Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 2011 Charter Member Election Results
Hello, On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 6:20 AM, nicolas bozon nicolas.bo...@gmail.comwrote: Michael, all Done - The page was created here: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_charter_member_page_instruction Thank you for creating the page. IMHO, Charter members should bind the activities of their Local Chapters with those of Osgeo. For instance, re-posting relevant emails from this list to local chapter's list and vice versa, with a little effort of translation, at least from local language to English. Osgeo members could also help to accomplish such task, tagging the posts that they consider relevant, as Please re-post it to local chapters. What do you think? My 2 eurocents, madi -- Eng. Margherita Di Leo Ph.D. Candidate Methods and Technologies for Environmental Monitoring Department of Environmental Engineering and Physics (DIFA) University of Basilicata Campus Macchia Romana 85100 - Potenza Italy Office: +39-0971205360 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 2011 Charter Member Election Results
I would think it appropriate to send an e-mail to people that will be retired as a charter member before they are removed. To be fair, they should've been warned they were on the list to be axed before the vote. (Maybe they already were?) I'm not trying to excuse anyone's lack of involvement, but I think it is important to remember that we are all busy and we don't want to take ourselves to seriously. Landon On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 4:33 AM, George R. C. Silva georger.si...@gmail.com wrote: Em quarta-feira, 30 de novembro de 2011 04:19:55, Venkatesh Raghavan escreveu: Daniel and All, Thanks for you hard work as CRO, Daniel. Could you also let us know what was the percentage of voting. My congratulations to all the new Charter Members and many thanks for all nominees for their participation. May be time to find out charter members who have abstained for Charter Member elections over the last two elections and consider a retirement policy for Charter Members. Best Venka On 2011/11/30 14:17, Daniel Morissette wrote: OSGeo Community, I am ready to announce the results of the 2011 Charter Member Election. • Note that we had a tie for the 20th slot, so I decided to welcome 21 new charter members for this year instead of 20 since that still fits within the limits of 20% new charter members set by the board at the 2011-09-17 board meeting (i.e. 20% of 104 = 20.8) • The new charter members for 2011 are (in alphabetical order): • Bob Basques • Brian Case • Eric Lemoine • Even Rouault • G.Hanumantha Rao • Gabriel Roldán • Jachym Cepicky • Lluís Vicens • Luca Delucchi • Maning Sambale • Margherita Di Leo • Martin Daly • Martin Landa • Massimo Di Stefano • Nicolas Bozon • Sanghee Shin • Stephen Woodbridge • Suchith Anand • Tim Sutton • Xianfeng Song • Yoicihi Kayama Those results are published in the wiki at http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2011#Final_Status:_2011-11-29 I will leave it up to our board secretary to update the official members database and we the official list on the website should also be updated soon (http://www.osgeo.org/charter_members) A warm welcome to our new charter members, and thank you to all candidates who didn't make it… it was a matter of only a few votes, so maybe next year? Daniel Morissette (OSGeo CRO, 2011) ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss Congratulations to all new charter members! ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 2011 Charter Member Election Results
I would suggest that on the contrary, being a Charter Member does come with responsibility -- it may be minimal but is critically important. All that is required is voting for new Charter Members and voting for the Board. Assuming, reasonable efforts have been made to be in touch with Charter Members, I think it's actually important to purge those who don't take this responsibility seriously. I would suggest it's a necessary part of preserving the integrity of the organization. Keep in mind, for many OSGeo is not just a past-time - it's a vested part of our institutions, businesses, and people. Dave On 2011-12-02, at 11:23 AM, Landon Blake wrote: I would think it appropriate to send an e-mail to people that will be retired as a charter member before they are removed. To be fair, they should've been warned they were on the list to be axed before the vote. (Maybe they already were?) I'm not trying to excuse anyone's lack of involvement, but I think it is important to remember that we are all busy and we don't want to take ourselves to seriously. Landon On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 4:33 AM, George R. C. Silva georger.si...@gmail.com wrote: Em quarta-feira, 30 de novembro de 2011 04:19:55, Venkatesh Raghavan escreveu: Daniel and All, Thanks for you hard work as CRO, Daniel. Could you also let us know what was the percentage of voting. My congratulations to all the new Charter Members and many thanks for all nominees for their participation. May be time to find out charter members who have abstained for Charter Member elections over the last two elections and consider a retirement policy for Charter Members. Best Venka On 2011/11/30 14:17, Daniel Morissette wrote: OSGeo Community, I am ready to announce the results of the 2011 Charter Member Election. • Note that we had a tie for the 20th slot, so I decided to welcome 21 new charter members for this year instead of 20 since that still fits within the limits of 20% new charter members set by the board at the 2011-09-17 board meeting (i.e. 20% of 104 = 20.8) • The new charter members for 2011 are (in alphabetical order): • Bob Basques • Brian Case • Eric Lemoine • Even Rouault • G.Hanumantha Rao • Gabriel Roldán • Jachym Cepicky • Lluís Vicens • Luca Delucchi • Maning Sambale • Margherita Di Leo • Martin Daly • Martin Landa • Massimo Di Stefano • Nicolas Bozon • Sanghee Shin • Stephen Woodbridge • Suchith Anand • Tim Sutton • Xianfeng Song • Yoicihi Kayama Those results are published in the wiki at http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2011#Final_Status:_2011-11-29 I will leave it up to our board secretary to update the official members database and we the official list on the website should also be updated soon (http://www.osgeo.org/charter_members) A warm welcome to our new charter members, and thank you to all candidates who didn't make it… it was a matter of only a few votes, so maybe next year? Daniel Morissette (OSGeo CRO, 2011) ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss Congratulations to all new charter members! ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 2011 Charter Member Election Results
On Dec 2, 2011, at 10:30 AM, Dave McIlhagga wrote: I would suggest that on the contrary, being a Charter Member does come with responsibility -- it may be minimal but is critically important. All that is required is voting for new Charter Members and voting for the Board. .. I agree with Dave. There is really not much that I do as a Charter Member that I couldn't do as joe-schmoe-at-large, and since voting is the only thing that I can do as a Charter Member, I better do that little bit with a sense of responsibility... else, dismantle the whole Charter Member thing and let's just get back to doing what we do as ordinary folks. And, in the end, all that matters is what we do. That merits saying again -- being a Charter Member is no bees-knees. Anyone who is *not* a Charter Member is just as equally valuable as anyone who is one. In the end, all that matters is what we contribute to the cause through our actions no matter what position we hold, even if it is no position at all. -- Puneet Kishor___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] 2011 Charter Member Election Results
Nicolas: This is a great idea. Could you please start by stubbing out a wiki page for this, and then others can add onto it? -mpg From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of nicolas bozon Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 6:56 PM To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 2011 Charter Member Election Results Hello all, As a fresh new charter member, i was precisely wondering if some guidelines for charter membership were available somewhere. I was about to ask in fact, when this thread came up. I knew that voting was one of the duties, but thought that some others may exist. According to me, charter members should also dynamise and promote their respective (and/or prefered) local chapter as much as possible. That would be nice if some experienced charter members could start such guidelines on the wiki or elsewhere where a kind of brainstorming could occur on that topic. My 2 cents Thanks Nick 2011/12/3 Mateusz Łoskot mate...@loskot.net On 2 December 2011 16:30, Dave McIlhagga dmcilha...@dmsolutions.ca wrote: I would suggest that on the contrary, being a Charter Member does come with responsibility -- it may be minimal but is critically important. All that is required is voting for new Charter Members and voting for the Board. Assuming, reasonable efforts have been made to be in touch with Charter Members, I think it's actually important to purge those who don't take this responsibility seriously. I would suggest it's a necessary part of preserving the integrity of the organization. Keep in mind, for many OSGeo is not just a past-time - it's a vested part of our institutions, businesses, and people. I support Dave's opinion here. OSGeo has no resources for mothering its Charter Members. Best regards, -- Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net Charter Member of OSGeo, http://osgeo.org Member of ACCU, http://accu.org ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 2011 Charter Member Election Results
Michael, all Done - The page was created here: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_charter_member_page_instruction Thanks to all experienced members to add their thoughts there ! Best, Nick 2011/12/3 Michael P. Gerlek m...@flaxen.com Nicolas: ** ** This is a great idea. Could you please start by stubbing out a wiki page for this, and then others can add onto it? ** ** -mpg ** ** ** ** ** ** *From:* discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] *On Behalf Of *nicolas bozon *Sent:* Friday, December 02, 2011 6:56 PM *To:* OSGeo Discussions *Subject:* Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 2011 Charter Member Election Results ** ** Hello all, As a fresh new charter member, i was precisely wondering if some guidelines for charter membership were available somewhere. I was about to ask in fact, when this thread came up. I knew that voting was one of the duties, but thought that some others may exist. According to me, charter members should also dynamise and promote their respective (and/or prefered) local chapter as much as possible. That would be nice if some experienced charter members could start such guidelines on the wiki or elsewhere where a kind of brainstorming could occur on that topic. My 2 cents Thanks Nick 2011/12/3 Mateusz Łoskot mate...@loskot.net On 2 December 2011 16:30, Dave McIlhagga dmcilha...@dmsolutions.ca wrote: I would suggest that on the contrary, being a Charter Member does come with responsibility -- it may be minimal but is critically important. All that is required is voting for new Charter Members and voting for the Board. Assuming, reasonable efforts have been made to be in touch with Charter Members, I think it's actually important to purge those who don't take this responsibility seriously. I would suggest it's a necessary part of preserving the integrity of the organization. Keep in mind, for many OSGeo is not just a past-time - it's a vested part of our institutions, businesses, and people. I support Dave's opinion here. OSGeo has no resources for mothering its Charter Members. Best regards, -- Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net Charter Member of OSGeo, http://osgeo.org Member of ACCU, http://accu.org ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ** ** ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
