Hi, so, how do we cast our vote? By email to the list? Who is currently on the board? Looks like I also missed the public announcement.
Cheers, /Seb. On 17 July 2011 06:19, Kate Chapman <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually this was public on the mailing list originally. After that I > emailed everyone directly to make sure the actual membership was in > contact. > > Ballots only went to members since it is a vote. > > -Kate > > On 7/17/11, Schuyler Erle <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > -- Cheers, /Seb.
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