Hello,
I wuold say that having people in the board living in Oceania could save
some trip
to other memebers and help in promoting in that continent OSGeo!
The same would be for Asia or Africa...
I believe that Global fundation needs global representatives!
Maxi
On Monday, July 30, 2012, Seven
Cameron,
OSGeo is globally active and there are no rules that members have to be
located in a specific region in order to become a Member, Charter
Member, Director or to be active in any other role.
Board,
this is a request from a potential new director asking two questions he
would like to get
-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On
Behalf Of Michael P. Gerlek [m...@flaxen.com]
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 6:00 AM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Cc: c...@osgeo.org
Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Cameron Shorter
I am pleased to nominate Cameron Shorter to be a member of the OSGeo Board.
Followers
Thank you all for the board nomination, and kind words.
I should point out what I believe is important in an OSGeo board, which
in turn will guide how I'd like to behave as a board member.
* I believe a board should listen to the community, work out what is the
best for the community, then
I am pleased to nominate Cameron Shorter to be a member of the OSGeo Board.
Followers of this list will no doubt already be familiar with Cameron: active
in this foundation since the very beginning, he chaired the 2009 FOSS4G
conference, has served on various OSGeo committees, and has worked on
