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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Dear Dirk and Board,<br>
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I am sorry for the confusion inadvertently caused due to <br>
insufficient understanding and recollection of the earlier<br>
board decision on my part.<br>
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I was under the impression that the board decision at f2f in Jan
2016<br>
was for having term of present President and Vice President same
as <br>
the tenure they will be serving on the board. As per the notes
that Jody <br>
has quoted below, my understanding was incorrect and the board
needed to <br>
select our President and Vice Presidents at our last meeting held
on <br>
20 Oct. 2016.<br>
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The selection needs to be made urgently as there are several
matters<br>
to be taken up by our President and Vice-President. I suggest that<br>
we take this up at our next board meeting scheduled for 3
November<br>
2016.<br>
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Best<br>
<br>
Venka<br>
<br>
P.S. I have also responded to Dirk's mail on related topic
privately, as<br>
per his request.<br>
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On 2016/10/25 9:36, Jody Garnett wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Dirk I was able to get some answers by digging into notes for
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Face_to_Face_Meeting_2016">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Face_to_Face_Meeting_2016</a>
*President and Vice President Election*
- *HM nominated VR as president*
- *VR accepted nomination*
- *All in favour*
- *VR elected as OSGeo President*
- *HM and DF nominated as Vice President*
- *All in favour*
- *Term of this President/VP:Until the next board initial meeting
after new board election.*
- *DF(Suggestion): need to change board members 2 yrs term to 3 yrs.
This is a part of strategic plan of OSGeo.(JG)*
It looks like the term for the President and Vice Presidents has elapsed,
and this meeting on Oct 20th was the intended time to choose new
officers.... and since I was away those present pushed this conversation
off to an email discussion.
--
Jody Garnett
On 24 October 2016 at 17:33, Jody Garnett <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com"><jody.garnett@gmail.com></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">aside: taking this into a seperate thread, since it is a change of topic.
Looking into this Dirk, sorry I was working and could not attend the
meeting:
*14:26:06 venka: Agenda 6: Selecting OSGeo Vice-President*
*14:26:55 helena_: it would be good to have somebody with industry
contacts for the second vice-president*
*14:26:56 vcraciunescu: this should also be postponed for a meeting when
all board members will attend*
*14:27:06 kalxas: vcraciunescu, +1*
*14:27:09 maria: +1*
*14:27:11 helena_: yes, I think it would be good to have Jody*
*14:27:16 venka: I suggest we start a thread on loomio and select our new
VP*
Checking Loomio there is indeed a discussion / motion
*<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.loomio.org/d/jWiY2zLA/vice-president">https://www.loomio.org/d/jWiY2zLA/vice-president</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="https://www.loomio.org/d/jWiY2zLA/vice-president"><https://www.loomio.org/d/jWiY2zLA/vice-president></a>*
So yeah I confess myself confused on this one, we have no requirement for
our officers to be board members - and I feel you are fulfilling your role
very well (and had some activities scheduled as our vice-president that I
would hate to interrupt).
Let us assume that this was an assumption each vice-president had to be a
board member; rather than any reflection on your capabilities or commitment.
While our organization does not have a director we tend to lean on the
office of president to pick up activities. Backing Venka up with two
vice-presidents is one way of picking up the strain (since we would like
Venka to remain cheerful).
--
Jody Garnett
On 24 October 2016 at 00:03, Dirk Frigne <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:dirk.frigne@geosparc.com"><dirk.frigne@geosparc.com></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Hi Venka,
I see on the committees page that my Offices role as Vice president is
erased, and today I see on loomino a nomination for a new Vice President.
I didn't see a motion in the board to dismiss me as an OSGeo Officer.
If you did, and of course the board has the right to do this, it is
polite to let me know. Maybe in advance if possible.
In an organisation where these positions are paid, this is obligated. I
think it hows at least some respect when the position was executed
voluntarly to act in the same way.
Can I also knwo (in private please) the reason why I was dismissed from
my function?
Thanks in advance,
Dirk Frigne
Vice president OSGeo
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