<div dir="ltr">Hey Jeff,<div><br></div><div>Takes a lot of courage to step up in general, and even more to step up an apologize in public.</div><div><br></div><div>Respect</div><div>Jody</div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 13 October 2017 at 08:33, Jeff McKenna <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com" target="_blank">jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com</a><wbr>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Steven,<br>
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Your questions are great, and I think I tackled most of them in my manifesto/vision document. But I think I did not properly address the "what has not worked as well as you hoped?".<br>
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In a job interview this is always a good question, a great way to self-examine and openly discuss things that come more difficult for you.<br>
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I think in my case, I let my passion sometimes get in the way of professionalism. This is my downside in OSGeo. I have so much passion for helping the OSGeo community, that I can sometimes come off as disrespectful to others in the community (Andrea Ross, Bart, Mark Lucas). I am sorry for that. If we were at an event right now I would walk directly over to each of them now to talk. I am sorry that my words were disrespectful to you, and (in each case) I am sure I was wrong.<br>
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I am sure there are others upset at me, for almost 17 years is a long time to work in the Open community.<br>
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I am truly sorry.<br>
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If it sounds not meaningful, this actually comes from my heart. We are all on the same team.<br>
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I support you all as leaders, true leaders.<br>
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I may have failed you in the past.<br>
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I am sorry.<br>
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Steven, thanks for the great questions. I hope my honest answer helps understand me, just one of the many great nominees for the 2017 Board.<br>
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-jeff<span><br>
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On 2017-10-09 11:12 AM, Steven Feldman wrote:<br>
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First up my respect and thanks to the 9 candidates that have agreed to stand for a position on the OSGeo Board. <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Member_Nominations_2017" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Bo<wbr>ard_Member_Nominations_2017</a> It is a fantastic indication of our vibrant, passionate community that we have 9 people willing to offer their experience, wisdom, energy and most importantly time to serve.<br>
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Charter members, we have a tough choice to make to select 5 of these 9 outstanding candidates to serve for the next 2 years. I thought I would share some of the considerations that will influence my choices when we get to vote, they may help others to identify what is important to them in making their choices and they may also prompt some of the candidates when they write their personal statements/manifestos.<br>
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We have an opportunity to shape the board in terms of professional background, gender and experience<br>
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* The current board is balanced between practitioners/developers and<span><br>
academics - do we want to maintain that balance?<br></span>
* Currently 3/9 of the board are women (Anita is standing down, thanks<span><br>
for your contributions, Helena is standing for re-election)<br></span>
* 4 of the 5 board members standing down are standing for re-election,<span><br>
additionally 2 past members of the board are standing for election.<br>
There are 3 candidates who have not served on the board.<br>
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Some questions for candidates:<br>
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* If you are standing for re-election - what roles have you taken in<span><br>
the last 2 years? what do you believe you have achieved and what has<br>
not worked as well as you hoped?<br></span>
* All candidates - what role, specific topics would you like to work<span><br>
on within the board and why? what do you hope to contribute and<br>
achieve in the next 2 years?<br></span>
* If there was only 1 thing you could change in the next 2 years what<span><br>
would it be?<br>
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May the FOSS be with you all<br>
______<br>
Steven<br>
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