<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div apple-content-edited="true"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Hey Gang,</span></font></div><div style="min-height: 11px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Dave and Jeff here again. We just wanted to remind the group of our need to choose two new co-chairs. If you are interested in taking on the role then please contact us off-line. If you know someone who might be a good candidate, ask them to step forward and help the local OSGeo community. We think it would be great to have the theme of the next chapter meeting be the “new co-chair kickoff”.</span></font></div><div style="min-height: 11px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">If you have any questions we can address them on the mailing list or through personal e-mail.</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Thanks for everyone's energy in keeping the momentum of the OSGeo local Chapter going.</span></font></div><div style="min-height: 11px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Dave Sampson</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Jeff McKenna</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><br></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br><div><div>On 8-Jul-08, at 9:40 AM, Sampson, David wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <div style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; webkit-nbsp-mode: space; webkit-line-break: after-white-space"> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"> <div style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 10px Arial; COLOR: rgb(0,36,244)"><font color="#000000" size="3">Hey Folks,</font></div><p style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica"><font color="#000000" size="3"></font> </p> <div style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 10px Arial; COLOR: rgb(0,36,244)"><font color="#000000" size="3">For those of you who have </font><font color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">been</span></font></font><font color="#000000" size="3"> around since the beginning of the local Ottawa Chapter of OSGEO you'll remember that despite our informal structure and activities we do have some positions to be filled.</font></div><p style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica"><font color="#000000" size="3"></font> </p> <div style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 10px Arial; COLOR: rgb(0,36,244)"><font color="#000000" size="3">Jeff and myself have been fulfilling the roles of co-chairs or co-presidents for a while now and we both feel it is time for new blood and new ideas to come to the local chapter.</font></div><p style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica"><font color="#000000" size="3"></font> </p> <div style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 10px Arial; COLOR: rgb(0,36,244)"><font color="#000000" size="3">Having two people fill this position is ideal as we all sometimes have competing commitments.</font></div><p style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica"><font color="#000000" size="3"></font> </p> <div style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 10px Arial; COLOR: rgb(0,36,244)"><font color="#000000" size="3">So we would like to formally open up the opportunity to all the newcomers and the regulars to step forward and volunteer to fill these roles.</font></div><p style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica"><font color="#000000" size="3"></font> </p> <div style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 10px Arial; COLOR: rgb(0,36,244)"><font color="#000000" size="3">We will start with a volunteer/nomination process and then move to votes after a couple of weeks.</font></div><p style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica"><font color="#000000" size="3"></font> </p> <div style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 10px Arial; COLOR: rgb(0,36,244)"><font color="#000000" size="3">What to do:</font></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 10px Arial; COLOR: rgb(0,36,244)"><font color="#000000" size="3">1. If you want to volunteer, contact Jeff or myself directly through e-mail<span style="FONT: 12px Helvetica; COLOR: #000000"> </span>indicating you would like to fill one of the two positions.</font></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 10px Arial; COLOR: rgb(0,36,244)"><font size="3"><font color="#000000">2. If you know of a leader in our community that would fit nicely in this position then please ask their permission to nominate them. Then you can contact Jeff or myself via e-mail to contribute your nomination<span style="FONT: 10px Helvetica; COLOR: #000000">.</span></font></font></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 10px Arial; COLOR: rgb(0,36,244)"><font color="#000000" size="3">3. A couple of weeks from now we will compile the list of names and throw it back at the community to vote on (private or public casts? Maybe through the wiki?)</font></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 10px Arial; COLOR: rgb(0,36,244)"><font color="#000000" size="3">4. The two highest counts get the position.</font></div><p style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica"><font color="#000000" size="3"></font> </p> <div style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 10px Arial; COLOR: rgb(0,36,244)"><font color="#000000" size="3">If there are any suggestions as to the process, let us know. We can modify them. As long as the process is democratic and transparent we can play with the model.</font></div> <div style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"><br><font color="#000000"></font></font></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 10px Arial; COLOR: rgb(0,36,244)"><font color="#000000" size="3">Thanks.</font></div> <div style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"><br><font color="#000000"></font></font></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 10px Arial; COLOR: rgb(0,36,244)"><font color="#000000" size="3">Dave & Jeff</font></div></font></div></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>