Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Board Election Results

2007-08-09 Thread Frank Warmerdam
Tamas Szekeres wrote: I'd also like to see the total count of votes per person it it is possible. I guess it might have been a close competition. Tamas, It has been my suggestion that actual vote counts per candidate not be distributed due to the possible risk of embarrassment, etc. If you,

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Board Election Results

2007-08-09 Thread P Kishor
This is not a definitive weigh-in, and frankly, I had not even thought of seeing the vote count until the suggestion, but it might be worthwhile (I am not saying do it; I am saying, think about doing it... there might be benefits). In the spirit of openness, it would be worthwhile seeing where

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Board Election Results

2007-08-09 Thread P Kishor
This is not a definitive weigh-in, and frankly, I had not even thought of seeing the vote count until the suggestion, but it might be worthwhile (I am not saying do it; I am saying, think about doing it... there might be benefits). In the spirit of openness, it would be worthwhile seeing where

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Board Election Results

2007-08-09 Thread Dave Patton
Frank Warmerdam wrote: Alternatively, the topic could be discussed at the AGM at FOSS4G (planned for late on the Monday I believe). I can't seem to find a wiki page about the AGM, though I think one exists. All OSGeo wiki pages related to FOSS4G2007 can be found by use of the FOSS4G2007

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Board Election Results

2007-08-09 Thread Gary Sherman
What purpose is served by displaying the results in this way? I see absolutely no benefit, other than to create an ad-hoc popularity contest to see who beat out whom. What lessons can be learned from having the tally known? How can it benefit OSGeo in future elections? Will it deter people

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Board Election Results

2007-08-09 Thread Helena Mitasova
I agree with Gary and Frank that we don't really need to know how many votes each candidate got. I would rather suggest that before we cast our votes for the board next time we should have a healthy discussion on how do we want the board to look like, what kind of representation is needed

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Board Election Results

2007-08-09 Thread P Kishor
Hi Gary, I was not the person who originally requested this, but I did show interest in this, so I am presenting my reason here, for what they are worth. Actually, I am not even so much interested in seeing who got how many votes as I am in seeing the geographical distribution of whence the

[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS GIS project for Pune city

2007-08-09 Thread RAVI KUMAR
Hi All, this is a commendable effort, and hopefully many other Indian cities will benefit from such work. I hope the documents of modus-operandi of this work can be released for free downloads on websites like GRASS GIS. Ravi Kumar --- rajendra jagdale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear All,