[Board] november 21 meeting prep / my Open words to topic "Discussion about Officer positions (President, Vice-Presidents, Secretary)"

[Jody Garnett]

Understood Till, we are setting up f2f meeting in todays meeting to address
this and other topics.

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Jody Garnett

On 21 November 2017 at 06:10, Till Adams <till.adams at fossgis.de> wrote:

> Dear board,
>
> based on past (perhaps unintentially open) emails and on short
> discussions on your todays meeting topic "Discussion about Officer
> positions (President, Vice-Presidents, Secretary)", I'd like to publish
> my thoughts on this topic.
>
> While I acknowledge that it is constitutionally allowable to appoint
> someone external to the board as OSGeo President, it would break with
> OSGeo tradition. I'd suggest that it would also be contrary to the
> wishes of the majority of OSGeo charter members (based on the last board
> election). I think, especially in times, where lots of discussions came
> up, there is a need for a strong President of OSgeo, and strong is to
> me, that the president needs strong support of the majority of the
> comunity.
>
> There are excellent candidates for the OSGeo president position within
> the currently elected board. It is my hope that the OSGeo President is
> selected from one of the currently serving board members.
>
> !!! This by no means reflects upon the people involved (especially
> Venka), whom I hold in high regard, but rather is focused on the
> integrity of our processes.
>
> Cheers, Till
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