Where can I learn more about each of the committees or other ways to participate?
Thanks, Razy On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Seven (aka Arnulf) <[email protected]>wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 17.11.2011 03:54, Daniel Morissette wrote: > > On 11-11-16 09:36 PM, Helena Mitasova wrote: > >> I would like to express my support for Martin's nomination. > > [...] > >> ... so he would be great to have on > >> the conference and education committees. > >> > > > > Nothing against Martin's nomination, but I wanted to point out the fact > > that it is not a requirement to be a charter member to participate on > > any of OSGeo's committees AFAIK. > > Good point. Let's reiterate, just to make sure: Everybody is free to > participate anywhere in OSGeo. This includes committee work, conference > organization, Web site, Marketing, founding Local Chapters, managing > OSGeo presence at events and so on. This is where the real life happens. > And if you are chair of a committee (meaning that you were elected by > peers because of your good work ) you automatically become a vice > president of OSGeo. > http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/board_and_officers.html > > OSGeo Charter Members only nominate and elect the board of directors. > This happens once a year. In the rare case that OSGeo needs to change > it's bylaws we also need to go through he Charter Membership. This is > not to belittle the Charter Membership but just to make sure that this > is not a barrier to any activity in OSGeo. > > Cheers, > Arnulf > > - -- > Exploring Space, Time and Mind > http://arnulf.us > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAk7FOcIACgkQXmFKW+BJ1b1o8ACfREjeX+TyqVRNBoVhlam9Odcz > VIAAn1e7277DaEetEXlx138tRKnDFwwF > =/CYm > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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