Thanks Frank.<div><br></div><div>One other person I would mention for consideration (whether now or in future) who hasn't come up yet is Michael Gerlek, if he is interested. I have been impressed by Michael's work on the board this year as Secretary. I think he has proved good at getting us to focus on issues and reach decisions, which is a good attribute for the President / Chair to have. And he is a good advocate for OSGeo.</div>
<div><br></div><div>One broader consideration to think about is how we want the role of President to work in future. Do we have a preference for a "long term President" as Arnulf has been? While Arnulf has done a great job, as several folks have commented in different contexts, he has taken on a larger load than most people could. We might consider whether we consciously want the President role to cycle every year or two years or whatever, to get new perspectives and balance the load among different people.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I was on the board at GITA for several years, and there the President would serve for one year. They also had the notion of a President Elect, which has some advantages - the President Elect was chosen a year before they became President, so they had time to plan for being in the role, and the President and President Elect could work together as appropriate to transition the role toward the end of the President's term. I'm not saying we necessarily should do that, but just mentioning it as one option we might think about. Of course if we did something like that it would naturally lead into choosing a President Elect from newly elected board members, who still have two years to serve. Which might constrain things a bit too much with our current model (it might be that none of the four incoming members were interested in being President for one reason or another).</div>
<div><br></div><div>That's probably a bigger discussion than we can reasonably have today, but if Frank did serve a one year term as President this coming year, this general topic would be something we could discuss further over the coming months, to plan for how we move ahead in 2013.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div> Peter.</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Frank Warmerdam <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:warmerdam@pobox.com" target="_blank">warmerdam@pobox.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 8:27 AM, Peter Batty <<a href="mailto:peter.batty@gmail.com">peter.batty@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Which would leave Frank, and I think it goes without saying that he<br>
> would be a great candidate, assuming he is willing.<br>
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</div>Peter,<br>
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I would be willing, but I've been president before and I am unlikely<br>
to bring something new to the role. If I'm selected, I'd prefer to think<br>
of it as a single year while others get more comfortable with board<br>
function and we bring someone with new ideas and energy to the role<br>
next year. Better yet to have someone new in the role this year!<br>
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Best regards,<br>
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