[Board] Re: Random selection of board members tobe replaced/re-elected

[Gary Lang]

I didn't know I got points for in-kind loudmouthisms, but I appreciate
the sentiment. But if it's true that activism is visible in people that
are not board members, then maybe I can still contribute ;-)

-----Original Message-----
From: board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
[mailto:board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Jo Walsh
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 3:10 PM
To: Mark Lucas
Cc: OSGeo-Board
Subject: Re: [Board] Re: Random selection of board members tobe
replaced/re-elected

dear Mark,
On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 12:25:41PM -0400, Mark Lucas wrote:
> I've decided to offer up my board seat to new candidates. 

Well both yourself, and Gary, are a loss to the board on the grounds
that Dave notes; that a well-placed few words on occasion are 'worth' 
as much as a lot of running around, and to have people of high external
stature associated, counts for a lot. Perhaps board membership
encourages activism but that activism is visible in a ton of people who
are not board members too.

> ongoing Open Technology Development efforts within the DoD and 
> Intelligence Community.

This sounds terrific, it seems that a powerful vector for spread of open
source GIS, is for it to appear in the context of "e-government" 
and to be taken up by one kind of government agency that can influence
others... as long as more of us get to share in all that Intelligence
eventually ;) 

cheers,


jo
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