<Aside> I interrupt here to point out that of late the Board has been faced with some significant questions about the aim and scope of our organization. This is a good thing: it is what the Board is there for.
We the Charter Members are tasked with electing new board members shortly, and thus have a chance to directly influsence those discussions. I look forward to seeing those nominated put forward their positions on these issues so we can all vote knowledgably. </Aside> -mpg > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Ramsey > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 9:28 AM > To: OSGeo Discussions > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Chickens, Boards and Export Restrictions > > On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 8:56 AM, Arnulf Christl > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > One critique is that the board of directors does not make > decisions easily > > and quickly which could be seen as a weakness (chickens) [1]. > > A consensus decision making process necessarily limits the scope of an > organization to the minimal vision, the place where everyone's beliefs > intersect, which can be quite small indeed. > > Tyler has been doing well at rolling in some sponsors over the last > months, I hope that as ED he feels he can bring some proposals forward > in the coming months to spend that money and some of the FOSS4G money > in effective ways. > > That you see our inability to do things as a good thing only speaks to > your minimalist vision, what you want to do, and what OSGeo can do, > line up pretty OK, I guess. I see OSGeo pissing away chances to > galvanize open source in the marketplace, to spur the kind of > credibility that will float all our boats. You say potato, I say > potato. > > P. > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
