Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections time 2018

2018-12-03 Thread Vasile Craciunescu
Dear all, Thanks to Tom Kralidis, I just realize that a mistake was introduced into the bellow message. Voting deadline is not 4th of December but 3rd of December, how it was reflected in all the vote messages sent to our charter member community. Please accept my most sincere apologies for

[OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections time 2018

2018-11-26 Thread Vasile Craciunescu
Dear charter members, It's time to vote for our new members of the board of directors. Like in the previous years, an electronic voting system was setup. In minutes from now, emails with personal voting links will be sent to all our charter members. If you don't receive your voting link in

[OSGeo-Discuss] Board Elections: OSGeo needs you now!

2018-11-08 Thread María Arias de Reyna
Dear fellow members, We are on the process of electing board members for the next two years. This is the moment when you can leave a good footprint on OSGeo. Is there something you think we should do better? Is there something you think we can improve? Is there something you want to make sure

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Elections 2017 from the CRO point of view

2017-10-26 Thread Jody Garnett
I will be able to make it to for tomorrow 14:00 UTC, assume we are meeting on the IRC channel. 1) Several recommendations were on offer a) *Change the existing membership process with another one more balanced, that assures both inclusiveness and a consistent weight for the charter member

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Elections 2017 from the CRO point of view

2017-10-25 Thread Helena Mitasova
unfortunately it looks like I won't be able to make tomorrow, although I will try to connect. I mostly agree with Michael and I don't think we should repeat the election for the many reasons that CRO has highlighted. The rules for the next election will need to be revised and updated by the new

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Elections 2017 from the CRO point of view

2017-10-25 Thread Michael Smith
I should be able to make it tomorrow but I will publish my thoughts here. 1) while we have had something more involved in previous years, the end result was the same. I’d really hate to change the process again so quickly although I do like the template idea. Maybe via form on the wiki or

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Elections 2017 from the CRO point of view

2017-10-25 Thread Massimiliano Cannata
Vasile, Thanks. On the election, I think fair play should not be an option in our community. I hope we're not loosing respect and ethics... getting closer to politicians... I hope 2018 will be the OSGeo year of "open values" and "reach in" to remember our roots. Maxi Il 25 ott 2017 11:06 PM,

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Elections 2017 from the CRO point of view

2017-10-25 Thread María Arias de Reyna
On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 10:54 PM, Anita Graser wrote: > Thank you for your summary and assessment of the situation, Vasile! > > On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 9:57 PM, Jody Garnett > wrote: >> >> I am not sure I have collected my own thoughts, in the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Elections 2017 from the CRO point of view

2017-10-25 Thread Anita Graser
Thank you for your summary and assessment of the situation, Vasile! On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 9:57 PM, Jody Garnett wrote: > > I am not sure I have collected my own thoughts, in the interests of > meeting your request I would like to ask if the current board members are >

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Elections 2017 from the CRO point of view

2017-10-25 Thread Jody Garnett
] > Enviado: miércoles, 25 de octubre de 2017 15:21 > Para: Vasile Craciunescu > Cc: OSGeo Discussions; osgeo-board List > Asunto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Elections 2017 from the CRO point of > view > > Thanks Vasile, > > You managed to cut down to the thing

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Elections 2017 from the CRO point of view

2017-10-25 Thread SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA
/ De: Discuss [discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] en nombre de Marc Vloemans [marcvloema...@gmail.com] Enviado: miércoles, 25 de octubre de 2017 15:21 Para: Vasile Craciunescu Cc: OSGeo Discussions; osgeo-board List Asunto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Elections 2017 from the CRO point

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Elections 2017 from the CRO point of view

2017-10-25 Thread Marc Vloemans
Thanks Vasile, You managed to cut down to the things that really mattered and that we can all learn from. Impressive clear and comprehensive summary. I hope his advice will be weighed and incorporated into future policies regarding the Foundation's governance. Kind regards, Marc Vloemans >

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections time

2017-10-21 Thread Anna Petrášová
treasu...@osgeo.org From: Discuss <discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Jachym Cepicky <jachym.cepi...@gmail.com> Date: Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 3:39 AM To: <ea...@co.lincoln.or.us>, Vasile Craciunescu <vas...@geo-spatial.org> Cc: OSGeo Discussions <discus

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections status - day 1

2017-10-19 Thread Barry Rowlingson
I've just dug my voting invite out of the Gmail spam and voted. The discuss list has been hard to keep up with lately, so I hadn't been aware of the impending opening of the vote. The OSGeo calendar http://www.osgeo.org/event/ical is a bit sparse at the moment. Perhaps we need to track important

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections time

2017-10-19 Thread Michael Smith
Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 3:39 AM To: <ea...@co.lincoln.or.us>, Vasile Craciunescu <vas...@geo-spatial.org> Cc: OSGeo Discussions <discuss@lists.osgeo.org> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections time > Vasile, what is the subject of the mail I should recieve? &

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections time

2017-10-19 Thread Jachym Cepicky
Vasile, what is the subject of the mail I should recieve? THanks J st 18. 10. 2017 v 19:15 odesílatel Eli Adam napsal: > On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 3:42 AM, Vasile Craciunescu > wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > Based on the feedback received from two

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections status - day 1

2017-10-19 Thread H.S.Rai
On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 4:39 AM, Vasile Craciunescu wrote: > > we know that an > important number of members with Gmail e-mail accounts got the invitation in > the spam folder. If you are using an Gmail account in your relation with > OSGeo, please check your spam folder.

[OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections status - day 1

2017-10-18 Thread Vasile Craciunescu
Dear all, At the end of the first day of voting (I mean, end of the day for me, in Europe) we got exactly 100 votes (25.6%). I guess this is not bad. I encourage everyone to vote ASAP. After a number of reports, we know that an important number of members with Gmail e-mail accounts got the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections time

2017-10-18 Thread Eli Adam
On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 3:42 AM, Vasile Craciunescu wrote: > Dear all, > > Based on the feedback received from two of our members (thank you Dimitris > and Gert-Jan), I did a small change in the voting system. The change is on > the number of votes than one can cast. The

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections time

2017-10-18 Thread Vasile Craciunescu
The change was to lower the minimum number of votes to 1. Sorry for not including the information in previous message. -Vasile CRO 2017 On 10/18/17 1:42 PM, Vasile Craciunescu wrote: Dear all, Based on the feedback received from two of our members (thank you Dimitris and Gert-Jan), I did a

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections time

2017-10-18 Thread Vasile Craciunescu
Dear all, Based on the feedback received from two of our members (thank you Dimitris and Gert-Jan), I did a small change in the voting system. The change is on the number of votes than one can cast. The initial system was maximum 5, minimum 5, which does not make sense if you want to abstain

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections time

2017-10-18 Thread Dirk Frigne
Vasile, I think for the new *GDPR*[1] regulation coming into force into Europe for privacy protection, we will have to propose a system where users can see and change their data. The directive becomes active May, 25 2018. This is not only true for OSGeo, but for every organisation working with

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] board elections: campaign week?

2016-09-10 Thread Jeffrey Johnson
+1 if felt pretty rushed last year. On Saturday, September 10, 2016, Jorge Sanz wrote: > Hi Gert-Jan thanks for the reminder :-) > > Candidates are encouraged to start, as you say, campaigning anytime. I > already mentioned on the nominations announce that'd be great to see >

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] board elections: campaign week?

2016-09-10 Thread Jorge Sanz
Hi Gert-Jan thanks for the reminder :-) Candidates are encouraged to start, as you say, campaigning anytime. I already mentioned on the nominations announce that'd be great to see candidates sharing their ideas for their term on this list. I'm open to allow an extra week between nominations and

[OSGeo-Discuss] board elections: campaign week?

2016-09-10 Thread Gert-Jan van der Weijden - Stichting OSGeo.nl
Hi all (and especially our elections organizer) Reading the schedule for the board elections I was wondering if there is a "campaign week" foreseen. By 20 September the final list of nominees (until now: 5 for 4 seats) will be announced, and the elections start immediately after that. I'd

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections

2015-09-25 Thread Sanghee Shin
Dear All, I’ve filled out my Manifestos there http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2015_Candidate_Manifestos . Regarding other questions, I’ll answer soon. All the best, 신상희 --- Shin, Sanghee Gaia3D, Inc. - The GeoSpatial

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections - vote of confidence for Sanghee

2015-09-25 Thread Cameron Shorter
OSGeo members, I think that few people understand the huge time commitment involved in chairing a FOSS4G conference. I certainly didn't when I volunteered to do so in 2009. Sanghee will almost certainly be completely burned out, as if he has finished a marathon race. However, the fact that he

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections - vote of confidence for Sanghee

2015-09-25 Thread Vasile Craciunescu
+1 I totally agree with Cameron. I also think we should be more careful when we are demanding things from people that are already putting a lot of their time/energy/health in *doing* things for our community. I only did a rather small regional FOSS4G event (FOSS4G-CEE 2013 - 230+ people) but I

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections

2015-09-25 Thread Johan Van de Wauw
On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 7:47 AM, Gert-Jan van der Weijden - Stichting OSGeo.nl wrote: > With respect for all the board candidates and their busy agenda, I think for > the election campaign (manifestos + discussion) this is as good as it gets. > > > > For 2016, we might try to

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections

2015-09-25 Thread Stephen Woodbridge
chamber!) regards, Gert-Jan *Van:*discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] *Namens *Ravi Kumar *Verzonden:* vrijdag 25 september 2015 07:17 *Aan:* discuss *Onderwerp:* Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections There are -5- manifestos as of now. Pl insert the missing

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections

2015-09-25 Thread Dirk Frigne
hall in Bonn (which is > the former German parliament chamber!) > > > > > > regards, > > > > Gert-Jan > > > > > > *Van:*discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org > [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] *Namens *Ravi Kumar > *Ve

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections

2015-09-24 Thread Dirk Frigne
Due to the deadlines for this week, I was not able to react in a proper manner yet. You may expect my response to [1] and [2] tomorrow. D. On 23-09-15 23:35, Eli Adam wrote: > Hi Board Candidates, Charter members and all OSGeo members, > > Thanks to Steven for prompting to get some content into

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections

2015-09-24 Thread Sanghee Shin
Dear All, I’ll try to fill out my Manifestos and answer to several questions as a candidate of Board of Director by the voting deadline. However there would be possibility that I can’t do that. Actually I’m too tired and exhausted now to think about something and write down my thought there

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections

2015-09-24 Thread Ravi Kumar
There are -5- manifestos as of now. Pl insert the missing manifestos and give us a good contest. On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 11:27 AM, Ravi Kumar wrote: > My Dear OSGeo Charter members, > the board election date 26th Sept is just a few days away. > > Charter members

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections

2015-09-24 Thread Gert-Jan van der Weijden - Stichting OSGeo.nl
[mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] Namens Ravi Kumar Verzonden: vrijdag 25 september 2015 07:17 Aan: discuss Onderwerp: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections There are -5- manifestos as of now. Pl insert the missing manifestos and give us a good contest. On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 11:27 AM

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections

2015-09-23 Thread Eli Adam
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

[OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections

2015-09-21 Thread Ravi Kumar
My Dear OSGeo Charter members, the board election date 26th Sept is just a few days away. Charter members only can vote for the Board and so it is The Most Important Duty. If anything, regional representation is of great significance, especially in the Developing Countries. So please give a

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Elections - request for manifestos

2015-09-21 Thread Bart van den Eijnden
Please can all candidates do this soon? The survey has started already and it’s hard to vote without this info IMHO. Thanks Dirk for putting the info there already. Best regards, Bart > On 17 Sep 2015, at 10:31, Steven Feldman wrote: > > I would like to be able to vote

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Elections - request for manifestos

2015-09-17 Thread Vasile Craciunescu
Excellent initiative, Steven. Thank you! I had something similar on my todo list but I got overwhelm by the FOSS4G activities here in Seoul. Once again, thank you. I also invite all the candidates to take a little bit of time and create an entry on the wiki or simply send an e-mail to the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Elections - request for manifestos

2015-09-17 Thread Jorge Sanz
+1 That's a great idea Steven, with the membership growing and being more diverse, we can't expect that all candidates are well known by everyone so a brief mail answering your questions (and an update on the wiki) would be really cool. Greetings from the OSGeo Park at Intergeo15 :-) -- Jorge

[OSGeo-Discuss] Board Elections 2012

2012-08-03 Thread Arnulf Christl
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dear Charter Members, we are approaching the end of the 2012 elections [0]. The Board nomination period has ended and all nominees listed on [1] have confirmed that they are happy to stand for election. Please take your time to read through the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections Voting

2012-07-26 Thread Massimiliano Cannata
This is true we should avoid a small group of people push one person into the board.. But.. is also true that we should guarantee a good balance between different ideas and interests.. this is why in major democracies (like the US) also other factors are considered in elections: like

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections Voting

2012-07-26 Thread Duarte Carreira
2012 21:24 Para: osgeo-discuss Assunto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections Voting On 2012/07/24, at 13:48, Ravi Kumar wrote: Please consider changing the rule that only One vote for one candidate (by the charter member) in the Board election. Advantages: The only way to show that you

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections Voting

2012-07-25 Thread Toru Mori (森 亮)
I second to Ravi's proposal. Toru Mori OSGeo Japan Chapter On 2012/07/24, at 13:48, Ravi Kumar wrote: Please consider changing the rule that only One vote for one candidate (by the charter member) in the Board election. Advantages: The only way to show that you prefer a candidate is by

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections Voting

2012-07-25 Thread Dimitris Kotzinos
Hi all, I do agree with Arnulf on this: changing the rules in the middle of an election and not considering thoroughly the implications of the change is probably problematic. I think we need first to search a bit deeper on what exactly this means, e.g. do we prefer someone on the board that

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections Voting

2012-07-25 Thread Massimiliano Cannata
HI, my 2 cents to the discussion... I like the Stefano idea [1] where people can assign preferences and even understanding possible practical issues on changing the rules on the fly, i believe that if the proposal of changing the rules meet a large consensum, it may worth to be applied. Maxi

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections Voting

2012-07-25 Thread Howard Butler
On 2012/07/24, at 13:48, Ravi Kumar wrote: Please consider changing the rule that only One vote for one candidate (by the charter member) in the Board election. Advantages: The only way to show that you prefer a candidate is by voting to him / her more than once. Disadvantages: It

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections Voting

2012-07-25 Thread Mateusz Loskot
On 25 July 2012 21:23, Howard Butler hobu@gmail.com wrote: On 2012/07/24, at 13:48, Ravi Kumar wrote: Please consider changing the rule that only One vote for one candidate (by the charter member) in the Board election. Advantages: The only way to show that you prefer a candidate is by

[OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections Voting

2012-07-23 Thread Ravi Kumar
Please consider changing the rule that only One vote for one candidate (by the charter member) in the Board election. Advantages: The only way to show that you prefer a candidate is by voting to him / her more than once.___ Discuss mailing list

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections Voting

2012-07-23 Thread Alex Mandel
On 07/23/2012 09:48 PM, Ravi Kumar wrote: Please consider changing the rule that only One vote for one candidate (by the charter member) in the Board election. Advantages: The only way to show that you prefer a candidate is by voting to him / her more than once. Or use a choice voting

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections Voting

2012-07-23 Thread Venkatesh Raghavan
On 2012/07/24 13:48, Ravi Kumar wrote: Please consider changing the rule that only One vote for one candidate (by the charter member) in the Board election. Advantages: The only way to show that you prefer a candidate is by voting to him / her more than once. I strongly support the