<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div></div><div>+1 Maxi.</div><div><br></div><div>I’m very sorry to see this Jeff.</div><div><br></div><div>As a community, we need to look closely at what we allowed to happen during this process.</div><div><br></div><div>We cannot afford to chase away very talented and passionate people. Jeff is but one of them.</div><div><br></div><div>I have not been impressed by our actions.</div><div><br></div><div>Bruce</div><div><br>On 22 Oct 2017, at 08:20, Massimiliano Cannata <<a href="mailto:massimiliano.cannata@supsi.ch">massimiliano.cannata@supsi.ch</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="auto">Dear Jeff,<div dir="auto">I hope your withdrawal is not accepted.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">With a community of hundreds of charter members I wouldn't care so much of the respectable opinion of a couple of people and I would let the board take the responsibility to take a decision.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I don't see anything irregular in your participation, did anyone cheat? I'm sure this is not the case...</div><div dir="auto">Then, any lesson learned is useful to improve the process in the future...</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I bet the charter members who voted for you want you to stand for respect of their votes.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Maxi</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">Il 21 ott 2017 2:34 PM, "Jeff McKenna" <<a href="mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com">jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com</a>> ha scritto:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear CRO,<br>
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Please accept my withdrawal from the Board election. I am sorry to cause all of the problems so clearly explained by so many here publicly this election.<br>
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I wish to take the time now to thank all of the candidates for volunteering their time for the OSGeo community.<br>
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Yours,<br>
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-Jeff McKenna<br>
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