[OSGeo-Discuss] candidate manifesto - Astrid Emde

2017-10-11 Thread Astrid Emde (OSGeo)
Hello, thanks for the nomination for the OSGeo board. It is an honour to be nominated and it would be a pleasure to work on the board with all the other great boad members. Read my candidate manifesto at https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2017_Candidate_Manifestos#Astrid_Emde Astrid --

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

2017-10-11 Thread nicolas bozon
Dear Cameron, I appreciate the time and effort you have put into framing questions and remarks for Jeff, although that sounds rather unusual in a Board nomination thread. As a Charter Member nominating Jeff, I thought that bygones were bygones when we honored him with the prestigious Sol Katz

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] board members candidates manifestos please

2017-10-11 Thread Helena Mitasova
Dear all, you can find my manifesto here https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2017_Candidate_Manifestos#Helena_Mitasova best regards, Helena > On Oct 11, 2017, at 12:59 PM, Gert-Jan van der Weijden - Stichting

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

2017-10-11 Thread Helena Mitasova
1. If you are standing for re-election - what roles have you taken in the last 2 years? what do you believe you have achieved and what has not worked as well as you hoped? First of all I am happy that we are in a different place than where we were when I ran in 2015 out of concerns for the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] board members candidates manifestos please

2017-10-11 Thread Sanghee Shin
Hi all, Sorry for the late posting this. We Koreans enjoyed Chuseok holidays(Harvest Festival) for 10 days. Here are my manifestos mainly based on Steven’s questions. • If you are standing for re-election - what roles have you taken in the last 2 years? what do you believe you have achieved

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

2017-10-11 Thread Steven Feldman
Jeff I agree with Cameron, I think the charter members are entitled to an explanation as to why you resigned from the board twice in the middle of a period of service. I, for one, would like to understand the basis on which we can be assured that if you are elected for a third time the

[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2018 Academic Track: the call for contributions is now open!

2017-10-11 Thread Maria Antonia Brovelli
Here we are! We are ready for collecting your proposals for the Academic Track of FOSS4G 2018 in Dar Es Salaam. Please read carefully the instructions here: http://2018.foss4g.org/call-for-papers.html The first step is to upload your abstract (500-800 words) by November, 20 2017. A

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

2017-10-11 Thread Eli Adam
Hi Venka, On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 10:15 AM, Venkatesh Raghavan wrote: > Hi Eli, > > First of all, thanks to Jorge for volunteering to be co-CRO > and fixing the CRO alias promptly. Yes, thanks Jorge. > > Regarding your other comment reproduced below; > > The

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] board members candidates manifestos please

2017-10-11 Thread Jody Garnett
Thanks Gert-Jan: I had a number of other responsibilities this week that came ahead of writing a manifesto, this is indicative of my priorities and time management as a contributor. Group activities and group responsibilities come first. The most pressing responsibility has been keeping up our

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

2017-10-11 Thread Venkatesh Raghavan
Hi Eli, First of all, thanks to Jorge for volunteering to be co-CRO and fixing the CRO alias promptly. Regarding your other comment reproduced below; The Board did not appear to review this topic at their last meeting, https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2017-10-05, so perhaps it is of

[OSGeo-Discuss] board members candidates manifestos please

2017-10-11 Thread Gert-Jan van der Weijden - Stichting OSGeo.nl
Hi all, As a charter member, one of my main duties is to vote for the new Board. In order to achieve this responsible task in a proper way, I do need to know the candidates personally But I DO need to know what they stand for, what their ideas are towards OSGeo in general, and their ideas

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

2017-10-11 Thread Jorge Sanz
Hi Eli, I did it yesterday without having a ticket involved. My bad sorry. I confirm that the CRO alias is now sending emails only to Vasile and me. -- Jorge Sanz https://jorgesanz.net Sent from my phone, excuse my brevity and typos El 11 oct. 2017 18:36, "Eli Adam"

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

2017-10-11 Thread Eli Adam
On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 7:44 AM, Fenoy Gerald wrote: > Dear Eli, > as you may have notice, Jeff has stepped down from his position of co-CRO > when accepting the Nicolas’ nomination [1]. I didn't find that thread while scanning through the archive. Thanks for pointing

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

2017-10-11 Thread Fenoy Gerald
Dear Eli, as you may have notice, Jeff has stepped down from his position of co-CRO when accepting the Nicolas’ nomination [1]. Jeff was involved in the charter member election process as co-CRO but he is no more so, I guess, there is no issue for the board election. Best regards, [1]

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

2017-10-11 Thread Eli Adam
Nicolas, On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 2:48 PM, nicolas bozon wrote: > > It is my honor to nominate Jeff McKenna for the OSGeo Board of Directors > election. I don't think that you can nominate the CRO, nor can the CRO accept your nomination,