A really silly question, but can I just confirm- do Board Members vote in the Board Election?<div><br></div><div>Jo<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Daniel Morissette <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dmorissette@mapgears.com" target="_blank">dmorissette@mapgears.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">To answer my own email and wrap up this thread: it was a mistake that was quickly spotted and fixed, and Cameron is now listed with the other nominees at <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Member_Nominations_2012" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/<u></u>Board_Member_Nominations_2012</a><br>
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Sorry for the noise<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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Daniel</font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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On 12-08-03 8:31 AM, Daniel Morissette wrote:<br>
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On 12-07-30 7:50 AM, Seven (aka Arnulf) wrote:<br>
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I personally believe that face to face meetings are really important and<br>
help to get things done. The F2F situation simply requires us to<br>
specifically focus on OSGeo. We are all highly busy people and this is<br>
one of the few chances where we can really collaborate intensely and<br>
this invariably brought us the best results.<br>
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But again - not being able to attend should not be a blocker for<br>
somebody interested in running for the board. There are many things that<br>
need to be done in preparation for an F2F and conference calls can help<br>
to bridge the gap. It helps even to have only half the directors in one<br>
place and the others join in remotely. Still better than all dispersed.<br>
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Arnulf,<br>
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I don't see Cameron's nomination in the list posted for the vote this<br>
morning at <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Member_Nominations_2012" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/<u></u>Board_Member_Nominations_2012</a><br>
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Is it that he explicitly refused his nomination or just that you and<br>
Cameron didn't get the feedback you expected in order to make a decision?<br>
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My take is that F2F meetings are important and useful, but not a<br>
show-stopper if a director is able to contribute in other ways (which I<br>
have no doubt Cameron could do). As long as we can still get at least<br>
quorum at the face to face meeting, and the rest joins via<br>
teleconference for instance then the F2F would still be useful.<br>
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However, monthly IRC/voice meetings are very important and must be<br>
attended by all board members as much as possible, and we've<br>
demonstrated in the past that holding meetings with participant from all<br>
around the globe is possible.<br>
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I personally think it is fair for a candidate to state that he/she could<br>
not travel, as long as he/she is willing and committing to make the<br>
monthly IRC board meetings, and then we can let the charter members<br>
decide with their votes if they want this candidate or not, taking in<br>
consideration the travel limitations vs his/her profile and his/her<br>
possible contributions to the board.<br>
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All this to say that I was hoping to see Cameron's nomination to be<br>
included for the elections and would like to know why he was not included.<br>
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Thanks<br>
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Daniel<br>
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