Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-18 Thread Eli Adam
Hi Vasile, On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 4:47 PM, Vasile Craciunescu wrote: > Dear Eli, > > I appreciate your concerns related to OSGeo board elections. However, I have > a few points to make. This year we had 2 CRO people, not just one. In your > message on this topic you

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-18 Thread Vasile Craciunescu
Dear Eli, I appreciate your concerns related to OSGeo board elections. However, I have a few points to make. This year we had 2 CRO people, not just one. In your message on this topic you always make it sound like the CRO ended up in a conflict position and this is not entirely true.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-18 Thread Venkatesh Raghavan
.or.us> Reply-To: <ea...@co.lincoln.or.us> Date: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at 3:26 PM To: Michael Smith <michael.smith.e...@gmail.com> Cc: Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com>, OSGeo Discussions <discuss@lists.osgeo.org>, CRO <c...@osgeo.org> Subject: Re: [OSGe

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-18 Thread Michael Smith
hael.smith.e...@gmail.com> Cc: Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com>, OSGeo Discussions <discuss@lists.osgeo.org>, CRO <c...@osgeo.org> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna >On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 11:30 AM, Michael Smith ><michael.smit

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-18 Thread Eli Adam
On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 11:30 AM, Michael Smith wrote: > Frankly, as a current board member, from what I’ve seen, everything was > properly followed. As soon as he was nominated, Jeff stepped down as co CRO. > It was all above board and transparent. > So then

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-18 Thread Michael Smith
Frankly, as a current board member, from what I’ve seen, everything was properly followed. As soon as he was nominated, Jeff stepped down as co CRO. It was all above board and transparent. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 18, 2017, at 1:19 PM, Jody Garnett wrote: > > Eli

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-18 Thread Jody Garnett
Eli the board did not deliberate, you can see the board email list. I have been glad for individual such as yourself caring, speaking up, and hopefully attending the next board meeting. I think we have all learned a lot this election period, and cannot thank the cro enough for keeping up. I

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-18 Thread Eli Adam
On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 10:04 AM, Jorge Sanz wrote: > HI Eli, > > If I recall correctly, we answered you that Jeff immediately resigned from > his position as CRO and he has not been involved at all in any Board > elections CRO activity so everything is correctly handled except

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-18 Thread Jorge Sanz
HI Eli, If I recall correctly, we answered you that Jeff immediately resigned from his position as CRO and he has not been involved at all in any Board elections CRO activity so everything is correctly handled except (and we apologized for that) the lack of a Trac ticket for the alias change.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-18 Thread Eli Adam
Hi Venka, all, On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 10:57 AM, Eli Adam wrote: > Hi Venka, > > On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 10:15 AM, Venkatesh Raghavan > wrote: >> Hi Eli, >> >> First of all, thanks to Jorge for volunteering to be co-CRO >> and fixing the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-15 Thread Edwin Liava'a
+1 Likewise, All The Best Jeff On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 11:39 AM, Ravi Kumar wrote: > +1 All the best Jeff > > On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 3:18 AM, nicolas bozon > wrote: > >> >> It is my honor to nominate Jeff McKenna for the OSGeo Board of

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-15 Thread Ravi Kumar
+1 All the best Jeff On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 3:18 AM, nicolas bozon wrote: > > It is my honor to nominate Jeff McKenna for the OSGeo Board of Directors > election. > > Most of you knows Jeff's energy and passion for everything OSGeo, and i > would probably be mistaken

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-13 Thread Jeff McKenna
Thank you Eli for this concern, as when I was nominated I immediately realized the potential for a conflict of interest, and resigned as co-CRO. It was not something I planned, giving a month of my time to the election and then stopping, but I agree with you that a more formal process for

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-13 Thread Jeff McKenna
Thanks for your words Cameron, I will do my best to address your concerns here now. In a sense it is good that you bring up all this history, as it gives me a chance to clarify what actually happened. In 2011 I had been doing so much for FOSS4G for so long, all those non-glorious tasks that

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-13 Thread Jeff McKenna
Thank you Cameron for kind words. I am sure there are questions, and I am here to answer them for you. As a long-time volunteer for OSGeo, I have always tried to represent the foundation and its community every step of the way. During my term as President of OSGeo, we were really tackling

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna And Sanghee Shin

2017-10-13 Thread Jeff McKenna
and Dirk. Best wishes, Suchith From: Discuss <discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Marc Vloemans <marcvloema...@gmail.com> Sent: 09 October 2017 6:10 AM To: OSGeo Discussions Cc: OSGeo CRO Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination:

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-13 Thread Jeff McKenna
Thank you for the support Silvia! It was so great to see you at FOSS4G-Paris. Can't wait to see you again and have a laugh together! -jeff On 2017-10-09 3:28 AM, Silvia Franceschi wrote: Absolutely agree with this nomination! +1 for Jeff Silvia On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 8:20 AM, 林博文

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-13 Thread Jeff McKenna
Thank you for the support Hayashi-san. I have really tried to spread FOSS4G and OSGeo all over Asia and Europe, as you mentioned. I also truly love the OSGeo-Japan community, I feel like I am a long-time member of OSGeo-JP, and that a huge part of my growth as a person and a community

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna And Sanghee Shin

2017-10-13 Thread Jeff McKenna
Thank you for the support Marc. Indeed this class of Board volunteers is amazing, a really tough decision as each and every nominee is a true leader for OSGeo. A great problem to have! -jeff On 2017-10-09 2:10 AM, Marc Vloemans wrote: +1 Jeff And Sanghee Kind regards, Marc Vloemans

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-13 Thread Jeff McKenna
Thank you for the kind support Vicky, looking forward to seeing you soon and having long OSGeo talks at FOSS4G-Sotm-Argentina (continued from our great talks at FOSS4G-Seoul). I'll bring the old OSGeo banner, so we can help setup a little OSGeo booth there (on my to-do is to order an updated

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-11 Thread Eli Adam
Hi Venka, On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 10:15 AM, Venkatesh Raghavan wrote: > Hi Eli, > > First of all, thanks to Jorge for volunteering to be co-CRO > and fixing the CRO alias promptly. Yes, thanks Jorge. > > Regarding your other comment reproduced below; > > The

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-11 Thread Venkatesh Raghavan
Hi Eli, First of all, thanks to Jorge for volunteering to be co-CRO and fixing the CRO alias promptly. Regarding your other comment reproduced below; The Board did not appear to review this topic at their last meeting, https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2017-10-05, so perhaps it is of

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-11 Thread Jorge Sanz
Hi Eli, I did it yesterday without having a ticket involved. My bad sorry. I confirm that the CRO alias is now sending emails only to Vasile and me. -- Jorge Sanz https://jorgesanz.net Sent from my phone, excuse my brevity and typos El 11 oct. 2017 18:36, "Eli Adam"

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-11 Thread Eli Adam
On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 7:44 AM, Fenoy Gerald wrote: > Dear Eli, > as you may have notice, Jeff has stepped down from his position of co-CRO > when accepting the Nicolas’ nomination [1]. I didn't find that thread while scanning through the archive. Thanks for pointing

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-11 Thread Fenoy Gerald
Dear Eli, as you may have notice, Jeff has stepped down from his position of co-CRO when accepting the Nicolas’ nomination [1]. Jeff was involved in the charter member election process as co-CRO but he is no more so, I guess, there is no issue for the board election. Best regards, [1]

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-11 Thread Eli Adam
Nicolas, On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 2:48 PM, nicolas bozon wrote: > > It is my honor to nominate Jeff McKenna for the OSGeo Board of Directors > election. I don't think that you can nominate the CRO, nor can the CRO accept your nomination,

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-09 Thread Cameron Shorter
Jeff, I've had a number of people correct me to note that you have resigned twice from the board. Also from the conference committee and FOSS4G mentoring role as the global FOSS4G China was facing very hard decisions based on low registration numbers. References: Resignation from board in

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-09 Thread Cameron Shorter
Jeff, While I agree with others that you have been very enthusiastic toward OSGeo ideals, I'm also believe that there are some unanswered questions which should be addressed. In particular, a while back you stepped down from the OSGeo Board mid-term, while you were in the position of OSGeo

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna And Sanghee Shin

2017-10-09 Thread Suchith Anand
+ for Jeff, Sanghee and Dirk. Best wishes, Suchith From: Discuss <discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Marc Vloemans <marcvloema...@gmail.com> Sent: 09 October 2017 6:10 AM To: OSGeo Discussions Cc: OSGeo CRO Subject: Re: [OSGeo-

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-09 Thread 林博文
I support the nomination of Jeff McKenna and I agree with Nicholas's Recommendation. For a long time, he contributed to the spread of FOSS4G Softeware to Asia and Europe. Tributaries Everyone in the Japanese community loves Jeff. He is widely known to the world after contemplating the MS4W. When

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna And Sanghee Shin

2017-10-08 Thread Marc Vloemans
+1 Jeff And Sanghee Kind regards, Marc Vloemans > Op 9 okt. 2017 om 00:38 heeft Vicky Vergara het > volgende geschreven: > > I would like to second this nomination. > I can find words in my vocabulary to express al the traits that Jeff has for > being in the board. >

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-08 Thread Vicky Vergara
I would like to second this nomination. I can find words in my vocabulary to express al the traits that Jeff has for being in the board. His energy is contagious. His knowledge of OSGeo invaluable. His love an care for OSGeo is like no one else I've met Vicky On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 4:48 PM,