Okay, I'm responsible for the confusion. Yes, we have a vacancy on the board of directors of the HOT Foundation; yes, the foundation is electing a new board member; however, yes, you must already formally be a member of the foundation in order to vote for the board.
I didn't realize until I sent my email to the list that the election announcement was only sent privately to the 20 or so people who are already formal members of the foundation. I am personally of the opinion that this kind of announcement and discussion ought to be on the public mailing list, but I have not been the one doing the work, so I can't really complain. I'm sorry if this has thrown anyone for a loop! SDE On Jul 17, 2011, at 12:25 PM, Floris Looijesteijn wrote: > 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
