Michael,
I agree that we have expanded the Ambassador role to include what you
have referred to as a "Speakers bureau", which I think is a good thing.
It is also opt-in; charter members need not register themselves if they
don't want to. It is also deliberately non-exclusive, as any member of
I second Michael's sentiments. Use of terms such as "distinguished" and "elite"
in the context of OSGeo community makes me extremely uncomfortable.
On May 5, 2012, at 2:15 PM, Michael P. Gerlek wrote:
>>> Your points have actually been discussed, but so far there hasn't
>>> apparently been eno
> > Your points have actually been discussed, but so far there hasn't
> > apparently been enough
> > interest to further push the idea of stronger charter member roles.
> "enough interest" in the community or the OSGeo Board?
Both.
> > (Your points (1) and (3) are already the case, and some peo
Michael,
On 2012/05/05 23:58, Michael P. Gerlek wrote:
Your points have actually been discussed, but so far there hasn't apparently
been enough interest to further push the idea of stronger charter member roles.
"enough interest" in the community or the OSGeo Board?
(Your points (1) and (3
As far as I’m aware, the original “Ambassador” concept came up during a board
meeting, where it was intended to just address the question that the board very
occasionally needs to send a board member, or someone equally prominent, to
certain events we’d been invited to participate in. For purpos
Venka:
Your points have actually been discussed, but so far there hasn't apparently
been enough interest to further push the idea of stronger charter member roles.
(Your points (1) and (3) are already the case, and some people (myself
included) feel that (2) is not desirable right now.)
There was a discussion about responsibility of Charter members
http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2011-December/009239.html
and a wiki page (see below) was initiated (at the request of a Board member)
but not much input after that.
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_charter_member_page_instruct
Hi all,
I support the ideas exposed by Cameron and Stefano. Particularly for what
concerns charter members, as a charter member, I am aware that voting the
boarding members is a strong responsibility, but I think we should have
more responsibilities linked to our role. Personally, since I have bee