Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board candidates: what are your plans?
Thank you to Johan for mentioning this. I agree that it is a good time for Board candidates to speak and explain their vision/plans. I would like to explain my vision, status, and plans through the following sections: President - I was initially named as President of OSGeo in December 2012. I do plan to re-stand for another term as President. It is an honour to represent OSGeo, and I take this position very seriously. Although our foundation is filled with thousands of active and superbly bright members, there is sometimes a very important need to be the face of the foundation. Besides the obvious visible role at events, and giving the foundation stability and dependable leadership, as President I also handle concerns and challenges occurring throughout the foundation, often this means just listening closely, and then bringing the issue forward through appropriate methods. Over time I have also come to realize my own strengths and limits, and this is a very important part of being the President of OSGeo - leveraging the community (committees, local chapters, project leads) to get things done, and not get tangled into tasks. As an example, I do still poke my head into FOSS4G committees occasionally, but mostly to guide the progress or report challenges brought to me through the community. It is thanks to this realization that I am enthusiastic and energized to represent this great community as President again. Community - As a current Board member, and potential future Board member, I feel I bring a strong sense of community to the Board. It is no secret that for a long time now I have focused on building the community of OSGeo. I once heard an interview with a legendary lead singer of a band[1], who said his goal each concert was to make the kid sitting in the very back row to feel like he's as much a part of the concert as the kid sitting in the front row, and this is exactly how I focus my community work for OSGeo. I try to make the shy new developer or student, just newly looking into Open Geospatial, looking to hopefully join or form a local chapter in a remote country, feel as part of the community of OSGeo as everyone else does. A result of doing that, is that like that singer, I feel that the OSGeo world is very small and very connected (one moment I am talking with an OSGeo-Argentina community member, the next moment I am talking with an OSGeo-Sri Lanka community member). I see the world as very small and very connected. Education / Training The stability of our foundation and its software projects, means that there is now a huge demand on training in the education system. I feel it is very important to help promote Open Geospatial in universities and schools, and I am very happy to continue working with Suchith and other academic leaders through the Geo for All initiative. On a recent trip I made sure to meet with fellow ICA and ISPRS presidents to continue the great momentum developed by Suchith, Maria, and others. I should also point out that it is important to support OSGeo's Google Summer of Code students, led by the wonderful work and leadership of Anne, and I make a point of promoting her great work publicly whenever I can. Building an "Ecosystem"/Network --- It is obvious to me, thanks to leaders like Dirk who champion this, that OSGeo's relationships with geospatial communities (such as OGC, ICA, ISPRS, LocationTech, etc.) and also the professional service providers supporting our projects, are very important for our future as a foundation. A lot of work must be done soon to manage this so that we can continue to grow and thrive in today's industry, and I realize this will be a team effort. Infrastructure -- In the past year the foundation went through some challenges with servers, I just want to make sure we acknowledge this, and as a Board member I will support the SAC committee to make sure we can give them what they need. Supporting the Tribe The core of OSGeo depends on grassroots events like code sprints and smaller local FOSS4G events and "townhall" meetings, and as a Board member I will make sure we do support the tribe through these events whenever possible. Charter Members --- Several community leaders, the most prominent being Venka, have expressed their desires to leverage our Charter Members more in the growth of the foundation. I plan to work with Venka and the 244 Charter Members and the Board to see how we can involve the members more in important decisions. Financial - I would like to see a clear picture of our financial outlook presented to the Board regularly, and therefore relayed to the whole community. I realize the foundation struggles at gaining sponsors, but I think the first step in getting on track with that is a clear 'look in the mirror' each m
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board candidates: what are your plans?
2014-08-20 22:46 GMT+02:00 Bart van den Eijnden : > I think this happened on last year’s elections, at least I remember sending > out such an e-mail (not sure what came of those things I wrote down back then > though ;-) ). > > Also, since we are looking for a new treasurer, I would be really interested > to know which potential board member is good with finances and might be up > for that role. As stated by Daniel before, someone from the US would be the > best fit given the US tax systems etc. > > Best regards, > Bart > Yes, last year I think we all candidates wrote at least some words about our strengths or expectations for the board. It does't have to be a lengthy text, and there's still time[1] for those statements. In fact,they would be more than welcomed, specially for the potentially new members for the reasons Johan has mentioned. Thanks Johan for sharing your thoughts. [1] http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?month=08&day=23&hour=14&p0=325&msg=OSGeo+Board+of+Directors+member+nominations&csz=1&swk=1 -- Jorge Sanz http://www.osgeo.org http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jorge_Sanz ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board candidates: what are your plans?
I think this happened on last year’s elections, at least I remember sending out such an e-mail (not sure what came of those things I wrote down back then though ;-) ). Also, since we are looking for a new treasurer, I would be really interested to know which potential board member is good with finances and might be up for that role. As stated by Daniel before, someone from the US would be the best fit given the US tax systems etc. Best regards, Bart On 20 Aug 2014, at 22:41, Johan Van de Wauw wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I'm relatively new to OSGeo (at least the organisational part), but > I'm a bit surprised by the board elections. > I'm seeing two phases: a nomination phase and a voting phase. I double > checked and last year it was the same. In my opinion we are missing > the most important step: a "campaigning period". I'd like to know what > each candidate would like to do, how they see the future of OSGeo,... > > Now - don't get me wrong- we have (up to now) 7 excellent candidates > for 5 positions, and probably many other charter members have done so > much for the community that they deserve to be on the board. But as > much as I would like to thank all of them, I would like to use > different criteria for selecting board members.What are your vision > and goals? Where should OSGeo head to? What about the financial > situation? I'd like to know each candidate's vision before voting. > > Actually, all other volunteer run organisations where I've been > involved have such a phase. Usually it happens "offline" during > general assemblies, but at least for debian they are online [1]. The > actual examples from debian are for choosing the project leader and > are way too long, but I'd definitively like to read a paragraph or two > which vision each candidate has on OSGeo. > > So here is my proposal: > For next year: > - Make something like a "campaining period" a part of the election. > Give candidates an official time to explain their plans and have room > for discussion afterwards. I actually think this would be a better > place for "endorsements" than the nomination phase. Endorsing a > candidate for his/her future plans based on his/her current > achievement is imho a stronger signal than some of the endorsements we > saw on the list before. > > > For this year: > - Even if there is no official period, I'd still love to see the > vision/answers to the above questions from the candidates. > > Johan > > [1] https://www.debian.org/vote/2013/platforms/ > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Board candidates: what are your plans?
Hello everyone, I'm relatively new to OSGeo (at least the organisational part), but I'm a bit surprised by the board elections. I'm seeing two phases: a nomination phase and a voting phase. I double checked and last year it was the same. In my opinion we are missing the most important step: a "campaigning period". I'd like to know what each candidate would like to do, how they see the future of OSGeo,... Now - don't get me wrong- we have (up to now) 7 excellent candidates for 5 positions, and probably many other charter members have done so much for the community that they deserve to be on the board. But as much as I would like to thank all of them, I would like to use different criteria for selecting board members.What are your vision and goals? Where should OSGeo head to? What about the financial situation? I'd like to know each candidate's vision before voting. Actually, all other volunteer run organisations where I've been involved have such a phase. Usually it happens "offline" during general assemblies, but at least for debian they are online [1]. The actual examples from debian are for choosing the project leader and are way too long, but I'd definitively like to read a paragraph or two which vision each candidate has on OSGeo. So here is my proposal: For next year: - Make something like a "campaining period" a part of the election. Give candidates an official time to explain their plans and have room for discussion afterwards. I actually think this would be a better place for "endorsements" than the nomination phase. Endorsing a candidate for his/her future plans based on his/her current achievement is imho a stronger signal than some of the endorsements we saw on the list before. For this year: - Even if there is no official period, I'd still love to see the vision/answers to the above questions from the candidates. Johan [1] https://www.debian.org/vote/2013/platforms/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2014] Board Nomination for Vasile Crăciunescu
+1! Maria Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli Vice Rector for Como Campus - Politecnico di Milano Public Participation GIS: a FOSS architecture enabling field-data collection http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17538947.2014.887150#.UwPVuIVnibF ISPRS WG IV/5 "Web and Cloud Based Geospatial Services and Applications" - Co-chair - OSGeo Charter Member - ICA - OSGeo Advisory Board Member - SIFET Scientific Commitee Member Via Natta, 12/14 - 22100 COMO (ITALIA) Tel. +39-031-3327336 - Mob. +39-328-0023867 - fax. +39-031-3327321 e-mail1: maria.brove...@polimi.it e-mail2: prorettr...@como.polimi.it Da: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org per conto di Suchith Anand Inviato: mercoledì 20 agosto 2014 18.06 A: discuss@lists.osgeo.org Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2014] Board Nomination for Vasile Crăciunescu +1 Suchith -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Codrina Maria Ilie Sent: 20 August 2014 17:07 To: discuss@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2014] Board Nomination for Vasile Crăciunescu I fully support Vasile's nomination. His dedication to the OSGeo principles and efforts for advocacy and community building and strengthening have been for a while now exceeding the boundaries of the Romanian space. Even though there is no need for proof, the existence of geo-spatial.org community says it all. All the best, Codrina On 8/18/14, 14:11, Jachym Cepicky wrote: > +1 > > > > Jachym > > 2014-08-18 11:55 GMT+02:00 Ivan Mincik : >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 08/14/2014 01:01 PM, Jorge Sanz wrote: >>> Forwarding Vasile Crăciunescu nomination to the board of directors >>> by Gérald Fenoy >> >> Hi, I also second the nomination of Vasile Crăciunescu. I think, that >> just little time is needed to realize that Vasile has real long term >> interest and skills to move OSGeo world further. Go on Vasile ! >> >> >> - -- >> Ivan Minčík >> ivan.min...@gmail.com GPG: 0x79529A1E >> http://imincik.github.io/0x79529A1E.key >> ivan.min...@gista.skGPG: 0xD714B02C >> http://imincik.github.io/0xD714B02C.key >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) >> Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ >> >> iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJT8c2FAAoJEPfdLsR5UpoeKCYH/1HyQbODgKv3uQB7BR7T8Mf1 >> VLTk2z3W07ZDr982LvcbgIy2E2gsQPLD+IltCwlfiOFWwxD+EpKDH1It85bi29Nk >> TrhmdgeE5A4jj9JPDRv4EpmABq8xM0JWL0Fjb8bUwBkQUaXWvqiVzZOdD05iNin3 >> tZ0NJjrT3lOtQk3ZzEdr2O7jP3Zmv/s5kedhnRjuMSWENusB5pgfNy32W30X/YH1 >> 0r0PQcPK1Oh01z6cmL7cEoqejKKrPrsOWK74vQLon8JQAb3JCKql3hJLyT3EunvD >> pzFBbJHmE1shEo0tLahcp4D4gszCmDxy/fJEMIAgnvIJ4jLk5WBxoUclyrXqZA0= >> =Hg1c >> -END PGP SIGNATURE- >> ___ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2014] Board Nomination for Vasile Crăciunescu
+1 Suchith -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Codrina Maria Ilie Sent: 20 August 2014 17:07 To: discuss@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2014] Board Nomination for Vasile Crăciunescu I fully support Vasile's nomination. His dedication to the OSGeo principles and efforts for advocacy and community building and strengthening have been for a while now exceeding the boundaries of the Romanian space. Even though there is no need for proof, the existence of geo-spatial.org community says it all. All the best, Codrina On 8/18/14, 14:11, Jachym Cepicky wrote: > +1 > > > > Jachym > > 2014-08-18 11:55 GMT+02:00 Ivan Mincik : >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 08/14/2014 01:01 PM, Jorge Sanz wrote: >>> Forwarding Vasile Crăciunescu nomination to the board of directors >>> by Gérald Fenoy >> >> Hi, I also second the nomination of Vasile Crăciunescu. I think, that >> just little time is needed to realize that Vasile has real long term >> interest and skills to move OSGeo world further. Go on Vasile ! >> >> >> - -- >> Ivan Minčík >> ivan.min...@gmail.com GPG: 0x79529A1E >> http://imincik.github.io/0x79529A1E.key >> ivan.min...@gista.skGPG: 0xD714B02C >> http://imincik.github.io/0xD714B02C.key >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) >> Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ >> >> iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJT8c2FAAoJEPfdLsR5UpoeKCYH/1HyQbODgKv3uQB7BR7T8Mf1 >> VLTk2z3W07ZDr982LvcbgIy2E2gsQPLD+IltCwlfiOFWwxD+EpKDH1It85bi29Nk >> TrhmdgeE5A4jj9JPDRv4EpmABq8xM0JWL0Fjb8bUwBkQUaXWvqiVzZOdD05iNin3 >> tZ0NJjrT3lOtQk3ZzEdr2O7jP3Zmv/s5kedhnRjuMSWENusB5pgfNy32W30X/YH1 >> 0r0PQcPK1Oh01z6cmL7cEoqejKKrPrsOWK74vQLon8JQAb3JCKql3hJLyT3EunvD >> pzFBbJHmE1shEo0tLahcp4D4gszCmDxy/fJEMIAgnvIJ4jLk5WBxoUclyrXqZA0= >> =Hg1c >> -END PGP SIGNATURE- >> ___ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2014] Board Nomination for Vasile Crăciunescu
I fully support Vasile's nomination. His dedication to the OSGeo principles and efforts for advocacy and community building and strengthening have been for a while now exceeding the boundaries of the Romanian space. Even though there is no need for proof, the existence of geo-spatial.org community says it all. All the best, Codrina On 8/18/14, 14:11, Jachym Cepicky wrote: +1 Jachym 2014-08-18 11:55 GMT+02:00 Ivan Mincik : -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/14/2014 01:01 PM, Jorge Sanz wrote: Forwarding Vasile Crăciunescu nomination to the board of directors by Gérald Fenoy Hi, I also second the nomination of Vasile Crăciunescu. I think, that just little time is needed to realize that Vasile has real long term interest and skills to move OSGeo world further. Go on Vasile ! - -- Ivan Minčík ivan.min...@gmail.com GPG: 0x79529A1E http://imincik.github.io/0x79529A1E.key ivan.min...@gista.skGPG: 0xD714B02C http://imincik.github.io/0xD714B02C.key -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJT8c2FAAoJEPfdLsR5UpoeKCYH/1HyQbODgKv3uQB7BR7T8Mf1 VLTk2z3W07ZDr982LvcbgIy2E2gsQPLD+IltCwlfiOFWwxD+EpKDH1It85bi29Nk TrhmdgeE5A4jj9JPDRv4EpmABq8xM0JWL0Fjb8bUwBkQUaXWvqiVzZOdD05iNin3 tZ0NJjrT3lOtQk3ZzEdr2O7jP3Zmv/s5kedhnRjuMSWENusB5pgfNy32W30X/YH1 0r0PQcPK1Oh01z6cmL7cEoqejKKrPrsOWK74vQLon8JQAb3JCKql3hJLyT3EunvD pzFBbJHmE1shEo0tLahcp4D4gszCmDxy/fJEMIAgnvIJ4jLk5WBxoUclyrXqZA0= =Hg1c -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
