[Board] Press release president's comments

[Arnulf Christl]

Fellow boars,
please read this press release: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Press_Release_Board_2008

I would like to extend my personal comment to say the following:


[BOF]
Arnulf Christl explains, "I'm pleased to be able to help in my new role as OSGeo President. I have three mail goals on my personal agenda, these include further supporting the emergence of local chapters and supporting them in organizing meetings and conferences that complement our global FOSS4G effort. The second area is to improve our support for businesses using and supporting Open Source Geospatial software. Our organization is now so strong and healthy that we need to tell the world about it in the lobby (pressure group work, etc. - please add some correct terminology). The third area is the most challenging one. It includes conciliating between the extremes of proprietary businesses that dominate the OGC and the other extreme of thorough volunteerism(?) that rules still exponentially growing OpenStreetMap. If at all then OSGeo is the organization capable of bridging this gap/gorge/chasm/."
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Some of you said that you would help me with the job of the president - so please tell me whether this is a good vision or whether you would rather have your president say something else. I am trying to not be a FOSS zealot but still stick to our core values.
Please feel free to add this to the Wiki and please, please enhance the wording etc. so that it is presidentable.

Best regards,
Arnulf B. Christl
(President OSGeo)