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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Nicolas:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>This is a great idea. Could you please start by stubbing out a wiki page for this, and then others can add onto it?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>-mpg<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>nicolas bozon<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 02, 2011 6:56 PM<br><b>To:</b> OSGeo Discussions<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 2011 Charter Member Election Results<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Hello all,<br><br>As a fresh new charter member, i was precisely wondering if some guidelines for charter membership were available somewhere. I was about to ask in fact, when this thread came up.<br>I knew that voting was one of the duties, but thought that some others may exist.<br>According to me, charter members should also dynamise and promote their respective (and/or prefered) local chapter as much as possible.<br>That would be nice if some experienced charter members could start such guidelines on the wiki or elsewhere where a kind of brainstorming could occur on that topic.<br>My 2 cents<br>Thanks<br><br>Nick<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>2011/12/3 Mateusz Łoskot <<a href="mailto:mateusz@loskot.net">mateusz@loskot.net</a>><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On 2 December 2011 16:30, Dave McIlhagga <<a href="mailto:dmcilhagga@dmsolutions.ca">dmcilhagga@dmsolutions.ca</a>> wrote:<br>> I would suggest that on the contrary, being a Charter Member does come with<br>> responsibility -- it may be minimal but is critically important. All that is required is<br>>voting for new Charter Members and voting for the Board.<br>><br>> Assuming, reasonable efforts have been made to be in touch with Charter Members,<br>> I think it's actually important to purge those who don't take this responsibility<br>>seriously. I would suggest it's a necessary part of preserving the integrity of the organization.<br>><br>> Keep in mind, for many OSGeo is not just a past-time - it's a vested<br>> part of our institutions, businesses, and people.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>I support Dave's opinion here.<br><br>OSGeo has no resources for mothering its Charter Members.<br><br>Best regards,<br><span class=hoenzb><span style='color:#888888'>--</span></span><span style='color:#888888'><br><span class=hoenzb>Mateusz Loskot, <a href="http://mateusz.loskot.net" target="_blank">http://mateusz.loskot.net</a></span><br><span class=hoenzb>Charter Member of OSGeo, <a href="http://osgeo.org" target="_blank">http://osgeo.org</a></span><br><span class=hoenzb>Member of ACCU, <a href="http://accu.org" target="_blank">http://accu.org</a></span></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>Discuss mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Discuss@lists.osgeo.org">Discuss@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss" target="_blank">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>