Re: [Talk-us] US Chapter board elections - time is running out!

2014-09-29 Thread Martijn van Exel
Hi Luis & all, Those are great questions. Let me try and provide some more insight and clarity. I am expecting the other boardies to chime in as well. A lot of our work is generating plans and ideas to support our mission, which is to support and grow the OpenStreetMap project and its community i

Re: [Talk-us] US Chapter board elections - time is running out!

2014-09-29 Thread Luis Villa
Hi, Martijn, others: [Lurker here for a while, not a very active OSMer; possibly asking dumb questions as a result.] I've found in the past when recruiting for boards like this one that it is helpful to talk about things like: - What kinds of skills does the current board think would be he

Re: [Talk-us] US Chapter board elections - time is running out!

2014-09-29 Thread Richard Welty
On 9/29/14 7:00 PM, Richard Weait wrote: I presume that candidates would add themselves on the wiki, here? http://wiki.osm.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/United_States/Elections/2014 I further presume that self-nomination is acceptable, as both candidates have done so. :-) DO consider add

Re: [Talk-us] US Chapter board elections - time is running out!

2014-09-29 Thread Richard Weait
I presume that candidates would add themselves on the wiki, here? http://wiki.osm.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/United_States/Elections/2014 I further presume that self-nomination is acceptable, as both candidates have done so. :-) DO consider adding yourself to the ballot. If you enjoy O

[Talk-us] US Chapter board elections - time is running out!

2014-09-29 Thread Martijn van Exel
Hi all, With just a few days to go, we only have two names on the ballot for the upcoming US Chapter board elections. We have all five positions up for election, so this is clearly not enough! Let me tell you what made me run the first time, and why I am running for a fourth term. I love OpenStre