[OSGeo-Board] Sanity Check: Confirmation of nomination to board

[Arnulf Christl]

Gary Lang wrote:
> This is good.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Holmes [mailto:cholmes at openplans.org] 
> Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 12:54 PM
> To: board at board.osgeo.org
> Subject: [OSGeo-Board] Sanity Check: Confirmation of nomination to board
> 
> Hey board, could someone give me a sanity check on the text of the email
> 
> I'm sending to our nominated committers?  And this is also an FYI to let
> 
> you know what I'm sending them.
> 
> Right now it's looking like:
> Helena Mitasova
> Dave McIlhagga
> Jody Garnett
> Jo Walsh
> Michael Gerlack

just this:
Michael P. Gerlek

all else +1

> Mark Lucas
> 
> am I missing anyone?  pmarc appears to have withdrawn his nominations of
> 
> Frankie, Paulo, and Hamish... I think he thought this was for 
> membership, not the board?
> 
> --
> 
> Hey, I'm just doing a final check to make sure that you definitely want 
> to be elected to the board of OSGeo.  You've been nominated, and your 
> nominator was supposed to check to make sure that you would accept the 
> nomination, but I just want to be sure that it actually happened, and 
> that they warned you that board work is about 8hrs/week of work.
> 
> So this is your last chance to gracefully bow out, you can just let me 
> know if you're not interested.
> 
> For a bit more about what you're getting involved in, the goals are 
> found at: http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/OSGeo_Mission  You should 
> agree with all of them, and we'll likely look for you to take a 
> leadership role on at least one or two of them.  Your 8hrs a week will 
> be composed of keeping up on the board email list (70-100 emails a week,
> 
> though mostly short), participating in board conference calls (they've 
> been averaging close to two hours), and leading initiatives/committees 
> on one or more of the stated mission goals.  It's a very exciting time, 
> as we're really defining what we want this organization to be, and you 
> will have a big role in doing that.  But it also is a definite time 
> commitment that you should be prepared for.
> 
> Note that the next board election will likely take place in September, 
> at the FOSS4G conference in Switzerland.  So this initial commitment can
> 
> be for only 6 months.  But what we decide will determine a lot, and of 
> course you can go for re-election to the board.  I'm excited about your 
> nomination, and potential place on the board, I think we can do a lot of
> 
> exciting stuff.  So just let me know for sure that you're able to accept
> 
> the nomination.
> 
> best regards,
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
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