Some thoughts why I want to become a board member --------------------------------------------------------------------------
In the first place, becoming a board member is not like elections, where you stand up and promote yourself, and make yourself popular so you get elected. It are members of the OSGeo community who have asked if I would say yes for a mandate when they nominate me for being a board member. Why did these members ask me this? I've tried to answer that question for myself and I want to share my answer with the community. I hope that other members who asked me to do so will second this answer, or add some remarks I didn't spot yet. I think Jeff nominated me because he attended my presentation of last year about communities and ecosystems (in FOSS4G_CEE Bucharest [1] and FOSS4G 2013 Nottingham [2]). This is indeed a major topic I want to stand for. I call myself a Visionary GIS entrepreneur [3], because after years of observation of who I am and what is driving me, I observed I was. It seems like I have very sensitive antenna's about how other feel and act, which give me the ability to 'predict' how things will evolve. I am very passionate about the whole phenomenon "open" (not only source) (not only for Geo) and try to find answers why "I" - I main "We" - are committed to this. I want to work around " business" and OSGeo (see [4] and [5]) I want to work on "Fair Trade Open Source" (#fairtradeopensource) But what is very important: OSGeo is all about "We" and not "Me" in the opposite of the presentation "being an open source citizen" [6] where it is all about "Me". As I red in following blog [7] and I think this concept is true for OSGeo also: What does the WE community look like? - Its culture is based on principles, not power or politics. - Building and maintaining high trust is central to how people work together — not fear. - There is a clear strategic direction. *I want to work on this aspect* - Strategic decisions are made by consensus among the senior leadership. - Leadership is situational rather than positional. Everyone has the capacity to lead at any given point in time based on their knowledge and skills. *this may the reason I am the right person for the board at this moment* - Individuals subordinate their personal self-interest to the good of the whole. - The workforce owns the work processes. - There is transparency in how the organization operates. Secrecy creates distrust. - The organization’s design is flat and team-based; gone are the days of the pyramid. - People work collaboratively for the good of the whole. Independent achievers need not apply. - Accountability happens at the level of self, within teams, and based on results. - People are rewarded in part for achievement of organization goals, in part for their team work, and in part for their personal development and contribution to the whole. hope this helps, D. [1] http://2013.foss4g-cee.org/program/keynote-speakers [2] http://2013.foss4g.org/conf/programme/people/91/ [3] https://www.linkedin.com/in/frigne [4] http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2014-July/013030.html [5] http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/industry/2014-July/000000.html [6] http://vimeo.com/76365035 [7] http://www.tlnt.com/2014/07/08/driving-workplace-culture-is-yours-all-about-me-or-we/ -- Yours sincerely, ir. Dirk Frigne CEO Geosparc n.v. Brugsesteenweg 587 B-9030 Ghent Tel: +32 9 236 60 18 GSM: +32 495 508 799 http://www.geomajas.org http://www.geosparc.com _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss