<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Hello all, Gret-Jan</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">In my view section of my manifesto I mention OSGeo  is here to serve the people of the world.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">People in the world are Geographically distributed, have different cultures and using some number about the languages, for example, only in Mexico there are around 60+ languages and 6000+ languages around the world.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">So, we are here to serve the people regardless of the Geographical diversity, culture diversity, DNA diversity, gender diversity, political diversity, religious diversity.</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">I
 don't think that is compulsory to have a representation of every 
continent/country/language/DNA/gender  on every cycle of the Board, but I
 think it would help if from time to time the  diversities are also 
represented.<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">I hope the above answers your question. And I also hope that the following raises some internal questions:<br></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">I will talk about  what I know:</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"> Spanish is the second most spoken language on the world (first is mandarin) and is the official language of 20 countries, 19 are located in Latin America 1 is located in Europe.</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Since OSGeo started there has not being a person  in the Board  from any of those countries. [1]<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Some truth reality: [2] (Using data before this last charter member election)<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Total Spanish Speaking charter members: 24 = 16 (Spain) + 1 (Uruguay) + 6 (Argentina) + 1 (México)<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Total Latin American charter members: 8 = 1 (Uruguay) + 6 (Argentina) + 1 (México)</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Total charter members from Peru + Bolivia: 0</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Total charter members from Netherlands: 9</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Some questions arise:<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Why it is possible with 9 charter members, to create a local chapter? [3]<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Are the people on the photograph of Netherlands local chapter registered as OSGeo users?</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">If so, what haven't they done to become a charter member?</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Why with 0 charters members people can start building a local chapter? [4]</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Are these working Peruvians registered as OSGeo users?</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">If so, and having the fact that they are working to build the local chapter, why they are not a charter member?</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Maybe some answer to those questions will give a hint of:</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Why Geoinquietos Argentina [5] can organize FOSS4G and with 6 charter members, there is no Argentina local chapter?</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Why on countries with at least 1 charter member (on Uruguay and Mexico) no one is starting a local chapter on those countries?</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Is it because we are waiting for more OSGeo charter members?</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Is it because we don't know who is a user?</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Is it because we  need to learn how to be open?</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Is it because people that use OSGeo do not register as users?</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Is it because we don't understand English?</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Is it because only 58% of people who starts High School finishes High School? [6]<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">  I don’t know the Netherlands education situation, so maybe we are similar, if it is the case, then I would ask:</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">  How could you make your local chapter, when this kind of desertion from school happens?<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Regards</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Vicky<br></div><br><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br> </div><br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">[1] <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/board_and_officers.html">http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/board_and_officers.html</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">[2] <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/charter_members">http://www.osgeo.org/charter_members</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">[3] <a href="https://osgeo.nl/">https://osgeo.nl/</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">[4] <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/content/chapters/index.html">http://www.osgeo.org/content/chapters/index.html</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">[5] <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Category:Geoinquietos_Argentina">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Category:Geoinquietos_Argentina</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">[6] <a href="http://www.milenio.com/region/Solo-ingresan-preparatoria-terminan-Inegi_0_276572391.html">http://www.milenio.com/region/Solo-ingresan-preparatoria-terminan-Inegi_0_276572391.html</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 11:00 AM, Gert-Jan van der Weijden - Stichting OSGeo.nl <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gert-jan@osgeo.nl" target="_blank">gert-jan@osgeo.nl</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" lang="NL"><div class="m_-4562341125810527630WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-GB">Hi Board member candidates (and fellow voter members),<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-GB">Thanks to Helena, Astrid, Jody and Sanghee for adding their Manifestos [1].<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-GB">Really much appreciated, and at least now we have 6 known candidates to cast our 5 votes to!<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-GB">I hope that Dirk, Venga and Jeff will take the opportunity to add their manifestos as well before the end of this campaign week.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-GB">After reading them, I have 3 questions:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-GB">= One to Sanghee: <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-GB">I really like your personal review of the last 2 years as a Board member. Not just fun parts, but also some harder times. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-GB">Could you please elaborate on the "Sometimes I saw the 'Desire to the Innocence' from the community"? I simply don't quite understand what you mean by this.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-GB">= One to Astrid:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-GB">Almost all of your objectives seem outreach-related (PR, OSGeo Live etc.)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-GB">What  are the advantages of doing so as a Board member, instead of (or in addition to) begin a member of the recently revived Marketing Committee<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-GB">= And one to all of you:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-GB">Some of you talk about being an inclusive organization. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-GB">For the geographical and probably cultural aspect of inclusiveness, do you think the Board should have it's roots in as much continents / languages as possible, so preferably 1 Board member from every continent (not counting for Antarctica, ha!)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-GB">Wishing you all the best and success in your campaigns, <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-GB">Gert-Jan<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-GB">[1] <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2017_Candidate_Manifestos" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/<wbr>Election_2017_Candidate_<wbr>Manifestos</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;word-break:normal" align="left"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Van:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Discuss [mailto:<a href="mailto:discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">discuss-bounces@lists.<wbr>osgeo.org</a>] <b>Namens </b>Sanghee Shin<br><b>Verzonden:</b> donderdag 12 oktober 2017 10:14<br><b>Aan:</b> OSGeo Discussions<br><b>Onderwerp:</b> [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Candidate Manifestos: Sanghee Shin<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left" align="left"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear All, </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I’ve posted my manifestos here: <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2017_Candidate_Manifestos#Sanghee_Shin" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/<wbr>Election_2017_Candidate_<wbr>Manifestos#Sanghee_Shin</a> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thanks for the nomination. </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Kind regards, </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" lang="KO">신상희</span><span lang="EN-US"><br>---<br>Shin, Sanghee<br>Gaia3D, Inc. - The GeoSpatial Company<br><a href="http://www.gaia3d.com" target="_blank">www.gaia3d.com</a> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div><br>__________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