<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">The voting process for election to the board has opened.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I would encourage you to share your vision for OSGeo and your role on the board with the Charter members at <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2015_Candidate_Manifestos" class="">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2015_Candidate_Manifestos</a> so that we can make the most informed decisions when we vote rather than basing our votes on name recognition</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am going to hold off voting for a couple of days to give those of you who are recovering from FOSS4G a chance to catch up</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you for standing for the board</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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