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<p>Some information on becoming a Charter Member of OSGeo.</p>
<p>Any questions, please ask!</p>
<p>Best wishes,<br>
Nick.</p>
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<td>[Charter-members] [Annoucement] OSGeo 2025 Elections
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<td>Sat, 13 Sep 2025 18:13:31 +0000</td>
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<td>Luí s Moreira de Sousa via Charter-members
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Dear charter members,<br>
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This year's OSGeo elections [1] will start on September 14, 2025
with the nomination period for new Charter Members.<br>
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You can read about the Membership Process wiki page for this year
[2].<br>
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The nomination period for Charter Members will be open for the
next two weeks.<br>
Candidate review will follow through our electronic voting system.<br>
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Charter member nomination period starts: September 14, 2025<br>
Charter member nomination period ends: October 05, 2025<br>
Charter member candidate review period starts: October 26, 2025<br>
Charter member candidate review period ends: November 02, 2025<br>
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You can see the progress of the nominations on [3]<br>
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Please, send your nomination with the information below, that will
be used on [4]:<br>
Nominating person: <your name><br>
Nominating e-mail: <your e-mail><br>
Nominating profile page: <your profile page in the OSGeo
website><br>
Nominee name: <nominee's name(s)><br>
Nominee last name: <nominee's last name(s)><br>
Nominee e-mail: <nominee e-mail><br>
Nominee country: <nominee country at time of nomination><br>
Nominee advocate page: <nominee advocate page in the OSGeo
wiki><br>
Nominee profile page: <nominee profile page in the OSGeo
website><br>
Nomination statement: <paragraph describing why you are
recommending this person as a Charter Member,<br>
please include details about the positive attributes [4] of
the nominee>.<br>
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Warm regards,<br>
Luís de Sousa<br>
(your 2025 OSGeo Elections CROs)[5]<br>
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[1] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2025">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2025</a><br>
[2] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process</a><br>
[3] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2025">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2025</a><br>
[4]
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process#Positive_Attributes">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process#Positive_Attributes</a><br>
[5] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://weki.osgeo.org/wiki/Chief_Returning_Officer">https://weki.osgeo.org/wiki/Chief_Returning_Officer</a><br>
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