Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Cameron Shorter
Hello, I wuold say that having people in the board living in Oceania could save some trip to other memebers and help in promoting in that continent OSGeo! The same would be for Asia or Africa... I believe that Global fundation needs global representatives! Maxi On Monday, July 30, 2012, Seven (aka Arnulf) wrote: Cameron, OSGeo is globally active and there are no rules that members have to be located in a specific region in order to become a Member, Charter Member, Director or to be active in any other role. Board, this is a request from a potential new director asking two questions he would like to get answered before he accepts his nomination. [snip] * Lastly, we should have members of the board who are prepared to travel and this is something I won't be able to fulfil due to my family situation. And as I live in Australia, I work the graveyard shift of the rest of the world, which means awkward meeting slots for some. Before I take on a board position, I will need to ask other board members if they are in a position to work around this. In my opinion this is a no brainer. We are a geospatial organization that is globally active. So it must be possible for the board to act in a global way. Our beautiful planet happens to be sort of a ball and while revolving around it's own axis exposes different regions to the sun resulting at different times. The location of a member cannot not be a criteria of exclusion to contribute. Am I wrong here? Having said that - it makes things more difficult. But we did manage with Venka and Ravi and several OSGeo committees also meet around the clock. My appeal to the board is to confirm that physical location cannot be a criteria not to become an OSGeo director - or simply ignore this message which I will take for a silent confirmation. Cheers, Arnulf On 29/07/2012 5:08 PM, Roald de Wit wrote: On 29/07/12 15:00, Michael P. Gerlek wrote: I am pleased to nominate Cameron Shorter to be a member of the OSGeo Board. Followers of this list will no doubt already be familiar with Cameron: active in this foundation since the very beginning, he chaired the 2009 FOSS4G conference, has served on various OSGeo committees, and has worked on the OSGeo-Live project, among many other contributions. He would surely make a great addition to the board team for the next two years. I'd like to second this! Here are my reasons for supporting Cameron's nomination: Cameron has been active in the OSGeo community since its inception. You may remember Cameron as one of the core developers behind Community Mapbuilder, GeoTools and OpenLayers. More recently he chaired the successful FOSS4G 2009 Conference in Sydney and now he is one of the driving forces behind the OSGeo-Live community. He is a founding charter member of OSGeo and his active participation in many of the OSGeo committees and mailing lists (Discuss, Marketing, Education, FOSS4G, Conference, Incubator, Live-Demo and more) shows his ongoing dedication to OSGeo. I have had the pleasure of working for and with him in a both a professional context, as well as being members of the Community Mapbuilder, OpenLayers and OSGeo-Live projects. His commitment to the community and and open standards are exemplary. Cameron's experience, vision and dedication would make him a great addition to the board. Regards, Roald ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org javascript:; http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Exploring Space, Time and Mind http://arnulf.us ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org javascript:; http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- -- Dr. Eng. Massimiliano Cannata Responsabile Area Geomatica Istituto Scienze della Terra Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana Via Trevano, c.p. 72 CH-6952 Canobbio-Lugano Tel: +41 (0)58 666 62 14 Fax +41 (0)58 666 62 09 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Cameron Shorter
Cameron, OSGeo is globally active and there are no rules that members have to be located in a specific region in order to become a Member, Charter Member, Director or to be active in any other role. Board, this is a request from a potential new director asking two questions he would like to get answered before he accepts his nomination. [snip] * Lastly, we should have members of the board who are prepared to travel and this is something I won't be able to fulfil due to my family situation. And as I live in Australia, I work the graveyard shift of the rest of the world, which means awkward meeting slots for some. Before I take on a board position, I will need to ask other board members if they are in a position to work around this. In my opinion this is a no brainer. We are a geospatial organization that is globally active. So it must be possible for the board to act in a global way. Our beautiful planet happens to be sort of a ball and while revolving around it's own axis exposes different regions to the sun resulting at different times. The location of a member cannot not be a criteria of exclusion to contribute. Am I wrong here? Having said that - it makes things more difficult. But we did manage with Venka and Ravi and several OSGeo committees also meet around the clock. My appeal to the board is to confirm that physical location cannot be a criteria not to become an OSGeo director - or simply ignore this message which I will take for a silent confirmation. Cheers, Arnulf On 29/07/2012 5:08 PM, Roald de Wit wrote: On 29/07/12 15:00, Michael P. Gerlek wrote: I am pleased to nominate Cameron Shorter to be a member of the OSGeo Board. Followers of this list will no doubt already be familiar with Cameron: active in this foundation since the very beginning, he chaired the 2009 FOSS4G conference, has served on various OSGeo committees, and has worked on the OSGeo-Live project, among many other contributions. He would surely make a great addition to the board team for the next two years. I'd like to second this! Here are my reasons for supporting Cameron's nomination: Cameron has been active in the OSGeo community since its inception. You may remember Cameron as one of the core developers behind Community Mapbuilder, GeoTools and OpenLayers. More recently he chaired the successful FOSS4G 2009 Conference in Sydney and now he is one of the driving forces behind the OSGeo-Live community. He is a founding charter member of OSGeo and his active participation in many of the OSGeo committees and mailing lists (Discuss, Marketing, Education, FOSS4G, Conference, Incubator, Live-Demo and more) shows his ongoing dedication to OSGeo. I have had the pleasure of working for and with him in a both a professional context, as well as being members of the Community Mapbuilder, OpenLayers and OSGeo-Live projects. His commitment to the community and and open standards are exemplary. Cameron's experience, vision and dedication would make him a great addition to the board. Regards, Roald ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Exploring Space, Time and Mind http://arnulf.us ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Cameron Shorter
Excellent nomination. OSGeo Live has added huge momentum to the education efforts of OSGeo. Cameron's expertise will definitely enrich the Board .I strongly support this nomination. Best wishes, Suchith From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Michael P. Gerlek [m...@flaxen.com] Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 6:00 AM To: OSGeo Discussions Cc: c...@osgeo.org Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Cameron Shorter I am pleased to nominate Cameron Shorter to be a member of the OSGeo Board. Followers of this list will no doubt already be familiar with Cameron: active in this foundation since the very beginning, he chaired the 2009 FOSS4G conference, has served on various OSGeo committees, and has worked on the OSGeo-Live project, among many other contributions. He would surely make a great addition to the board team for the next two years. -mpg ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system: you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Cameron Shorter
Thank you all for the board nomination, and kind words. I should point out what I believe is important in an OSGeo board, which in turn will guide how I'd like to behave as a board member. * I believe a board should listen to the community, work out what is the best for the community, then vote accordingly. * We need to recognise the limited time constraints of (already busy) board members. If most decisions are deferred to an 8 member board, then we are wasting the potential of the 1000s of OSGeo volunteers, and 100s of OSGeo charter members. So primarily, a board's role should purely be a job of oversight, validating decisions made in OSGeo's various committees and projects. * It is important to discuss ideas, but even more important is to follow through with solid actions, and I believe it is important to look for opportunities to enable volunteers to make a difference. It is important to work out ways to collate our volunteer efforts effectively and efficiently to make something much bigger than one person can do on their own. Effectively, a role of OSGeo Chair and Board positions is about help OSGeo volunteers help themselves. * It is good for a board to have a breadth of experience and opinions, but even more important is for a board to be able to work together effectively to make decisions. This means that at times, each board member will need to compromise, because a compromise is almost always better than making no decision at all. * Lastly, we should have members of the board who are prepared to travel and this is something I won't be able to fulfil due to my family situation. And as I live in Australia, I work the graveyard shift of the rest of the world, which means awkward meeting slots for some. Before I take on a board position, I will need to ask other board members if they are in a position to work around this. On 29/07/2012 5:08 PM, Roald de Wit wrote: On 29/07/12 15:00, Michael P. Gerlek wrote: I am pleased to nominate Cameron Shorter to be a member of the OSGeo Board. Followers of this list will no doubt already be familiar with Cameron: active in this foundation since the very beginning, he chaired the 2009 FOSS4G conference, has served on various OSGeo committees, and has worked on the OSGeo-Live project, among many other contributions. He would surely make a great addition to the board team for the next two years. I'd like to second this! Here are my reasons for supporting Cameron's nomination: Cameron has been active in the OSGeo community since its inception. You may remember Cameron as one of the core developers behind Community Mapbuilder, GeoTools and OpenLayers. More recently he chaired the successful FOSS4G 2009 Conference in Sydney and now he is one of the driving forces behind the OSGeo-Live community. He is a founding charter member of OSGeo and his active participation in many of the OSGeo committees and mailing lists (Discuss, Marketing, Education, FOSS4G, Conference, Incubator, Live-Demo and more) shows his ongoing dedication to OSGeo. I have had the pleasure of working for and with him in a both a professional context, as well as being members of the Community Mapbuilder, OpenLayers and OSGeo-Live projects. His commitment to the community and and open standards are exemplary. Cameron's experience, vision and dedication would make him a great addition to the board. Regards, Roald ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Cameron Shorter Geospatial Solutions Manager Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050 Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254 Think Globally, Fix Locally Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source http://www.lisasoft.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Cameron Shorter
I am pleased to nominate Cameron Shorter to be a member of the OSGeo Board. Followers of this list will no doubt already be familiar with Cameron: active in this foundation since the very beginning, he chaired the 2009 FOSS4G conference, has served on various OSGeo committees, and has worked on the OSGeo-Live project, among many other contributions. He would surely make a great addition to the board team for the next two years. -mpg ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
