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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I just casually voted for Gordon thinking vaguely that we nominated him as one of the people originally signed up to go to Chicago. I am not even sure Gordon knows about any of this. I actually don't know him at all. We should just remove him. It's a pretty innocent foobar on my part. Just pull someone else in.<BR>
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Gary<BR>
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-----Original Message-----<BR>
From: Allan Doyle [<A HREF="mailto:adoyle@eogeo.org">mailto:adoyle@eogeo.org</A>]<BR>
Sent: Thu 3/2/2006 7:37 AM<BR>
To: Gary Lang<BR>
Cc: <BR>
Subject: OSGeo Nominations/Results<BR>
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Gary,<BR>
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I think the fact that Gordon Luckett was not nominated but was <BR>
elected has raised some eyebrows. The discussion on the IRC channel <BR>
was not very positive. The conclusion seems to be that even though <BR>
there was not an explicit requirement to vote only for people on the <BR>
nominee list, it does not look great to have someone be elected who <BR>
was not on the list.<BR>
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No one seems to know what Gordon's qualifications relative to open <BR>
source are. Yet there are several strong candidates whose <BR>
qualifications we do know about who were not elected.<BR>
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The conclusion that can be drawn is that since Gordon is not well-<BR>
known in the community but is well-known to Autodesk, is that his <BR>
election is tainted in some way. It would have been a small matter to <BR>
nominate him at the right time.<BR>
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I think the best way forward would be for Gordon to decline his <BR>
position, and to do so quickly. If he does not, the rest of the <BR>
membership will always regard him with a bit of suspicion. If he <BR>
does, he can be seen as having the greater interests of the <BR>
organization in mind. He can always be on the slate for the next <BR>
round of memberships.<BR>
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I don't feel comfortable with the current situation and I think there <BR>
are others who feel the same way. We need to do everything we can to <BR>
rectify this. I'm open to other ideas, perhaps the board will have some.<BR>
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I don't know Gordon personally, nor did I vote for him, so I would <BR>
not be the appropriate person to talk to him about this.<BR>
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Allan<BR>
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Allan Doyle<BR>
+1.781.433.2695<BR>
adoyle@eogeo.org<BR>
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