Hello list,
my last mail was not supposed to go on the list. Sorry.
Do me a favor - IGNORE IT.
Thanks
Astrid
Am 09.02.2012 08:09, schrieb Astrid Emde:
HAllo Arnulf,
danke für die Mail.....
On Wed, February 8, 2012 8:47 pm, Arnulf Christl wrote:
Folks,
this thread is growing way too big in my opinion. If you want to know why
Jeff resigned, please ask him.
I am not going to thank and farewell him because I don't think that he
is leaving and I want to leave a door open for him to just continue doing
what he is good at. This is not an employment situation where you kicked
out or go and that's it.
And I certainly do not want to make it feel like I am relieved that he
resigned from two important roles. It is going to be hard to impossible to
quickly fill the vacancy in the conf committee - anybody interested? Jeff
acknowledged that he sent a mere two emails to the conf committee since
FOSS4G and that this is simply not enough to run this committee.
Now before more speculation start: The board has NOT suggested him to
step down from the committee, neither explicitly nor implicitly - he did
this on his own. So we might say that he was not happy in the lead of both
the conf committee and board and that both eat up quite some time which he
currently is not prepared to spend, so he decided to resign.
All else is speculation and currently it is being done to the detriment
of the board and OSGeo as a whole which I find inappropriate. It is
probably just a coincidence that he chose to do this right after the board
meeting. He as well might have done it when he decided to not attend to
the board meeting about a week ago but chose not to. Lets get on with
things, again thank Jeff for all he has done welcome him back whenever he
feels like it.
Best regards,
Arnulf.
PS:
I am writing this as Seven of Nine, not as the president of this
organization. If anybody thinks the board really screwed up I know that
Arnulf is prepared to take the consequences and step down as president.
This won't help anybody and I don't feel at all like stepping down but
if we are collectively interested in growing this into a major demolition
then I am happy to follow suit.
PPS:
This is all you are going to hear from me in a while because I am away
from the Web now. This is an annual measure I take to avoid burning out and
has nothing whatsoever to do with OSGeo.
And thanks to several people who thanked the board for the work done and
the report to the discuss list and reassuring that we are on track.
Unfortunately these mail only come in personally, so I thought I'd
forward here to also thank the other board members for their good work.
Including Jeff for the time he was with us there.
Done.
On 02/08/2012 02:37 AM, Ravi Kumar wrote:
Hi Board,
pl do discuss this in the OSGeo Discuss list. I feel sorry to loose Jeff
(from the board) who has showcased OSGeo in non-english speaking
China,
Vietnam and many more.
Is there any connection with FOSS4G 2012.
Remember his talk at Cape Town, and the thunderous applause received.
Ravi
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*From:* Tim Sutton<[email protected]>
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*Sent:* Wednesday, February 8, 2012 1:51 PM
*Subject:* Re: [Board] Resignation from Board
Dear all
I have also been watching this thread from the sidelines and feeling
like things are being mishandled.
If Jeff was leaving because of e.g. family obligations or something
far removed from the activities of the board there would be no issue
here. However it seems quite clear that he is leaving due to finding the
internal machinations of the board untenable. My perception is that the
board happily accepted his resignation rather than trying to understand
why one of it's leading lights is leaving - and what can be done to
remedy the situation so that he will stay on. I am sure others share
this feeling.
While it may be the case that the board is acting within its
guidelines, it is important that from a public relations point of view
that you try to address this issue in a better way. Take the time to do
some PR to explain what is going on rather than simply quoting bylaws.
At the very least some publicity (mailing lists, web site
etc.) thanking Jeff for his time with the board and showing your
appreciation for all the work he has put into OSGEO would be a nice send
off for Jeff.
Best regards
Tim
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 8:56 AM,<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Dar All
I agree with Venka and Jeroen and I'm also very sad because Jeff has
done a
lot for our community. Bset.
Maria
Def. Quota Venkatesh Raghavan<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>:
On 2012/02/07 20:21, Michael P. Gerlek wrote:
Jeff's decision to resign from the board and the conference
committee was
his own decision, and I think his two emails covered what needed
to
be said.
This is sad, of course, but Jeff has his reasons and beyond that
we
should
respect his privacy.
Jeff has made most of his recent views public
http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2012-January/009364.html
http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2012-February/009394.html
http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2012-February/001633
.html
I think the Board owes an explanation to the community (on
osgeo-discuss) about the reasons/circumstances that led to acceptance
of Jeff's resignation. This will
be no disrespect to his privacy. This should be done before Board
Members start expressing thier private
views about how the vacant Board member seat can be filled. ....
On 2012/02/07 18:23, Jeroen Ticheler wrote:
My questions to you are now if will you come up with a
statement
related
to this and if you will make an announcement on OSGeo Discuss
before more
discussion and gossip starts to take place.
I fully agree with Jeroen on the that.
Venka
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