Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board election: no re-elections this year?

A few data points: * The OSGeo board has existed for nine years, with nine members each year, for a total of 81 positions. Except one year had an unfilled slot, so it’s actually 80. * 33 different people have served on the board. * The distribution of how-many-people served-for-N-years looks

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board election: no re-elections this year?

I had the same reflection as Gert-Jan. My comments & thoughts: - I agree with Jeff, but I think we must keep things 'fun'. Reaching a goal with an organisation (bringing it to a next level) can also be 'fun'. - I think it is important that the board has different skills, can develop a vision,

[OSGeo-Discuss] Call for Volunteers for FOSS4G Belgium October 29

Dear OSGeo enthusiast, The Dutch and French speaking Open GIS communities in Belgium have decided to join their forces in a Belgian chapter of the OSGEO foundation and to organise the first FOSS4G Belgium [0]. This conference will take place October 29 in the Brussels Environment and Energy

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board election: no re-elections this year?

Hello list, Preparing to cast my vote for the board election, I noticed that all 4 (Jáchym, Bart, Gérald, Jorge) board members who reached the end of their 2-year term are not standing for re-election. (besides that: Anne decided not to stay for her 2nd year of her 1st term) Some

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board election: no re-elections this year?

Hi Gert-Jan, My own opinion is that the OSGeo community and its projects are maturing and we are facing new issues that might not seem as "fun" as in the past, such as: renewing bylaws, FOSS4G structure, financial, training, certification, sponsorship, relations with other foundations. Sure

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Letter to the Board Candidates

+1 from a new charter member, who does not know personally any of the nominees : I need facts to cast my votes. Regards, Julien Le 22/09/2015 17:22, Gert-Jan van der Weijden a écrit : +1, from another "floating voter", almost standing in the polling station, wondering who to cast his vote

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board election: no re-elections this year?

On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 9:17 AM, Gert-Jan van der Weijden wrote: > Hello list, > > Preparing to cast my vote for the board election, I noticed that all 4 > (Jáchym, Bart, Gérald, Jorge) board members who reached the end of their > 2-year term are not standing for re-election.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board election: no re-elections this year?

Hi Gert-Jan, just my personal opinion here. I think there are a lot of growing pains, making the issues to deal with larger and more complex, with no obvious easy solutions. The time aspect was not the problem for me, the energy / friction aspect was. Btw, Jachym has been around for more than

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board election: no re-elections this year?

Hi, The below is my experience as (unpaid) boardmember in a few Danish voluntary organisations (ranging from 30 members to around 5-700 members). > Some questions arise: > - Is the board membership such a demanding job that members always resign > after 2 years? > - Is this a good thing, to

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board election: no re-elections this year?

> On Sep 23, 2015, at 9:17 AM, Gert-Jan van der Weijden > wrote: > > - Is the board membership such a demanding job that members always resign > after 2 years? I didn’t realize there was no term-limit. In fact, I believe there *should* be one to get new ideas, new

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board election: no re-elections this year?

Hi Gert-Jan, thanks for raising the question and will answer as an exit board member. On 23 September 2015 at 09:17, Gert-Jan van der Weijden wrote: > Hello list, > > Preparing to cast my vote for the board election, I noticed that all 4 > (Jáchym, Bart, Gérald, Jorge) board

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections

Hi Board Candidates, Charter members and all OSGeo members, Thanks to Steven for prompting to get some content into this election [0] along with the candidates who responded. Also thanks to Darrell [1] and mpg [2] for asking direct questions of the candidates. Are any candidates going to answer

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] board voting deadline

hello Vasile-our-CRO, 1. In the mail I received with the invitation to cast my vote it is stated that the voting closes 12.00 GMT on Friday 26 September 2015 2. The survey itself says voting closes at 12.00 GMT on 26 September (which is a Saturday) 3. However, the wiki page states that the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] board voting deadline

(second attempt, now to c...@osgeo.org instead of c...@osgeo.nl...) hello Vasile-our-CRO, 1. In the mail I received with the invitation to cast my vote it is stated that the voting closes 12.00 GMT on Friday 26 September 2015 2. The survey itself says voting closes at 12.00 GMT on 26 September

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] board voting deadline

Dear God! Sorry for all the confusion. I was jet-lagged when I sent the voting invitations. As you all know, we had a number of date adjustmens from the initial vote calendar. The survey was prepared in advanced and I did not make a good job in updating the dates properly. Again, all, please