Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Charter Member Nomination: Michele Tobias

[Sara Safavi]

+1 from me -- I actually didn't realize Michele wasn't already a charter
member!

On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 6:07 PM, Alex M  wrote:

> I second the nomination.
>
> -Alex Mandel
>
> On 09/05/2017 03:45 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote:
> > Forwarding Michele Tobias nomination by Kristin Bott. The 2017 member
> > nominations list has been updated [1].
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Vasile & Jeff
> > 2017 OSGeo Elections CROs
> >
> > [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2017
> >
> >
> >  Forwarded Message 
> >
> > Nominee: Michele Tobias, USA
> > Nominator: Kristin Bott, USA; Charter Member 2014 / FOSS4G LOC 2014 /
> > Code of Conduct Committee chair 2015-present
> >
> > I am writing to nominate Michele Tobias for OSGeo Charter Membership.
> > Michele is active in the development of FOSS4G software and open data
> > projects, as the lead programmer on the Literature Mapper plugin for
> > QGIS, the Data Curation Lead for the UC Davis Library’s American
> > Viticulture Area boundary data creation project, and an active
> > contributor to OpenDroneMap. She was a founding member of the OSGeo
> > California chapter and is currently a *re*founding member of the QGIS US
> > users group (in collaboration with Randall Hale and Kurt Menke).
> >
> > Michele brings experience in many open source tools; in GIS (QGIS,
> > GRASS, SAGA GIS), and a number of programming languages (R, Python,
> > HTML, Leaflet), and database systems (SQLite, PostGRES, PostGIS,
> > SpatiaLite), as well as cartography and graphic design (Inkscape),
> > Photogrammetry & Aerial Photograph Interpretation, and Kite Aerial
> > Photography.
> >
> > A regular presenter and/or workshop leader at FOSS4G (2017, 2014, 2011)
> > and FOSS4G-NA (2016, 2015) conferences, Michele also is active within
> > the OSGeo California chapter, serving on the organizing committee for
> > their annual meetings (2015, 2013, 2011) as well as presenting at same
> > (2016, 2011). Michele also takes her open source geospatial work outside
> > of OSGeo venues, leading workshops at local (UC Davis Library, Davis R
> > User Group) and statewide (California GIS Conference 2015 + 2014; GIS
> > Day 2014) venues.
> >
> > Finally, the call for Charter Members "strive[s] to promote diversity".
> > While the above qualifications are completely compelling in their own
> > right, Michele is a woman working in education, research, and science --
> > not OSGeo's predominant demographic. Additionally, Michele is interested
> > in improving the diversity of both OSGeo membership and conference
> > attendance; by including her as a Charter Member, OSGeo gains the
> > further commitment of someone who is both technically very strong and
> > also committed to building a community that is more accessible to all.
> >
> >
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Nomination Mayte Toscano

[Sara Safavi]

+1 from me.

On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 6:56 AM, Vasile Craciunescu 
wrote:

> Forwarding Mayte Toscano nomination by María Arias de Reyna. The 2017
> member nominations list will be updated ASAP [1].
>
> Best regards,
> Vasile & Jeff
> 2017 OSGeo Elections CROs
>
> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2017
>
>
>  Forwarded Message 
> Subject: Nomination Mayte Toscano
> Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 09:22:02 +0200
> From: María Arias de Reyna 
> To: Mayte Toscano , CRO 
>
> Mayte is a free and open source advocator. She runs a geo company
> where she always tries to promote and extend free and open source
> software. She is an advanced user and developer for postGIS and qGIS.
> She is a very active leader in local and regional geo groups and also
> very active promoting diversity in technology. Mayte is also highly
> involved in new technologies like virtual reality and how to make geo
> software more usable to newcomers.
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] "Hostile Takeover" -- what do we mean by this?

[Sara Safavi]

> I encourage everyone to look at the larger page, some of this is covered
under guidence for candidate selection.

This is good, but as a reminder: the reason I brought this up to
discuss-list originally was to give voice to concerns of new nominees --
who do not necessarily see our "guidance for candidate selection", only the
brief email from CRO asking if they accept the responsibility of
"protect(ing) against hostile takeover".

I don't think we've fully addressed that original concern here yet.

On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 10:57 AM, Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I do not think we need to get the wording perfect, we have have multiple
> bullet points to cover this requirement.
>
> I encourage everyone to look at the larger page, some of this is covered
> under guidence for candidate selection.
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 30 August 2017 at 08:54, Kevin Smith <smit...@draconic.ca> wrote:
>
>> Maybe something like "maintain the organization's representation of the
>> diverse interests in the community"?
>>
>> It's a bit clunky but I think it works.
>>
>>
>> On 2017-08-30 07:33 AM, Margherita Di Leo wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> If I may still chime in, I don't think this keeps the meaning of what was
>> originally intended, I would add diversity to integrity. In an extreme
>> example, if you consider the risk of green aliens taking over osgeo, those
>> aliens may have integrity and still if they are too many, they would
>> naturally start to represent the interest of their planet. Diversity is
>> IMHO what would keep the balance.
>>
>> My 0.02€
>>
>> Il giorno mer 30 ago 2017 alle 06:35 Sara Safavi <s...@sarasafavi.com>
>> ha scritto:
>>
>>> Coming back to this discussion; thank you all who chimed in with more
>>> information.
>>>
>>> With the words of wisdom from Frank, Jody, and others -- is it fair to
>>> say that Charter Members have the responsibility of voting, as well as
>>> "preserving the integrity of the OSGeo Foundation"? That seems a less,
>>> well, hostile, way to express the main idea that seems to have come out of
>>> this discussion.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 11:41 AM, Sara Safavi <s...@sarasafavi.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi discuss,
>>>>
>>>> In the notification emails from CRO to new charter member nominees, the
>>>> following is included (emphasis mine):
>>>>
>>>> *"(Charter Members) have the following responsibilities: (1) annually
>>>> vote for OSGeo Board Members; (2) annually vote for new OSGeo Charter
>>>> Members and (3) be aware of and protect against a hostile takeover of
>>>> OSGeo."*
>>>>
>>>> I have had more than one nominee of mine contact me asking what exactly
>>>> this means. I agree with their concerns: this is strange language to use,
>>>> is not reflected in our bylaws, and frankly does not fit the image I
>>>> presented when I first contacted them asking if they would accept a
>>>> nomination.
>>>>
>>>> It may be a language barrier or simply a misunderstanding, but can we
>>>> clarify what is meant by using this kind of verbiage, and consider a
>>>> re-wording?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Sara
>>>>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] "Hostile Takeover" -- what do we mean by this?

[Sara Safavi]

Coming back to this discussion; thank you all who chimed in with more
information.

With the words of wisdom from Frank, Jody, and others -- is it fair to say
that Charter Members have the responsibility of voting, as well as
"preserving the integrity of the OSGeo Foundation"? That seems a less,
well, hostile, way to express the main idea that seems to have come out of
this discussion.

On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 11:41 AM, Sara Safavi <s...@sarasafavi.com> wrote:

> Hi discuss,
>
> In the notification emails from CRO to new charter member nominees, the
> following is included (emphasis mine):
>
> *"(Charter Members) have the following responsibilities: (1) annually vote
> for OSGeo Board Members; (2) annually vote for new OSGeo Charter Members
> and (3) be aware of and protect against a hostile takeover of OSGeo."*
>
> I have had more than one nominee of mine contact me asking what exactly
> this means. I agree with their concerns: this is strange language to use,
> is not reflected in our bylaws, and frankly does not fit the image I
> presented when I first contacted them asking if they would accept a
> nomination.
>
> It may be a language barrier or simply a misunderstanding, but can we
> clarify what is meant by using this kind of verbiage, and consider a
> re-wording?
>
> Thanks,
> Sara
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[OSGeo-Discuss] "Hostile Takeover" -- what do we mean by this?

[Sara Safavi]

Hi discuss,

In the notification emails from CRO to new charter member nominees, the
following is included (emphasis mine):

*"(Charter Members) have the following responsibilities: (1) annually vote
for OSGeo Board Members; (2) annually vote for new OSGeo Charter Members
and (3) be aware of and protect against a hostile takeover of OSGeo."*

I have had more than one nominee of mine contact me asking what exactly
this means. I agree with their concerns: this is strange language to use,
is not reflected in our bylaws, and frankly does not fit the image I
presented when I first contacted them asking if they would accept a
nomination.

It may be a language barrier or simply a misunderstanding, but can we
clarify what is meant by using this kind of verbiage, and consider a
re-wording?

Thanks,
Sara
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Charter member nominations period

[Sara Safavi]

Thanks for the links!

> Sorry to review all this on discuss, normally board stuff stays on the
board email list (but I appreciate the early enthusiasm, lots of great
people in this community to nominate).

The recent nominations that triggered my original question were sent to
discuss; the (old?) procedures as documented in the wiki require a post to
discuss; by definition charter members are not board members so the board
list doesn't apply. TL;DR: seems reasonable to continue discussion on this
topic here.

On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 3:49 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Checking, yes it has changed significantly, that page will need to be
> rewritten before voting can be called.
>
> Motion to change procedure is here:
>
> * https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2016-8-24#OSGeo_
> charter_member_election_procedure
>
> And referenced here:
>
> * https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Face_to_Face_Meeting_Boston_20
> 17#2017_elections
>
> Sorry to review all this on discuss, normally board stuff stays on the
> board email list (but I appreciate the early enthusiasm, lots of great
> people in this community to nominate).
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 23 August 2017 at 13:27, Sara Safavi <s...@sarasafavi.com> wrote:
>
>> > may need a moment to write up how nominations work
>>
>> Has anything significant changed from the process as documented here?
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process#General_Process
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 3:26 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I just published the meeting mins on the board, those included the time
>>> frames and the new voting procedure passed at last years F2F meeting in
>>> Bonn.
>>>
>>> However I agree Sara that the CRO has not yet made their announcement
>>> (and may need a moment to write up how nominations work).
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jody Garnett
>>>
>>> On 23 August 2017 at 13:23, Sara Safavi <s...@sarasafavi.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Has the window to nominate new charter members opened? I see some noms
>>>> are starting to go out, and I have a few to put forward myself this year -
>>>> but as I hadn't seen the CRO's announcement yet here on discuss I wanted to
>>>> make sure I didn't jump the gun. It's quite possible I missed the
>>>> announcement though, thus my question now.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> Sara
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Charter member nominations period

[Sara Safavi]

> may need a moment to write up how nominations work

Has anything significant changed from the process as documented here?
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process#General_Process

On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 3:26 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I just published the meeting mins on the board, those included the time
> frames and the new voting procedure passed at last years F2F meeting in
> Bonn.
>
> However I agree Sara that the CRO has not yet made their announcement (and
> may need a moment to write up how nominations work).
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 23 August 2017 at 13:23, Sara Safavi <s...@sarasafavi.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Has the window to nominate new charter members opened? I see some noms
>> are starting to go out, and I have a few to put forward myself this year -
>> but as I hadn't seen the CRO's announcement yet here on discuss I wanted to
>> make sure I didn't jump the gun. It's quite possible I missed the
>> announcement though, thus my question now.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Sara
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Charter member nominations period

[Sara Safavi]

Hi all,

Has the window to nominate new charter members opened? I see some noms are
starting to go out, and I have a few to put forward myself this year - but
as I hadn't seen the CRO's announcement yet here on discuss I wanted to
make sure I didn't jump the gun. It's quite possible I missed the
announcement though, thus my question now.

Thanks!
Sara
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