[OSGeo-Discuss] what is open source

2017-10-10 Thread Jody Garnett
Can I invite review of "what is open source": http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/about/what-is-open-source/ I took our values from the brochure (the open source, and open geospatial) along with some inspiration from Helena's passion about open source projects being more that just software. One point

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-10 Thread Serena Coetzee
Same here! The energy, the passion, the community spirit, the experience…it has all been said. Regards, Serena On 09 Oct 2017, at 08:28, Silvia Franceschi wrote: Absolutely agree with this nomination! +1 for Jeff Silvia On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 8:20 AM, 林博文

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board nomination: Venkatesh Raghavan

2017-10-10 Thread Serena Coetzee
I would like to support/sedond Venka's nomination. Thanks, Venka, for agreeing to stand again! Regards, Serena On 09 Oct 2017, at 09:13, Silvia Franceschi wrote: I support the nomination of Venkatesh Raghavan. Thank you Venka for agreeing to serve again...

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2017] Board Campaign period

2017-10-10 Thread Vasile Craciunescu
One more thing, upon board nomination, Jeff stepped down from the co-CRO position. Jorge will help me out with some of the technicalities. During the last few weeks Jeff did a tremendous amount of work as co-CRO and I would like to publicly thank him for that. I also thank Jorge for being

[OSGeo-Discuss] Candidate Manifesto: María Arias de Reyna

2017-10-10 Thread María Arias de Reyna
Hi, You can find my manifesto here: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2017_Candidate_Manifest os#Mar.C3.ADa_Arias_de_Reyna_Dom.C3.ADnguez Don't be shy in asking questions, it will be a tough decision and it will not be easy to choose between the candidates.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Charter Members: What kind of an OSGeo Board do we want?

2017-10-10 Thread María Arias de Reyna
> > >- All candidates - what role, specific topics would you like to work >on within the board and why? what do you hope to contribute and achieve in >the next 2 years? > > I think this is answered here on the Manifesto: