<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi all<div class=""><br class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 0.4em; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 36px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-rendering: optimizelegibility; padding: 4px 0px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Background</h1><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">We are in the process of creating a legal entity for <a href="http://QGIS.org" class="">QGIS.org</a> and we need a treasurer. In our last PSC meeting we agreed to appoint an additional PSC member for this purpose. The criteria for suitable candidates are:</p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; padding: 0px 0px 9px; word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" class="">Trusted member of the <a href="http://QGIS.org" class="">QGIS.org</a> community</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" class="">Willing to contribute their time in this position without personal financial reward (it’s an unpaid position)</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">SWISS Citizen</strong> (this is a requirement for establishing a SWISS Verein, which is the basis we will use for creating <a href="http://QGIS.org" class="">QGIS.org</a> as a legal entity)</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" class="">Ability to perform the bookkeeping tasks needed in the position</li></ul><h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 0.4em; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 36px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-rendering: optimizelegibility; padding: 4px 0px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Procedure for nominations</h1><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">In order to nominate a person, please do the following:</p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; padding: 0px 0px 9px; word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Contact them first and obtain their agreement to be nominated</strong> - this is very important!</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" class="">Fill out this form: <a href="http://goo.gl/forms/OfAiDPtMnA" class="">http://goo.gl/forms/OfAiDPtMnA</a> (scroll down on that page for the actual form).</li></ul><h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 0.4em; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 36px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-rendering: optimizelegibility; padding: 4px 0px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Closing date for nominations</h1><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">The closing date for nominations will be Tuesday 11 August 2015.</p><h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 0.4em; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 36px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-rendering: optimizelegibility; padding: 4px 0px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Voting</h1><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Once the closing date has been reached, we will create a poll here and open the voting for the new treasurer to the general community.</p><div style="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: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span class="">Thanks,<br class=""><br class=""></span><div class="">Tim Sutton</div><div class="">QGIS Project Steering Committee Member</div><div class=""><a href="mailto:tim@qgis.org" class="">tim@qgis.org</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="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: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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