are invited by current > members. The nominations are published, and if there are no objections, the > new members are accepted. > > Nominated members before have come from all sorts of places, those who have > worked with us in the field, remote volunteers that have really made a > difference in responses and partners that have really helped. > > Nominations can be made in the form below. If you’d like to be nominated, > don’t hesitate to contact HOT members individually to discuss. > > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFNsWG1EdTRfWGR3aVJudWdIUnRiSFE6MQ > > Please make nominations by end of day, December 7. > > * Elections > > We are past due to have a Board election. Four of the Board are up for > re-election (Nicolas Chavent, Kate Chapman, Dane Springmeyer, Mikel Maron). > And the Board has decided to expand to seven total, meaning we have 6 seats > to fill this election. Having a Board with a diversity of skills will help > further the organization. > > Nominations can be made on this wiki page: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Board_Elections > > Nominations will be open until end of day, December 7. > > We’ll have the election the following week, with completion by December 14. > > * Bylaws > > For HOT’s 501(c)3 application, we need to update our bylaws. There is > nothing substanitally new from the current bylaws (excepting one thing); > they’ve only been made to conform to legal language. > > Please review, and let’s discuss anything of concern on list. The one thing > we do need to decide is which organization would receive HOT’s assets in the > event of dissolution. This must be an existing US 501(c)3. One suggestion so > far has been the EFF, but this hasn’t progressed past the idea stage. So, > suggestions welcome. > > The Bylaws are posted to: > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/U.S._Bylaws#Proposed_Bylaws_for_HOT.2C_Dec_2011 > > We’ll include approval of the bylaws with the election, by December 14. It > will take a majority of members to accept the new bylaws. > > * That’s it > > Thanks for reading through all of this and for helping get HOT through the > governance rigamarol. If anything doesn’t make sense here, just ask. > > Best, > > The HOT Board > > Mikel Maron > Kate Chapman > Nicolas Chavent > Harry Wood > Dane Springmeyer > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > -- James Michael DuPont Member of Free Libre Open Source Software Kosova http://flossk.org _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
