Are we voting for a new board? Where's the announcement of that? I probably missed it but I don't see anything on the HOT website either?
Greetings, Floris Looijesteijn On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Schuyler Erle <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey gang, > > If you haven't cast your ballot for the HOT Board of Directors yet, I would > like to encourage you to consider this, briefly: > > There is no question whatsoever that all three nominees for board positions > are eminently qualified to represent HOT, and would be valuable additions to > the Board of Directors, however -- our board already has a preponderance of > Americans. > > I mention this primarily because we, as HOT, have to deal with a humanitarian > aid community -- and particularly that part within the UN system -- that is > sometimes suspicious of Americans. We are sometimes perceived, regrettably, > as having a tendency to try to take over and run the whole show, whatever the > show is. Now, you all know as well as I do that the Americans involved in HOT > are sensitive to political nuance, and do strive to be suitably respectful of > our colleagues in other organizations, regardless of nationality. The problem > isn't with the HOTties -- it's with the possible perception of HOT from > *outside* our group. > > I believe that it is of the utmost importance to the future of the > Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team that the organization is NOT perceived by > others as primarily an American initiative. We are a group with a genuinely > international character, and the rest of the world should see us as such. > > Therefore I will tell you that I am voting for Harry Wood for the available > directorship. Harry is at least as qualified, as skilled, and as committed as > anyone else who has been nominated -- and he has the advantage of being from > someplace other than the US. I know that he will continue to be an asset to > our organization as a director on our board, and I hope that you will elect > him to this role. > > Yours truly, > > An American. > > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
