[HOT] HOT Board and Chair Elections

2017-03-01 Thread Mikel Maron
 HOT Community In a few hours, we will open nominations for Board and Chair elections! These are the key governance roles for HOT Voting Members, a very significant way to contribute to HOT. Nominations will be open until March 14 -- followed by a week of discussion til March 21, and then voting

Re: [HOT] HOT Board and Chair Elections

2015-03-07 Thread Nama Budhathoki
Thanks for doing that for me, Mark. On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 8:55 PM, Mark Cupitt wrote: > Hi Nama, Congratulations on your decision. > > You need to post your interest in seeking Nomination here > > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Board_Elections_2015#Members_Seeking_N

Re: [HOT] HOT Board and Chair Elections

2015-03-07 Thread Mark Cupitt
Hi Nama, Congratulations on your decision. You need to post your interest in seeking Nomination here https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Board_Elections_2015#Members_Seeking_Nomination I took the liberty of doing that for you, I hope you do not mind. Regards Mark Cupitt

Re: [HOT] HOT Board and Chair Elections

2015-03-07 Thread Nama Budhathoki
Greetings from Kathmandu! I have been reading messages regarding the election for HOT Board of Directors with interest and contemplating for it. Finally, I decided to declare my candidacy as I feel that my experience of building local OSM community here in Nepal, as well as establishing and managi

Re: [HOT] HOT Board and Chair Elections

2015-03-06 Thread Mark Cupitt
Hi All, sorry, I missed one additional comment, in terms of the Governance. Heather brings up an excellent point on continuity. It is very disruptive for any organization, especially one as globally diverse as HOT is, to change its entire leadership on an annual basis. In reality and in my experi

Re: [HOT] HOT Board and Chair Elections

2015-03-06 Thread Mark Cupitt
rote: >> >>> Thank you Joseph – I like the table and moved it up to the top of the >>> page >>> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Board_Elections_2015#Nominations_for_Humanitarian_OpenStreetMap_Team_Chair>. >>> Mark, maybe yo

Re: [HOT] HOT Board and Chair Elections

2015-03-06 Thread Blake Girardot
On 3/6/2015 2:29 PM, Heather Leson wrote: 3. Gender Are you a women? Please run for the Board. Ask me any questions and I can help. Claire was on the Board with me this past year. It made a difference in dynamic. One thing that we have not broached enough is the what I like to call the "mapper

Re: [HOT] HOT Board and Chair Elections

2015-03-06 Thread Joseph Reeves
; <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Board_Elections_2015#Nominations_for_Humanitarian_OpenStreetMap_Team_Chair>. >>> Mark, maybe you can delete, re-direct or link your page to there so we >>> don’t end up with manifestos in both locations? Also, I

Re: [HOT] HOT Board and Chair Elections

2015-03-06 Thread Heather Leson
st make sure it’s obvious which one your seeking >> nomination for. >> >> =Russ >> >> >> >> *From:* Joseph Reeves [mailto:iknowjos...@gmail.com] >> *Sent:* Thursday, March 05, 2015 4:14 AM >> *To:* Kate Chapman >> *Cc:* hot >> *Subjec

Re: [HOT] HOT Board and Chair Elections

2015-03-05 Thread Joseph Reeves
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 05, 2015 4:14 AM > *To:* Kate Chapman > *Cc:* hot > *Subject:* Re: [HOT] HOT Board and Chair Elections > > > > hi Kate, all, > > > > I've added a new table to that wiki page so that people with an interest > in the Board electio

Re: [HOT] HOT Board and Chair Elections

2015-03-05 Thread Russell Deffner
ursday, March 05, 2015 4:14 AM To: Kate Chapman Cc: hot Subject: Re: [HOT] HOT Board and Chair Elections hi Kate, all, I've added a new table to that wiki page so that people with an interest in the Board elections, and a statement posted somewhere, can put themselves forward as candidates

Re: [HOT] HOT Board and Chair Elections

2015-03-05 Thread Joseph Reeves
hi Kate, all, I've added a new table to that wiki page so that people with an interest in the Board elections, and a statement posted somewhere, can put themselves forward as candidates looking for nomination. So far that's Dale and myself. It's really good to see Mark and Dale put forward their

Re: [HOT] HOT Board and Chair Elections

2015-03-04 Thread Kate Chapman
Hi Mark, There is already a page for that where the nominations go: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Board_Elections_2015 I would suggest people link to their statements from there. Thanks, -Kate On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 8:29 PM, Mark Cupitt wrote: > Hi All, is there a

Re: [HOT] HOT Board and Chair Elections

2015-03-04 Thread Mark Cupitt
Hi All, is there a Wiki Page, Blog or somewhere where all the Manifestos can be published in one spot, rather than keeping them in an email thread which many people may or may not see. I took the liberty of creating this page, where members seeking nomination can publish their manifestos http://w

Re: [HOT] HOT Board and Chair Elections

2015-03-04 Thread Dale Kunce
HOT, When I sat down and starting reading through my email tonight I came across Joseph's great post about announcing the desire to serve on the HOT board. I quickly sat down and starting writing my first every OSM diary entry as my HOT board statement. I humbly ask for your nomination to the board

Re: [HOT] HOT Board and Chair Elections

2015-03-04 Thread Blake Girardot
Hi Joseph, I could not agree more. We as voting members really need to be more involved in the processes and activities of governing our organization. Input, ideas and our membership's priorities need to be expressed or the Board and Kate are left in the dark. If anyone is thinking about r

Re: [HOT] HOT Board and Chair Elections

2015-03-04 Thread Joseph Reeves
Hi all, Blake, thanks for nominating Heather; I was just thinking about this nomination process. All, last year one of the problems we went through with the Board election process was that a last minute proposal was made to radically change the organisation and members didn't, it could well be ar

Re: [HOT] HOT Board and Chair Elections

2015-03-04 Thread Blake Girardot
Hi everyone, It is my privilege to nominate Heather Leson for the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team Board of Directors. Heather is a dedicated and tireless HOT member and current Board member but most importantly, she always expresses and represents what to me are the core values of HOT: Altru

Re: [HOT] HOT Board and Chair Elections

2015-02-25 Thread Russell Deffner
Greetings HOT, Almost exactly one year and one week ago today, I announced my interest in a nomination for the 2014 HOT Chair position. That being only a short time after being elected as a voting member, all the while working the previous year towards drafting the Membership Code and Code of C

Re: [HOT] HOT Board and Chair Elections

2015-02-25 Thread Heather Leson
Thank you, Russell. Fellow Community supporters and members, I ask for your nomination and support to continue the mandate as your Board Member. https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Heather%20Leson/diary/34467 My recent article on OpenSource.com also highlights the opportunity that we have to cont

[HOT] HOT Board and Chair Elections

2015-02-23 Thread Russell Deffner
Good day HOT community, It is my humble honor to launch the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team 2015 Election for Board of Directors and Chairperson for the Voting Members! Key Dates: - Nomination period from today (23 February 2015) until 9 March 2015*. - Ballot/voting period from delivery (