[Board] So what is the purpose of OSGeo?

[jo at frot.org]

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 10:59:31AM -0700, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote:
> On 29-May-08, at 10:41 AM, Arnulf Christl wrote:
> >>It ends up sounding like the board could be out of touch with the
> >>needs and interests of the community and its projects.
> >>
> >This may well be true. Is this a musing or a position? (I should  
> >know so that i can decide whether being on the board makes good sense).
> 
> You should know I speak more in generalities than specifics :)  It's  
> neither musing nor a personal position.  This is a hypothetical  
> position that observers of the board could come to during this  
> discussion.

I have been learning from the openstreetmap-talk-legal list how
counterproductive it can be to produce hypotheticals in support of
one or another "position", with no objective means of grounding them.

Tyler, it's part of your job description to keep the Board informed 
of the needs and focus of the community and its projects, and to
improve communication between us. Try to help, rather than cast light
on how some of our collective judgement maybe "ends up sounding" to you?


jo
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