Hi all, You may have been following the news around SOTM Tokyo which has just wrapped up last night. Always a significant event at SOTM is the Annual General Meeting of the OSM Foundation, and the (re-)election of board members.
I don't think there's an official count yet, but I understand that Simon Poole and Frederik Ramm were elected to the board, and Henk Hoff was re-elected for another term. I am sure an official announcement will follow on the OSMF blog. Which brings me to our local Chapter board elections, which will be held as part of the Chapter AGM at our 'local' conference - the SOTM US in Portland, on October 14 (exact date still tentative). Exact details will follow soon, but I want to point out a few things that you may want to think about as the elections draw near: 1) Only paid-up members of the US chapter can be nominated for a seat on the board, and only paid-up members of the chapter can vote in the elections for the chapter board. So consider joining now if you want to make a difference! Note that you will also get a significant discount on the registration fee for SOTM PDX if you join now --> http://bit.ly/join-osmus 2) If you're considering a board seat and you want to get an idea of what it entails, browse our meeting minutes [1], listen in on the next meeting (this Thursday at 5PM Pacific, details see the chapter wiki) or talk directly to one of the board members. I plan to post an informal report on my perspectives on a year of serving on the Chapter board on my blog sometime soon - I will let you know if and when that happens. [2] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/United_States/Minutes -- martijn van exel http://oegeo.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
