<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span></span></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;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> ----- Forwarded Message -----<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Ravi Kumar <ravivundavalli48@yahoo.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> osgeo-discuss <discuss-request@lists.osgeo.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, May 13, 2012 5:44 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Board] Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Defining an OSGeo Ambassador role<br> </font> </div> <br>
<div id="yiv72529783"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div><span>+1 Markus</span></div><div><span>In due course, evolution of OSGeo will need more participation from the Charter members.</span></div><div><span>The charter members who are expected to elect the board at the helm of OSGeo can be tapped for more involvement.</span></div><div><span>So are the ex-board members. </span></div><div><span>Ravi</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: times,serif;"> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: times,serif;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <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> mpg@flaxen.com <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b>
discuss@lists.osgeo.org; OSGeo-Board <board@lists.osgeo.org>; marketing <marketing@lists.osgeo.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, May 12, 2012 2:34 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Board] Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Defining an OSGeo Ambassador role<br> </font> </div> <br>
On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 9:15 PM, Michael P. Gerlek <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:mpg@flaxen.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:mpg@flaxen.com">mpg@flaxen.com</a>> wrote:<br>...<br>> The board is elected by the charter members to make policy. When the system was set up, it was not the intent that charter members had any role other than to preserve the nature and mission of the foundation by electing appropriate board members.<br><br>Things may evolve: A a founding member of OSGeo I was always very interested<br>to keep the community strongly involved. This implies that with the<br>years charter members<br>may obtain a stronger role than "just" electing the board members.<br><br>http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_charter_member_page_instruction<br><br>What others do:<br>http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html#asf-members<br><br>... but Jody has just send around some
links...<br><br>Markus<br>_______________________________________________<br>Board mailing list<br><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:Board@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:Board@lists.osgeo.org">Board@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board<br><br><br> </div> </div> </div></div></div><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>