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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I'd be shocked if anyone else knew him.<BR>
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-----Original Message-----<BR>
From: Laura Rivera<BR>
Sent: Thu 3/2/2006 8:58 AM<BR>
To: 'board@board.osgeo.org'; Gary Lang<BR>
Cc: 'Allan Doyle'<BR>
Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Board] RE: OSGeo Nominations/Results<BR>
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No other votes for Gordon.<BR>
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-Laura<BR>
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-----Original Message-----<BR>
From: Chris Holmes [<A HREF="mailto:cholmes@openplans.org">mailto:cholmes@openplans.org</A>]<BR>
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 8:57 AM<BR>
To: board@board.osgeo.org; Gary Lang<BR>
Cc: Allan Doyle; board@board.osgeo.org<BR>
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Board] RE: OSGeo Nominations/Results<BR>
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Another point is that part of the election process is the acceptance of<BR>
membership, which should have taken place before the nomination. The<BR>
nominator checks in to make sure it's ok. Since Gordon didn't actually<BR>
accept the membership, we could just say that we can't really offer it<BR>
to him, since the process is thrown off?<BR>
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If anyone other than Gary voted for him we should maybe check with them<BR>
as well, make sure it's ok to just pull another in.<BR>
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Chris<BR>
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Quoting Gary Lang <gary.lang@autodesk.com>:<BR>
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> I just casually voted for Gordon thinking vaguely that we nominated<BR>
> him as one of the people originally signed up to go to Chicago. I am<BR>
> not even sure Gordon knows about any of this. I actually don't know<BR>
> him at all. We should just remove him. It's a pretty innocent foobar<BR>
> on my part. Just pull someone else in.<BR>
><BR>
> 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>
><BR>
> Gary,<BR>
><BR>
> 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>
><BR>
> 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>
><BR>
> 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>
><BR>
> 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>
><BR>
> 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<BR>
> some.<BR>
><BR>
> 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>
><BR>
> Allan<BR>
><BR>
> --<BR>
> Allan Doyle<BR>
> +1.781.433.2695<BR>
> adoyle@eogeo.org<BR>
><BR>
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***<BR>
Chris Holmes<BR>
The Open Planning Project<BR>
thoughts at: <A HREF="http://cholmes.wordpress.com">http://cholmes.wordpress.com</A><BR>
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