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<p>OSGeo Groupie ??
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<br>Bobb
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<br>> Arnulf,
<br>> I love the concept you are suggesting, but question the name "Emeritus",
<br>> primarily because it is a term I suspect many are not familiar with. (I
<br>> needed to look it up). However looking around I can't seem to find the
<br>> right replacement word.
<br>>
<br>> "Honourable OSGeo Guardian" doesn't sound quite right.
<br>>
<br>> On 22/01/13 05:47, Seven (aka Arnulf) wrote:
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<br>> > Folks,
<br>> > this is a short concise summary of what an emeritus board member is:
<br>> > <a href="http://www.governancematters.org/index.cfm?organization_id=56§ion_id=1117&page_id=7635">http://www.governancematters.org/index.cfm?organization_id=56§ion_id=1117&page_id=7635</a>
<br>> >
<br>> > I would like to be recognized as an emeritus board member and continue
<br>> > to promote OSGeo as best I can. So far I have used "I was the last
<br>> > president", "Ex-president", "was on the board of directors" but they
<br>> > all somehow have this "Ex" sound to it and compel to continue thinking
<br>> > "and then left because ... ?, she wasn't happy / no good / for good,
<br>> > because they suck, because they thought she sucks) and so on.
<br>> > Therefore I want to propose to have a regular emeritus status.
<br>> >
<br>> > To avoid the cons listed in the link above we can either leave it to
<br>> > the outgoing member to ask for it (which I herewith do) or let the
<br>> > current board (or maybe a charter member) make a motion to this
<br>> > effect. Or something else that I have not thought of, obviously.
<br>> >
<br>> >
<br>> > And btw: Thanks for keeping the wheel turning. I am very happy to see
<br>> > that things are continuing to work well!
<br>> >
<br>> >
<br>> > Cheers,
<br>> > Arnulf
<br>> >
<br>> > - --
<br>> > Seven of Nine
<br>> > <a href="http://arnulf.us/Seven">http://arnulf.us/Seven</a>
<br>> > Exploring Body, Space and Mind
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