<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Dear Board,</div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">a few points for consideration.</div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "> The charter members, are a learned lot and the OSGeo can benefit from their collective wisdom<br></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">They can participate and tilt the result of</div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">1. A serious debate like, 'Location for FOSS4G next'</div><div><font
class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">2. Need for posts like Executives, </font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Advisers</font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">, Experts and Event managers.</font></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">3. Expenditure beyond a certain limit.. Say (only an example) 10 k USD</div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">This will create a much needed sense of participation among the charter too.</div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times,
serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Cheers</div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Ravi Kumar</div></div></body></html>