On 8/17/07, Dave Patton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > P Kishor wrote: > > > I believe pegging Board-membership to geography is a good thing > > > I also believe that while one can contribute as much while being an > > ordinary member as opposed to a charter or a Board member (I became a > > charter member only a couple of months ago), Board membership could be > > an important label to find local support. After all, if there were no > > difference then why even have these different labels? When one is > > going around drumming up support, having a position carries a heft. > > Perhaps there is some resistance to "artificially" creating > a geographically diverse Board, but who say that is the > only option? There could be "OSGeo Regional Representatives", > who are elected, and who, by definition, represent specific > geographic regions, without those people necessarily also > being board members. They could have an advisory role to > the Board. >
a rose by any other name... should work well as far as I am concerned. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
