On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 4:42 PM, Martijn van Exel
mart...@openstreetmap.us wrote:
Hi all,
With just a few days to go, we only have two names on the ballot for
the upcoming US Chapter board elections. We have all five positions up
for election, so this is clearly not enough!
It seems unusual
On 9/30/14 8:13 AM, Richard Weait wrote:
On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 4:42 PM, Martijn van Exel
mart...@openstreetmap.us wrote:
Hi all,
With just a few days to go, we only have two names on the ballot for
the upcoming US Chapter board elections. We have all five positions up
for election, so this
Well said, Martijn!
I'm not sure I have much else to add. Like Martijn already said, while it
does require patience, it also allows a lot of room and support to come up
with new ideas to grow the OSM US community, and then put them into action.
It was very rewarding to plan the largest OSM
On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 5:30 AM, Richard Welty rwe...@averillpark.net
wrote:
this sort of thing happens from time to time. i wouldn't worry about it
much. i was at one time the only holdover from one board to the next.
Again, outsider/lurker, take with grain of salt, IANYL, etc., etc., but in
I do agree that that is a challenge, and we have lost valuable time with
the loss of institutional knowledge. We do have systems in place that
should make the transition to a new board easier, but I agree that
staggered terms make sense. We did actually discuss this with the current
board, but I
Thanks, Martijn, for your detailed paragraph.
As someone who's served on the boards of cultural non-profits, I'd add
to Luis' list of common questions: are board members expected to
fundraise and do board members take on fiduciary responsibilities?
I think I know the answers in this case, but
On 9/30/14 1:11 PM, Martijn van Exel wrote:
I do agree that that is a challenge, and we have lost valuable time
with the loss of institutional knowledge. We do have systems in place
that should make the transition to a new board easier, but I agree
that staggered terms make sense. We did
Hi all,
With just a few days to go, we only have two names on the ballot for
the upcoming US Chapter board elections. We have all five positions up
for election, so this is clearly not enough!
Let me tell you what made me run the first time, and why I am running
for a fourth term. I love
I presume that candidates would add themselves on the wiki, here?
http://wiki.osm.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/United_States/Elections/2014
I further presume that self-nomination is acceptable, as both
candidates have done so. :-)
DO consider adding yourself to the ballot. If you enjoy
On 9/29/14 7:00 PM, Richard Weait wrote:
I presume that candidates would add themselves on the wiki, here?
http://wiki.osm.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/United_States/Elections/2014
I further presume that self-nomination is acceptable, as both
candidates have done so. :-)
DO consider
Hi, Martijn, others:
[Lurker here for a while, not a very active OSMer; possibly asking dumb
questions as a result.]
I've found in the past when recruiting for boards like this one that it is
helpful to talk about things like:
- What kinds of skills does the current board think would be
Hi Luis all,
Those are great questions. Let me try and provide some more insight and
clarity. I am expecting the other boardies to chime in as well.
A lot of our work is generating plans and ideas to support our mission,
which is to support and grow the OpenStreetMap project and its community
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