Hi Heather and all Heather, I absolutely agree with your thoughts on the role women can play. I encourage any women out there who may be considering in getting involved at the Board level, or any other level, to please do so, it would be a pleasure to work with you. You have as much to contribute as anyone else and I personally would be inspired to see more women involved. In many parts of the world, women play a key role in their society and having people on board who can relate with them I believe is important for HOT''s continued growth and development as a global organization.
I love the Mapper Dude term .. really cool .. Regards Mark Cupitt "If we change the world, let it bear the mark of our intelligence" See me on Open StreetMap <https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Mark_Cupitt> On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 9:29 PM, Heather Leson <heatherle...@gmail.com> wrote: > Blake and colleagues, thank you most kindly for this nomination. I'm > delighted to see more candidates put their names forward. I nominated Mark. > While a new member, I appreciate his positive, professional focus. Plus, he > is keen to help us grow in Asia. > > As new faces put their names forward, I wanted to say a few more words > about HOT and our future. > > 1. Governance > We really need to think firmly about Board continuity and organizational > development/sustainability. It is very hard to do annual elections, but if > the membership feels this is the best method, I will support it. Perhaps > we could move to different terms. Some examples from our friends in the > wider Open Source world: > > http://wiki.opensource.org/bin/Projects/FLOSS+Foundations+Board+Selection > > On working groups, I noted this previously in my statement but wanted to > expand on this. I feel that the working groups need to be stronger and > engage in more decision making. This is really part of our evolution. My > colleague at Drupal tells me that about year 3/4 of that global > organization, this transition occurred to build the organization better. I > love this and think that all of us should review how other organizations > work and learn from them. Previously I mentioned Jono Bacon's book on the > Art of Community (Ubuntu). He frames some of the theory on this. I've also > see this done very poorly, so we need to really trust the Governance group > to help us. I promise to extend my wider network to inform this research. > > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Board_Elections_2015 > > > 2. What being a Board member has taught me? > Well, Being on HOT's board has been an incredible personal journey. In the > past years, I have scoured BoardSource.org, read negotiation, leadership, > community and strategy books. I've contacted other Board members from other > organizations to learn how to better serve HOT. The questions and topics we > discuss are top on my mind often. It is my learning and teaching zone. > > With that, HOT has made me a better manager, leader and person. I use the > lessons and skills I've learned from my experience as a HOT board member > every day. If you are looking to grow as an employee or person, being on > the Board of HOT is a rigorous and demanding sandbox. Each of you have > taught me to rethink context, language and perspectives. While we all > naturally do this, HOT has evolved and as we do in a positive, productive > way, the HOT Board can do this as well. This is a gift for all the Board > duties. I would highly recommend that you (at some point in your career) be > on a Board for an NGO. It will give you the big picture, the weight of > responsibility (contracts, staff, members, community, organization and, > whew, humanitarians). I often worry about our partner's perspective. Are we > doing enough, are they happy with us and how can we better stabilize to > keep opening the door with HOT and digital humanitarians. This has made me > very driven on our future. It has streamlined my ability to prioritize and > really dream big. All of this, again, makes me a better human and very > proud of all the efforts - the simple and the very hard. > > Lessons I learned from the working groups have informed conversations with > other open source organizations. I cite what I learned from HOT or how HOT > co-created a strategy document or grant, or how HOT built a resolution > process and has navigated to be more peaceful and hopefully productive. > These organizational community leaders listen to this and then go back to > their communities to talk about HOT's best practices. This is all our work. > > 3. Gender > Are you a women? Please run for the Board. Ask me any questions and I can > help. Claire was on the Board with me this past year. It made a difference > in dynamic. One thing that we have not broached enough is the what I like > to call the "mapper dude" dynamic. For my male colleagues, you are awesome. > I have the utmost respect for you. Honest. I am slightly uncomfortable > bringing up the topic of gender, which is a sign in itself. If we are > growing globally, we need to also have more women inspired to be members > and community leaders. I can't put my finger on why more women are not > involved, but we need to think about it. This will come in time as is > evident from the changing nature of some of the workshops of late. But, > there is a gap. > > Just like HOT needs a balanced Board of diverse skills and locations, we > also need women. See some of the research. > > > > http://www.forbes.com/sites/chicceo/2014/03/11/the-case-for-women-on-boards-sxsw-2014/ > > > Fellow Candidates - I'll review all your notes and send more conversation > points later tonight. > > Thank you, > > > heather > > > Heather Leson > heatherle...@gmail.com > Twitter: HeatherLeson > Blog: textontechs.com > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 7:38 PM, Joseph Reeves <iknowjos...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> >Also, I think it would work to use the one table for people seeking >> nomination for either the Board or Chair, just make sure it’s obvious which >> one your seeking nomination for >> >> Done, >> >> Cheers, Joseph >> >> >> >> >> On 5 March 2015 at 16:18, Russell Deffner <russell.deff...@hotosm.org> >> wrote: >> >>> Thank you Joseph – I like the table and moved it up to the top of the >>> page >>> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Board_Elections_2015#Nominations_for_Humanitarian_OpenStreetMap_Team_Chair>. >>> Mark, maybe you can delete, re-direct or link your page to there so we >>> don’t end up with manifestos in both locations? Also, I think it would >>> work to use the one table for people seeking nomination for either the >>> Board or Chair, just make sure it’s obvious which one your seeking >>> nomination for. >>> >>> =Russ >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Joseph Reeves [mailto:iknowjos...@gmail.com] >>> *Sent:* Thursday, March 05, 2015 4:14 AM >>> *To:* Kate Chapman >>> *Cc:* hot >>> *Subject:* Re: [HOT] HOT Board and Chair Elections >>> >>> >>> >>> hi Kate, all, >>> >>> >>> >>> I've added a new table to that wiki page so that people with an interest >>> in the Board elections, and a statement posted somewhere, can put >>> themselves forward as candidates looking for nomination. So far that's Dale >>> and myself. >>> >>> >>> >>> It's really good to see Mark and Dale put forward their ideas about HOT >>> and the Board - I'd urge as many people as possible to do the same, and to >>> do it as quickly as possible. Let's get discussing what we want the Board >>> to be doing and where we want the organisation to be going. >>> >>> >>> >>> As a side note, I think that this practice of putting up your ideas and >>> looking for nominators is also how we should be running the new member >>> intake. If you're not a voting member, but would like to be, please tell us >>> why long before the next intake is scheduled to finish. >>> >>> >>> >>> Cheers, Joseph >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> HOT@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > >
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