:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of RAVI KUMAR
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 9:54 PM
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Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Board Election Results
Hi All,
I agree with Kishor. Seeing the geographical
distribution of votes will be relevant.
Ravi Kumar
--- P Kishor [EMAIL
On 10-Aug-07, at 7:26 AM, Landon Blake wrote:
I wanted to add my agreement with a couple of the statements made on
this topic.
First of all, I agree with Gary, I don't think the benefit of
releasing
the tallies outweighs the harmful side effects.
I'm just catching up on this thread, I
Of Gary Sherman
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 6:50 PM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Board Election Results
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
: Friday, August 10, 2007 1:58 PM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Board Election Results
On 10-Aug-07, at 7:26 AM, Landon Blake wrote:
I wanted to add my agreement with a couple of the statements made on
this topic.
First of all, I agree with Gary, I don't think
Hi All,
It seems I've generated an inadvertent influence by proposing this
option. I didn't want to embarrass any of the nominees on the contrary
seeing a little difference between x any y would show up more about
the results than knowing that x have been elected and y have not. But
indeed this
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,
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
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
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
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
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
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
Congratulations to the new BoD.
Great team for the exciting times
ahead
Venka
Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo CRO) wrote:
The election for the OSGeo Board of Directors in now completed. The
following, in alphabetical order, were elected to fill the 5 vacant
positions:
* Jeroen Ticheler
* Jo Walsh
Congratulations to the new BoD, and hope OSGeo will touch new heights
in their leadership. At the same time, I wish suitable strategies may
be adopted for more acceptance of OSGeo in developing countries, which
has huge potential.
--
H.S.Rai
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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.
Best regards,
Tamas Szekeres
2007/8/7, OSGeo CRO Tyler Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
The election for the OSGeo Board of Directors in now completed. The
following, in
The election for the OSGeo Board of Directors in now completed. The
following, in alphabetical order, were elected to fill the 5 vacant
positions:
* Jeroen Ticheler
* Jo Walsh (re-elected)
* Markus Neteler (re-elected)
* Paul Ramsey
* Robert (Bob) Bray
We had good voter turnout - 90% of
Hi All,
My Congratulations to all the newly elected board
members. Hope the OSGeo board will promote more
vigorously development, and implementation of FOSS GIS
in the world and the developing world in Particular.
The ground realities of the complex needs of
developing world may be given a
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