<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi all, some information about the upcoming OSGeo Oceania board election below (via Mailchimp). Posting here for visibility.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div>John<br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">OSGeo Oceania</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:mailchimp@foss4g-oceania.org" target="_blank">mailchimp@foss4g-oceania.org</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2020 at 13:00<br>Subject: Upcoming OSGeo Board election process and timing<br>To: <<a href="mailto:johnwbryant@gmail.com" target="_blank">johnwbryant@gmail.com</a>><br></div><div style="height:100%;margin:0;padding:0;width:100%"><center><table id="m_-1986664425852509438m_548115652884936031m_-1496042530415568110m_-4769145795895348946bodyTable" style="border-collapse:collapse;height:100%;margin:0;padding:0;width:100%" width="100%" height="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td id="m_-1986664425852509438m_548115652884936031m_-1496042530415568110m_-4769145795895348946bodyCell" style="height:100%;margin:0;padding:0;width:100%" valign="top" align="center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td id="m_-1986664425852509438m_548115652884936031m_-1496042530415568110m_-4769145795895348946templateHeader" style="background:#ffffff none no-repeat center/cover;background-color:#ffffff;background-image:none;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:center;background-size:cover;border-top:0;border-bottom:0;padding-top:45px;padding-bottom:45px" valign="top" align="center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:600px!important" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="background:transparent none no-repeat center/cover;background-color:transparent;background-image:none;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:center;background-size:cover;border-top:0;border-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0" valign="top"><table style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:9px" valign="top"><table style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="left"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-right:9px;padding-left:9px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0" valign="top"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td id="m_-1986664425852509438m_548115652884936031m_-1496042530415568110m_-4769145795895348946templateBody" style="background:#ffffff none no-repeat center/cover;background-color:#ffffff;background-image:none;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:center;background-size:cover;border-top:0;border-bottom:0;padding-top:36px;padding-bottom:45px" valign="top" align="center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:600px!important" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="background:transparent none no-repeat center/cover;background-color:transparent;background-image:none;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:center;background-size:cover;border-top:0;border-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0" valign="top"><table style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top:9px" valign="top"><table style="max-width:100%;min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="left"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-right:18px;padding-bottom:9px;padding-left:18px;word-break:break-word;color:#757575;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left" valign="top"><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;display:block;margin:0;padding:0;color:#222222;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:40px;font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:normal"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:arial;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>OSGeo Board election is coming up</b></span></span></h1>
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<span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:arial;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear OSGeo Oceania Member,</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#757575;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:arial;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">It is that time of year again, the OSGeo Oceania yearly election for the board of directors is nearly upon us. Director nominations open 8 November, some handy “How To” instructions are detailed below. You can find information about past elections on the <a href="https://foss4g-oceania.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=26f3c80da46835144592b59b6&id=08ebca8f94&e=8e2d40afaa" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">OSGeo Oceania wiki</a> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:arial;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">and more information about our electoral process <a href="https://foss4g-oceania.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=26f3c80da46835144592b59b6&id=d4f92aa8c8&e=8e2d40afaa" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#757575;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:arial;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Some notable upcoming dates: </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#757575;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:arial;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Open director nominations: 8 November 2020</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#757575;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:arial;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Close director nominations: 22 November 2020* </span></p>
<span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:arial;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">* All election related closing times are at 23:59:59 Western Australia Standard Time</span><br>
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<span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:arial;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please be aware that being a Director on our Board is a formal role, and has a number of responsibilities attached. Also, since we have no employees, Directors are active in an operational sense, and not just in a strategy.</span><a href="https://foss4g-oceania.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=26f3c80da46835144592b59b6&id=1c64979553&e=8e2d40afaa" style="text-decoration:none;color:#007c89;font-weight:normal" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:arial;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><u style="background-color:transparent;color:#007c89;font-family:arial;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Have a read of this AICD document on Board Director responsibilities</u></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:arial;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and of our</span><a href="https://foss4g-oceania.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=26f3c80da46835144592b59b6&id=f29da1e8ba&e=8e2d40afaa" style="text-decoration:none;color:#007c89;font-weight:normal" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:arial;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><u style="background-color:transparent;color:#007c89;font-family:arial;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Terms of Reference</u></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:arial;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and please get in touch with a current Board member if you have any questions, these can be found on the <a href="https://foss4g-oceania.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=26f3c80da46835144592b59b6&id=2317d8870e&e=8e2d40afaa" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">OSGeo Oceania wiki</a>.</span><br>
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<b><span style="font-size:18px">How to nominate</span></b>
<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:arial;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Nominations are not yet open, however you can start thinking about whether you would like to nominate yourself or someone else to sit on the Board. To nominate someone you will need to send an email with the candidate's name, their usual place of residence (town/city/country), and a brief statement on why the person would make a good director. Nominations can be sent between 8 - 22 November 2020 to </span><u style="background-color:transparent;color:#007c89;font-family:arial;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:elections@osgeo-oceania.org" target="_blank">elections@osgeo-oceania.org</a></u><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:arial;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></div>
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