+1, from another "floating voter", almost standing in the polling
station, wondering who to cast his vote for...
Regards,
Gert-Jan
Michael Gerlek <m...@flaxen.com> schreef:
Dear Board Candidates:
Your past actions have shown to your peers that you have the skills
and qualifications to help lead OSGeo: congratulations on your
nomination to be a member of the Board of Directors!
There are seven of you to choose from, but I am only allowed to vote
for five of you: please help me make an informed choice.
So far, only four of you have chosen to fill out the wiki page [1]
with your thoughts on why you should be elected, and none of you
have yet replied to Darrell’s list of three questions posted
yesterday. For myself, I will narrow my choices by excluding any
candidate who has not done taking advantage of at least one of those
two opportunities.
Furthermore, I’m looking for you to provide specific ideas that you
would like to see the the board address if you are elected. For
example, these kinds of statements, while laudable, are generally
insufficient for me:
- “I want to improve collaboration”
- “I will provide a fresh perspective”
However, saying things like this are very helpful:
- “I have seen a problem with the board not sufficiently funding
subcommittee X to do activities like Y”
- “our current structure of regional chapters does not adequately
serve the needs of community S and their needs for representation in
doing T”
- “I would like to see OSGeo try new thing A, because I heard from
people at FOSS4G that A needs a home and some leadership”
(Indeed, I’m almost more concerned with whether you can show you
have thought about actionable ideas to bring to OSGeo than I am with
whether I actually agree with your ideas or not!)
Please help me make an informed vote this week. Thanks!
-mpg
[1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2015_Candidate_Manifestos
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