Many people will know that Kate has been at the core of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team from the beginning, doing a very professional job of building the organisation as a whole, and particularly the side of the organisation which does things like giving staff contracts and salaries, negotiating funding via grant proposals, and presenting a professional face to partners and funders. i.e. the organised bit of the organisation! There are so many of us (myself included) enjoying spare-time volunteering for HOT, which is hugely valuable of course, but Kate's contribution has been on another level.
You may be thinking "well she was paid to do all of this", but we didn't pay her anywhere near enough, and we treated her badly in lots of other ways. Despite this she stuck at it for as long as this, and she performed the Executive Director role with dedication, passion, and professionalism. These will be big shoes to fill, and we will need to have a conversation about how to manage a difficult transition, since Kate will be moving on to a new full time job elsewhere. Despite that, I feel happy that for my friend Kate. Happy that she will looking after herself for a change. She deserves it. Thank you Kate, for all your hard work! Harry ________________________________ From: Heather Leson <[email protected]> To: Kate Chapman <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, 9 March 2015, 9:25 Subject: Re: [HOT] Not Gone...A Change in Relationship HI Kate, thank you very much for all your dedication. The first time I really understood the potential of HOT was viewing your video right after the Haiti earthquake. Your efforts to build the organization and support the community have been inspiring. HOT has become a successful digital humanitarian community and organization under your leadership. We have humanitarian and technology partners. The community and membership are strong and talented. Staff hired are doing great work. We are established with successful programmes and partnerships in many places, including, to name just one, the long standing Indonesia project. There will always be more to do - more activities to improve, more conversations to have, more decisions to collaborate, more plans to create and more maps to make. But now we have the basis to grow. Thank you for your determination to make a difference and for constantly being an advocate for HOT's mission around the world. You will be missed. But you leave us in a position to grow. Truly I want to congratulate you on your new role. They are lucky to have you. And, I'm delighted that you will be active in HOT to mentor, share and create in the future. **** For my fellow members, I am consulting with my fellow board members and membership chair. We will be respond soon on plans and ask for help. Thanks again, Heather Heather Leson [email protected] Twitter: HeatherLeson Blog: textontechs.com On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 7:36 AM, Kate Chapman <[email protected]> wrote: Hi All, > > >Something that was pointed out to me is I did not put the date this change is >effective in my previous email. My last day working full-time for HOT will be >April 10th. > > >Thanks, > > >-Kate > > >On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 8:59 PM, Kate Chapman <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> >>Dear HOT community >> >>In January 2010 HOT came to me during a transition period in my life. As I >>look back over the past 5 years I can’t even imagine where I’d be today >>without the HOT community. With this in mind it is now time for me to >>transition again into a different role within HOT. It is time for my time as >>a paid staff member to end, though I will still be contributing as a >>volunteer. >> >>I have accepted a position with a new organization (so new it is currently >>nameless) as their Chief Technology Officer, I’ll be working to build an >>open-source land rights mapping system. This mean I am stepping down from my >>Executive Director role at HOT. I will be remaining a participant in the HOT >>community as both a Voting Member, administrator for the Outreachy internship >>program, and within the Missing Maps Project and OpenAerialMap. I hope to see >>many of you at the HOT Summit as well. >> >>I will assist the Board of Directors of HOT in both a handover plan and >>documentation of my role at the organization. The Board will be following up >>with instructions and next steps in the next day. >> >>If you have any questions or just even want to talk please contact me >>directly. The Board is also available to answer questions as needed, they can >>be reached at [email protected]. To keep in touch with me personally, please >>update your address book for [email protected]. >> >>The HOT community is strong and I can’t wait to see what we will do in the >>future. >> >>Thank you, >>-Kate >> >> >>-- >> >>Kate Chapman >>Executive Director >> >>email: [email protected] >>U.S. mobile: +1 703 673 8834 >>Indonesian mobile: +62 82123068370 >> >> >>Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team >> >>Using OpenStreetMap for Humanitarian Response & Economic Development >>web | twitter | facebook | donate > > > >-- > >Kate Chapman >Executive Director > >email: [email protected] >U.S. mobile: +1 703 673 8834 >Indonesian mobile: +62 82123068370 > > >Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team > >Using OpenStreetMap for Humanitarian Response & Economic Development >web | twitter | facebook | donate >_______________________________________________ >HOT mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
