Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] [Election 2017] Board Nominations

[Jody Garnett]

A couple notes:

We recently revisited the board member manifestos when asking directors for
a status update on their own activities:
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Face_to_Face_Meeting_Paris_2017#2._Director_Update

This makes for excellent background reading ahead of the nomination process.

While a couple hours a week is a starting point for a director, how much
time it actually takes depends on your leadership style and what needs to
be accomplished in a given year. One of the big things in a volunteer
organization (much like taking part in a project steering committee) is
filling in gaps either with inspiring our community, participating
yourself, or delegation. All of these leadership techniques, even
delegation, take time.

The questions asked of candidates
:

   - About me
   - My vision
   - What you have done within the community in the past
   - What your interests are in terms of the board
   - Any things that you would like to change or introduce
   - What role you would wish to fulfil on the board (if any)

The board has a number of responsibilities in our organization; while the
last question touches on this aspect of being a director the "if any" does
indicate the full weight of responsibility.

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On 25 September 2017 at 01:56, Vasile Craciunescu 
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> It's time for the 2017 OSGeo Foundation Board Elections.
>
> The nominations for the OSGeo Board of Directors start today
> [1]. Please take a minute to understand what the board actually
> does[2]. A director should plan to spend several hours a week on OSGeo
> business in order to do a good job. The current board members will
> know best.
>
> To nominate a candidate for the board please first confirm with the
> person that they would like to stand for election as a Board member.
> Then send an email to c...@osgeo.org CCing the candidate by 12:00 GMT
> on Sunday 08.10.2017[3] consisting of:
>
> - name and e-mail
> - current country of residence
> - a paragraph describing why you think this person would make a good
> Board member.
>
> Remember that only Charter Members are eligible for a seat on the
> Board and for voting but that *anybody* can *nominate* a board member.
>
> Last years, the nominated persons were asked, after public nomination, to
> write some kind of manifesto about their plans for their term [4].
> This is not mandatory at all but a good starting point for discussions
> and to let the community know what are your ideas about the
> Foundation.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Best regards,
> Vasile & Jeff
> CRO 2017 Elections
>
> [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2017#Board_Election
> [2] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Director_Responsibilities
> [3] https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20171008T2
> 35959=136=OSGeo+Board+of+Directors+nominalizations+
> 2017=cursive
> [4] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2017_Candidate_Manifestos
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] completed branding and collateral materials are now in github

[Jody Garnett]

Thanks Marc, if you can check in on the marketing committee list we have a
motion in progress to review and accept this material.

If anyone on the discussion list catches anything we missed please let us
know before this "sign-off" motion closes on Monday Oct 2nd. We would like
to be respectful of everyone's time (this review has taken three weeks :-D
).


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On 26 September 2017 at 10:21, Marc Vloemans 
wrote:

> +1
>
> Kind regards,
> Marc Vloemans
>
>
> Op 22 sep. 2017 om 08:17 heeft Jody Garnett  het
> volgende geschreven:
>
> In this weeks meeting we have received the complete branding and
> collateral material which I have had a chance to place in github:
>
> https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo
>
> Please have a look, the marketing committee is reviewing this material for
> sign-off.
>
> Highlights
> - styleguide-osgeo.pdf
> 
>  showing
> how everything fits together
> - print  -
> contains everything that was ready to print for foss4g, including our
> multi-page brochure and the one-page information hand outs produced by our
> project teams.
> - social media
> 
>  -
> with collateral for facebook, twitter and linkined, and an example of
> trying the templates for osgeo japan
> 
> - logo
>  and
> subbrands
>  -
> keep in mind many of these are examples which were not used
>
> If you have any skill with InkScape, Scribus or LibreOffice the marketing
> committee would love to request your help reviewing, adapting and applying
> this content for community use.
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 2017 membership process update

[SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA]

​A warm welcome to you and colleagues. That contradictory access to proprietary 
software is a common place for most parts of the world. Hoping to see more and 
more Africans joining this initiative.

Regards,


Sergio Acosta y Lara
Departamento de Geomática
Dirección Nacional de Topografía
Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
URUGUAY
(598)29157933 ints. 20329/20330
http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/

De: Discuss  en nombre de Khalifa Ababacar 
SARR 
Enviado: lunes, 18 de setiembre de 2017 9:23
Para: Vasile Craciunescu
Cc: discuss@lists.osgeo.org; OSGeo Chief Returning Officer; 
geomaticiensdusene...@googlegroups.com
Asunto: [OSGeo-Discuss] 2017 membership process update

Dear colleagues of OsGeo,
From Senegal, where we are exactly in Dakar (door and gateway to West Africa), 
we are (I and Senegalese Association of Professionals of Geomatics) very happy 
to follow this high place OsGeo discuss and scientific canvas. I am the 
communications officer of the network of Senegalese geomaticians. I especially 
thank Professor VENKA of Osaka and Mister FENOY Gerarld who kindly coaxed me or 
mentored me in this big project Open Source which is an alternative 
opportunity. Our countries have suffered from access to very contradictory 
licensed software and have blocked us in order to achieve our finest possible 
goals.
I remain optimistic that we will have the opportunity to welcome you all to 
Senegal in the Grand Center of International Conference Abdou DIOUF (CCIAD) of 
Diamniadio one day for to share all opportunities with my west africans 
practical people.
Thank you again and Friendships

--
Khalifa Ababacar SARR
Responsable du SIG_Déchets UCG-PNGD
Ministère de la Gouvernance Locale, du Développement et de l'Aménagement du 
Territoire (MGLDAT)
Contacts : (+221) 77 642 06 21
Skype ID : khafsarr
Adresse : Sacré-Cœur 3 Cité Keur Gorgui Immeuble Y2  - 3ième étage Appart B
Tél. : 33 824 41 24 / Fax : 33 824 71 22
Commission Communication Association Sénégalaise Professionnels de la 
Géomatique (ASPG)
SÉNÉGAL - AFRIQUE



2017-09-18 9:26 GMT+00:00 Vasile Craciunescu 
>:
Dear all,

I'd like to let you know that all the nominated persons got seconded (no veto 
recorded) and after the board formal approval they will all be officially 
recognized as OSGeo charter members. However, because of the large number of 
nominations, we a slight delay in our 2017 elections initial schedule. That's 
why I propose you to postpone until next Monday the start of the new board 
members elections. This will give us time to properly update the charter member 
database and for the board to validate the new members. Also, due to the high 
number of emails managed by the CROs during the last weeks, one nomination was 
not processed. We would like to express our most sincerer apologies for this 
unfortunate situation. To fix this, we propose to make an exception, to accept 
the nomination and to allow 24 hours for the community to review/second the 
nomination.

Thank you all for supporting OSGeo!

Best regards,
Vasile & Jeff
2017 OSGeo Elections CROs

On 2017-09-14 12:39, Vasile Craciunescu wrote:
Dear all,

We remind you that the community review of nominations stage of this
year membership process [1] is ending at midnight. Until then you can
still second nominations or send feedback to CRO.

Best regards,
Vasile & Jeff
2017 OSGeo Elections CROs

[1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2017
[2] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2017

On 9/1/17 2:46 PM, Vasile Craciunescu wrote:
Dear all,

Please let us give you some updates on the membership process (charter members 
nomination) [1]. Until now we got 50 nominations. 40 nominees already confirm 
the nomination and that was reflected on this mailing list and the New Member 
Nominations 2017 wiki page [2]. Please be aware that the table is not 
reflecting yet all the endorsements received by the nominees. It's quite 
challenging to keep up with that. This information will be updated during the 
weekend and one more time before the nomination period end. Also, the user 
profile link was not included for the nominees.  This will also be reviewed 
during the weekend. Some people raise concerns about the phrase "be aware of 
and protect against a hostile takeover of OSGeo". The reasons for this wording 
were explained by some of our colleagues here and the subject will be included 
in one of the next board meetings. That's all for the moment. Thank you for 
caring about our community!

Best regards,
Vasile & Jeff
2017 OSGeo Elections CROs

PS If you decide to nominate a person as charter member, please include the 
nominee *e-mail address and the country*. Thank you!

[1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process
[2] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2017
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] completed branding and collateral materials are now in github

[Marc Vloemans]

+1

Kind regards,
Marc Vloemans


> Op 22 sep. 2017 om 08:17 heeft Jody Garnett  het 
> volgende geschreven:
> 
> In this weeks meeting we have received the complete branding and collateral 
> material which I have had a chance to place in github:
> 
> https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo
> 
> Please have a look, the marketing committee is reviewing this material for 
> sign-off.
> 
> Highlights
> - styleguide-osgeo.pdf showing how everything fits together
> - print - contains everything that was ready to print for foss4g, including 
> our multi-page brochure and the one-page information hand outs produced by 
> our project teams.
> - social media - with collateral for facebook, twitter and linkined, and an 
> example of trying the templates for osgeo japan
> - logo and subbrands - keep in mind many of these are examples which were not 
> used
> 
> If you have any skill with InkScape, Scribus or LibreOffice the marketing 
> committee would love to request your help reviewing, adapting and applying 
> this content for community use.
> --
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2017] Charter Member nomination results

[Jorge Sanz]

Fixed Venka, thanks!!

That was a typo on 2017 list so maybe the CROs will need to take a look too.

On 26 September 2017 at 01:44, Venkatesh Raghavan <
ragha...@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp> wrote:

> Hi Jorge,
>
> Thanks for the demographics [1].
>
> Can you please correct the typo below too
>
> United Kindom (6) · United Kingdom (10)
>
>
> [1] http://bl.ocks.org/jsanz/raw/779f9b9954b92461fa50/
>
> Best
>
> Venka
>
>
> On 9/26/2017 1:47 AM, Jorge Sanz wrote:
>
> fixed! thanks Sergio for spotting the typo :_)
>
> On 25 September 2017 at 17:03, SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA 
>  wrote:
>
>
> Warm welcome from me too. And also great thanks to Vasile and Jeff. Jorge,
> there seems to be a misspelling with USA and UK (in Charter Members by
> country): United Kindom (6) ·United Kingdom (10) ·United States of
> America (80) ·United States ofa America (1)​
>
>
> Sergio Acosta y Lara
> Departamento de Geomática
> Dirección Nacional de Topografía
> Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
> URUGUAY
> (598)29157933 ints. 20329/20330http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/
> --
> *De:* Discuss  
>  en nombre de Jorge Sanz 
> *Enviado:* lunes, 25 de setiembre de 2017 11:29
> *Para:* OSGeo Discussions; OSGeo Chief Returning Officer
> *Asunto:* Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2017] Charter Member nomination
> results
>
> Thanks for the hard job Vasile and Jeff and a warm welcome to our new 78
> elected members.
>
> I've updated also the small report on CM demographics available here
> http://bl.ocks.org/jsanz/raw/779f9b9954b92461fa50/
>
> Cheers!
>
> On 25 September 2017 at 10:35, Vasile Craciunescu  
> 
> wrote:
>
>
> Dear members of the OSGeo community,
>
> After a period of three weeks, we close the membership process to
> confirm and share the results.
>
> *All* the candidates[1][2] are accepted as all of them:
>
> - were nominated by an existing charter member;
> - were seconded by at least one charter member;
> - no veto votes registered.
>
> Hence, it is our pleasure to welcome our 78 candidates to the OSGeo
> Charter Membership, increasing its size to a total of 390 individuals.
> Congratulations!
>
> New members, we encourage you all to update your wiki profiles with the
> Charter Member badge[3], adding yourselves to the category[4] and
> finally if you have not yet done so, add your profile to the OSGeo
> Advocates list[5].
>
> We will inform the board for formal acceptance of the list, update the
> official list[6], pass to the secretary the revised contacts, and subscribe
> the new members to the charter-members list[7]
> as soon as possible.
>
> Best regards,
> Vasile & Jeff
> CRO 2017 Elections
>
> [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2017
> [2] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2017
> [3] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_Charter_Members
> [4] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Category:OSGeo_Charter_Member
> [5] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate#Process_for_becomi
> ng_an_OSGeo_Advocate
> [6] http://www.osgeo.org/charter_members
> [7] http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/charter-members
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[OSGeo-Discuss] R: [Election 2017] Charter Member nomination results

[Maria Antonia Brovelli]

I join Jorge in thanking you, Vasile and Jeff.
And welcome to the new members!!!
Best!
Maria



Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung


 Messaggio originale 
Da: Jorge Sanz 
Data: 25/09/17 16:31 (GMT+01:00)
A: OSGeo Discussions , OSGeo Chief Returning Officer 

Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2017] Charter Member nomination results

Thanks for the hard job Vasile and Jeff and a warm welcome to our new 78 
elected members.

I've updated also the small report on CM demographics available here 
http://bl.ocks.org/jsanz/raw/779f9b9954b92461fa50/

Cheers!

On 25 September 2017 at 10:35, Vasile Craciunescu 
> wrote:
Dear members of the OSGeo community,

After a period of three weeks, we close the membership process to
confirm and share the results.

*All* the candidates[1][2] are accepted as all of them:

- were nominated by an existing charter member;
- were seconded by at least one charter member;
- no veto votes registered.

Hence, it is our pleasure to welcome our 78 candidates to the OSGeo
Charter Membership, increasing its size to a total of 390 individuals. 
Congratulations!

New members, we encourage you all to update your wiki profiles with the
Charter Member badge[3], adding yourselves to the category[4] and
finally if you have not yet done so, add your profile to the OSGeo
Advocates list[5].

We will inform the board for formal acceptance of the list, update the official 
list[6], pass to the secretary the revised contacts, and subscribe the new 
members to the charter-members list[7]
as soon as possible.

Best regards,
Vasile & Jeff
CRO 2017 Elections

[1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2017
[2] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2017
[3] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_Charter_Members
[4] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Category:OSGeo_Charter_Member
[5] 
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate#Process_for_becoming_an_OSGeo_Advocate
[6] http://www.osgeo.org/charter_members
[7] http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/charter-members


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