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<p>John,</p>
<p>I'm confident in the integrity and capability of the proposed
board, and I'm confident they will continue listen to external
ideas to help make good decisions. My extra vote on a board is not
required for that.</p>
<p>However, I should occasionally be able lever my social capital to
bridge FOSS4G-Oceania and OSGeo communities. Holding a FOSS4G
Oceania board position would slightly help me with that (but is
not essential). So I'm volunteering for a low level board role for
a term or so while other members are building up their OSGeo
social capital. (I will also continue to monitor the email list
and vote on things.)<br>
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<p>Cheers, Cameron<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi Cameron, just want to clarify - are you
interested in taking a position as a board member, or do you
prefer to contribute from arm's length?
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<div>I believe your input would be very valuable in either case.
The key difference (as I see it) is when it comes to voting on
motions - which (so far) have usually enjoyed consensus, more
or less.
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<div>Cheers</div>
<div>John<br>
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<p>+1 for process suggested by John.</p>
<p>I will contribute toward board discussions while I think
I'm adding value. I've held multiple positions within
OSGeo in the past, and think it appropriate for me to make
space for others to shine, (and also be realistic about
the time I can commit). I'm not the right person for one
of the central board roles, but happy to hover around the
edges.</p>
<p>Cheers, Cameron<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Thanks John. And great to see Alex and Adam
putting their hands up already.
<div>Seems reasonable to me for people to express intent
for the inaugural board now, with official nominations
for positions occurring later. I agree with the
concern of missing potential candidates.</div>
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<div>I'm also incredibly excited by what we can achieve
as an entity with some structure and clarity. Keen on
helping in some capacity so might discuss at
GeobeersMEL tonight.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Sounds good.
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<div>I’d be happy to join the board as a regular
member; and/or nominate as chair or co-chair. I
don’t have a great election pitch - I am also on
the ‘board’ (steering committee) of another
organisation undergoing the same process right now
(earth observation Australia), which might be
helpful experience - and it’s super exciting to be
helping embody the culture of this community in a
thing, and want to help get the foundations
sorted. Having said that, my ego isn’t attached to
any of it, so if there’s a better candidate then
all is fine and I’m less busy :D
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<div>Cheers</div>
<div>Adam</div>
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<div dir="ltr">I don't see any problem at all with
people expressing their interests now. But the
board will be filling the roles, and that can't
happen until the board actually comes into
existence. I suspect there's not enough time to
fill roles before Christmas, without rushing and
potentially missing folks who are disengaging
for the holidays?
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<div>I suggest we can state our interests now,
if we like, and the board's first order of
business in the new year should be taking
nominations and filling the roles.
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<div>For the record, I'm keen to join the board.
I'm super excited about the future of this
community, and the role this group has to play
in it.</div>
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