[OSGeo-Announce] OSGeo 2011 Charter Membership Elections

[Frank Warmerdam]

OSGeo Community,

It is time to once again nominate new OSGeo charter members. We need you to 
pick out the folks you think would bring energy and interest to the OSGeo 
mission and bring their names forward!

Only OSGeo members can vote for OSGeo directors, and only OSGeo members can 
*be* OSGeo directors, so membership is a necessary gateway to more official 
involvement in the organization.

The process for Member selection is outlined here:

  http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2011#Charter_Member_Election

This year we are adding 20 new charter members and the deadline for nominations 
is November 17, 2010.

Please confirm with the nominated person first and send your nominations to cro 
at osgeo.org, outlining the name and contact e-mail of your nominee(s) and and 
paragraph describing why you are recommending this person as a Charter Member.

Please also feel free to cc: the nomination to the OSGeo discussion list - 
discuss at lists.osgeo.org - so the community can be nudged along and have a 
sense of what is going on.

The new Member election will be held in the succeeding week and close on 
November 27. The results will be announced two days after that.

Thanks,

Daniel Morissette
OSGeo Chief Returning Officer, 2011