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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=NL link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Replace the frase "veto" by "objection" could be a first step. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>"veto" sounds too much like an UN Security Council thing to me, whereas "objection" encourages all who are involved to set them aside.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>no objections, no veto, just kind regards, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Gert-Jan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Van:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> Conference_dev [mailto:conference_dev-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <b>Namens </b>Cameron Shorter<br><b>Verzonden:</b> woensdag 21 september 2016 22:33<br><b>Aan:</b> Anita Graser<br><b>CC:</b> conference; board@lists.osgeo.org<br><b>Onderwerp:</b> Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [Board] effective committees, do-ocracy, metrit-ocracy, and veto votes<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>On 21/09/2016 11:49 PM, Anita Graser wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Cameron,<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 2:52 PM, Cameron Shorter <<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com" target="_blank">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I think with a few tweaks within our committees to our management mindset we can re-invigorate our volunteer enthusiasm.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>What kind of tweaks are you envisioning?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Anita<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Anita,<br>The tweak I'm suggesting is that all of us voted into positions of trust (such as on OSGeo committees) are to act as "Leaders" instead of "Managers".<br>Leaders lead by example, they encourage and inspire. We have had, and still have, many excellent Leaders within OSGeo.<br>I'd be happy to expand on this statement, by writing an OSGeo guideline, which could be added maybe here: <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Committee_Guidelines">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Committee_Guidelines</a><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Cameron Shorter<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>M +61 419 142 254<o:p></o:p></pre></div></body></html>