<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div>B publicly, C privately. </div><div><br></div><div>I think the CRO has performed amazingly and deserves all our support. To me, everything has been handled transparently and above board. </div><div><br></div><div>Mike</div><div><br></div><div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Michael Smith</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">OSGeo Foundation Treasurer</font></font></div><div><font face="Calibri">T</font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">reasurer@osgeo.org</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><br></font></font></div></div></div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Board <<a href="mailto:board-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">board-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>> on behalf of Jody Garnett <<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Saturday, October 21, 2017 at 1:38 PM<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> "<a href="mailto:board@lists.osgeo.org">board@lists.osgeo.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:board@lists.osgeo.org">board@lists.osgeo.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> [Board] Current election cycle discussion<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE" style="BORDER-LEFT: #b5c4df 5 solid; PADDING:0 0 0 5; MARGIN:0 0 0 5;"><div dir="auto">Early I spoke up when I was concerned our delay on recognizing new members would disrupt the ongoing election. This was explicitly the responsibility of the board and I was careful to ask the CRO and follow their lead. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I would like to ask the board if we should extend any kind of support to our CRO this week. This election has had hit a number of bumps on the road and I feel bad that so much is being asked if our CRO.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">A) Do nothing, understanding that our CRO is handling things well and has our trust (this is of course assumed)</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">B) Explicitly state to reaffirm for our members that the CRO is doing a difficult job and has our trust. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">C) Ask if the CRO wishes any assistance, even if our capacity is reduced. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">This is not that fun a discussion, and only half our board is realistically available. We have also accepted the CRO’s comittment and balance our respect for their integrity and our concern for this election placing more responsibility and attention on their role then usual. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I thought it would be better to start this email thread here, rather than subject the CRO and board members to another round of questions on discuss. I suspect some of the questions arise from a misunderstanding of the influence that board has, especially in the case of elections which very carefully a hands off affair. </div><div dir="ltr">-- <br></div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">--<div>Jody Garnett</div></div></div>
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