Hi Gert-Jan, thanks for raising the question and will answer as an exit board member.
On 23 September 2015 at 09:17, Gert-Jan van der Weijden <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello list, > > Preparing to cast my vote for the board election, I noticed that all 4 > (Jáchym, Bart, Gérald, Jorge) board members who reached the end of their > 2-year term are not standing for re-election. (besides that: Anne decided > not to stay for her 2nd year of her 1st term) > > Some questions arise: > - Is the board membership such a demanding job that members always resign > after 2 years? Not a huge demanding job, I spend more time for the foundation in other tasks, but it also depends on how much time you want to spend, there's work for everyone :-) In my case where I switched jobs this year time was an issue, yes. Also the lack of energy and the feeling that others could do better than me. I'm incredibly happy to see so good board candidates. > - Is this a good thing, to make sure we dont'have board members who are tied > to their seats? > - Or is this a bad thing, with board members switching too fast to reach > their goals? > If I had a clear goal unaccomplished and the energy to do it I'd apply for re-election, anyway I'd had a hard time to get elected again with such good candidates this year. The way the Board is renovated assures projects and know how are well passed along new members and nobody can be tied to their seat as long as the community decides they are doing a good job and deserve it. Finally, I've had a great time working at the Board, I've learned a lot and enjoyed to team with the rest of the members, they all deserve my biggest respect. I hope some day to get again the time, energy and support to apply for the Board and serve this community at the most committed level. All the best -- Jorge Sanz http://www.osgeo.org http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jorge_Sanz GPG: 86F8 3EA0 BD19 0CA2 801D 4FB2 6B45 68E4 6FB2 D89D _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
