Dear all,
some thoughts on the discussion of the role of the president in OSGEO,
as the discussion is going on in the board-list.
First of all, I hope that this is a discussion of interest for all OSGEO
members and thus I cc:discuss.
Secondly I think I agree mostly with Michael Gerlek's point
Hello all,
here are the minutes and logs of yesterday's Board meeting:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2014-07-17
(Minutes and motions are yet unapproved.)
There has been discussion over elections 2014, strategic funding, OSGeo
and Europe, and finally OSGeo's business model.
My comment
Hi Dimitris,
Although your points make sense, the reality is that the President is
requested specifically for many things, in person, or on a Skype call,
writing a support letter, shaking a hand, giving a talk, etc etc. This
is why I am so busy lately, and obviously why Arnulf was as well. For
Hi all,
OSGeo elections are about to start. The nomination period for new
Charter Member starts tomorrow Saturday 19 of July.
Please, consider nominating new Charter Members within the next two
weeks and help keep the Foundation to be even more diverse,
represented by people from even more
Thank you Anne,
to give us the possibility to speak up on these important topics.
I was on the FOSS4GE[6] conference this week and had the opportunity to
talk to several other members of the organisation.
I also attended (remotely) the BOF OSGeo business meeting yesterday
and I did some reading
+1
I agree with Jeff that it is necessary for an organisation such as OSGeo
to be present at certain important events to represent the organisation
and do some necessary networking.
I invite all interested parties to further discuss what the etiquette
should be for OSGeo representatives in
On Jul 18, 2014, at 5:31 AM, Jeff McKenna jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com wrote:
Although your points make sense, the reality is that the President is
requested specifically for many things, in person, or on a Skype call,
writing a support letter, shaking a hand, giving a talk, etc etc.
Those
Hi all,
Further to the last email, Cameron suggested I highlight the key
improvement to OSGeo Charter voting this year.
That is, **there is no upper limit** to the number of new charter
members who can be incorporated into OSGeo.
So if you are involved in OSGeo, and display positive OSGeo
Dear all,
with all my respect to OSGeo and the CRO process, I would like to retire
from this process as I realise I cannot be helpful anymore.
my best regards
Lorenzo
On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 2:08 PM, Jorge Sanz js...@osgeo.org wrote:
Hi all,
OSGeo elections are about to start. The
