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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Thanks. I'm thinking less about that than I am about the opportunity cost of the slot going to someone more activist.<BR>
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----- Original Message -----<BR>
From: Dave McIlhagga (External)<BR>
To: Jo Walsh <jo@frot.org><BR>
Cc: Gary Lang; board@lists.osgeo.org <board@lists.osgeo.org><BR>
Sent: Tue Jul 03 07:03:10 2007<BR>
Subject: Re: [Board] My presence on the board<BR>
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Gary,<BR>
<BR>
If you're willing -- I'm sure everyone would want to keep you on <BR>
"board".<BR>
<BR>
Personally -- I've always seen the role of an organization's Board of <BR>
Directors as an oversight role. Highly active board members can be <BR>
helpful, but I don't see heavy involvement in day to day activity as <BR>
it's primary objective. So if you're concerned about quantity of <BR>
contribution -- I don't think this is reason to relinquish your <BR>
position on the board.<BR>
<BR>
Dave<BR>
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On 29-Jun-07, at 10:06 PM, Jo Walsh wrote:<BR>
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> dear Gary,<BR>
><BR>
> I value your presence on the board and sense of commitment to OSGeo<BR>
> and there are a lot of members both of the Board and of the different<BR>
> committees who can be more active in the running of things.<BR>
> I hope that you stay on it.<BR>
><BR>
> Are you still happy to go on being Treasurer? Does the person in the<BR>
> Treasurer role also have to be a Board member? I guess what with<BR>
> Tyler working on maintaining the practical financials, the role<BR>
> is basically oversight anyway?<BR>
><BR>
> cheers,<BR>
><BR>
><BR>
> jo<BR>
> On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 06:36:21PM -0700, Gary Lang wrote:<BR>
>> As I mentioned in a previous board meeting, we had a <BR>
>> reorganization here<BR>
>> at Autodesk that has placed the responsibility for geospatial <BR>
>> software<BR>
>> under someone else. I still work closely with those folks, but my<BR>
>> hands-on knowledge about what is going on has been reduced <BR>
>> dramatically.<BR>
>><BR>
>> At the same time, I am emotionally committed to the success of OSGeo,<BR>
>> and want to do whatever I can to see it succeed for all of the <BR>
>> reasons<BR>
>> we discussed before.<BR>
>><BR>
>> So I'm doing what I have learned to do in this process, and I am <BR>
>> asking<BR>
>> you if you'd like me to relinquish my board seat for someone who can<BR>
>> take on a more active role. Certainly, no matter what, I will be <BR>
>> working<BR>
>> with the GIS team here to make sure that OSGeo remains a focus for <BR>
>> us as<BR>
>> a company, which I continue to do doing one thing or another every <BR>
>> week.<BR>
>><BR>
>> Please let me know what you'd like to see me do.<BR>
>><BR>
>> Gary<BR>
>><BR>
>><BR>
>> Gary Lang<BR>
>> Vice President Engineering, Platforms & Global Engineering<BR>
>> Autodesk, Inc.<BR>
>> 111 McInnis Pkwy<BR>
>> San Rafael, California 94903<BR>
>><BR>
>> Office 877 301-4182<BR>
>> Fax 877 301-4182<BR>
>> gary.lang@autodesk.com<BR>
>><BR>
>><BR>
>><BR>
>><BR>
><BR>
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