Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Report from the OSGeo Board meeting

2011-09-21 Thread Mr. Puneet Kishor
On Sep 21, 2011, at 2:59 AM, Michael P. Gerlek wrote: I wrote recently that there three kinds of functions needed here: administrative (bookkeeping, answering mail, etc), tactical (project management, sys admin), and strategic (fundraising, outreach). The first can be done by a mixture of

[OSGeo-Discuss] Report from the OSGeo Board meeting

2011-09-20 Thread Arnulf Christl
Hello, this is a short report from the OSGeo board meeting held in Denver, USA after FOS4G 2011. We had a crammed agenda [1] with many things to talk about and will continue to do so on the board mailing list [2] over the coming weeks and months. Feel free to join us there and chime in if you are

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Report from the OSGeo Board meeting

2011-09-20 Thread Gary Sherman
On Sep 20, 2011, at 3:14 PM, Arnulf Christl wrote: * We have reconsidered the way the organization is run and came to the conclusion that it is time for a change. * We would like to diversify our outreach and fundraising and address a wider range of activities. * As a result we have decided