<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>'If I interprete Ravi's opinion correctly, also some opinion collecting/voting<br>on how OSGeo's budget is spent should be possible. This will be<br>a process for this foundation, but an important one.'</div><div><br></div><div>Indeed, Markus, you have.</div><div>The board can gain more from the collective wisdom of a very learned Charter.</div><div><br></div><div>Ravi<br></div><div><br></div> <div style="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;"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Markus Neteler <neteler@osgeo.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Ravi Kumar <ravivundavalli48@yahoo.com> <br><b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">Cc:</span></b> "board@lists.osgeo.org" <board@lists.osgeo.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, December 20, 2011 5:03 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Board] Support from Charter<br> </font> <br>
On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 11:57 AM, Ravi Kumar <<a ymailto="mailto:ravivundavalli48@yahoo.com" href="mailto:ravivundavalli48@yahoo.com">ravivundavalli48@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Dear Board,<br>> a few points for consideration.<br>><br>> The charter members, are a learned lot and the OSGeo can benefit from their<br>> collective wisdom<br><br>I fully agree that some more (charter) membership participation should<br>be achieved in 2012 - in a structured way. I suppose that we can learn<br>from other likeminded foundations to implement some more possibilities<br>to place a vote.<br><br>While<br>http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_charter_member_page_instruction<br>is yet mentioning the official two ways of voting, there may be more.<br><br>If I interprete Ravi's opinion correctly, also some opinion collecting/voting<br>on how OSGeo's budget is spent should be possible. This will be<br>a process for this foundation, but an important
one.<br><br>Best,<br>Markus<br><br><br> </div> </div> <input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div></div></body></html>