Just to be clear, its 5-10 hours a _month_ for HOT board.
On Dec 2, 2012, at 8:28 AM, Mikel Maron <[email protected]> wrote: > Btw, I started on this page to document responsibilities for HOT Board > members, so candidates can know what they're getting into and new members > more quickly get up to speed. > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Board_Responsibilities > > > * Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Kate Chapman <[email protected]> > > To: hot <[email protected]> > > Cc: > > Sent: Sunday, December 2, 2012 7:12 AM > > Subject: [HOT] Board Elections (my thoughts/my position) > > > > HI All, > > > > Just wanted to give my thoughts on the board elections for this year. > > (Here is the link to the nominations page). > > > > 1. I will not be rerunning for the board this year. One of the things > > a lot of people (about 1/2) said when surveyed about people working > > for HOT being on the board was that they shouldn't be both. I've been > > thinking about it and it is a bit confusing to be one's own boss. > > Since I've been working as Acting Executive Director and intend to > > apply for the more permanent job when we hire for it I think it is > > best if I'm not on the board. I don't believe this will change a lot > > of my day to day activities, but think it will create a bit better > > separation between the board and those working for HOT full-time. > > > > 2. I think it would be great if the board had some fresh blood. We > > have a lot of people with great ideas and who really are knowledgable > > in open source/open data and humanitarian response at the moment. > > Thought a lot of these people don't have much free time. I think board > > members should spend at least 5 hours a week on board related > > activities (but to be honest 10 or so would be better). I think this > > also shouldn't be people's only contribution to HOT. So if you feel > > like you have time and want to get involved please sign-up to run! > > > > Being on the board to me means making strategic decisions about the > > running of HOT. This means not the day to day decisions such as > > detailed negotiation of contracts, hiring, or who should speak at what > > conference. More things like long-term funding, how to engage the > > membership, where HOT wants to be in five years. This mostly entails > > attending a monthly board meeting, attending a yearly in person > > meeting, and answering email at least on a weekly basis (but if it was > > done more often it would be really helpful). > > > > If anyone has any questions please feel free to ask me! > > > > Thanks, > > > > -Kate > > > > _______________________________________________ > > HOT mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
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