[California] Stepping Down as Board Rep

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Hi All,

Landon, thanks for all your past effort to keep us in touch with the
mothership!

I'm happy to take on this role based on the 'job description' Alex
provided. I'm in pretty regular touch with several of the board
members these days as I'm helping to manage the new Marketing/Website
project. That said, I am a) in SoCal and b) not an academic, but would
certainly be willing to help out here. The thought out disbanding our
chapter is not one I want to consider.

Also, definitely want to organize an OSGeo social at CalGIS. My
company Terranodo is happy to sponsor a happy hour, we just need to
pick a place and time.

Jeff

On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 7:52 AM, Alex Mandel <tech_dev at wildintellect.com> wrote:
> Landon,
>
> Thank you for your service to the community, it has been appreciated.
>
> I'll clarify that I think the role of the OSGeo liason is simply to keep
> communication open between the foundation and the chapter (attend some
> OSGeo online board meetings occasionally, bring OSGeo big news back to
> the chapter and vice versa, make sure our wiki page is current).
>
> With that I'd encourage anyone interested in the role to please speak
> up, or for people to nominate (ask someone first) a good person for the
> position.
>
> PS: Anyone interested in organizing an OSGeo social in May at CalGIS?
>
> Thanks,
> Alex
>
> On 03/13/2017 04:19 PM, Landon Blake wrote:
>> Hey guys. I think it is time for me to step down as board rep for our
>> chapter. My life has gotten considerably more complicated since last June,
>> and I don't have the time or energy to devote to OSGeo like I once did. I
>> don't even get to work on GIS much any more.
>>
>> It also seems like the core of our support is in the academic community,
>> which makes me a poor fit for leader as a private sector capitalist. :]
>>
>> The primary duties of the board rep are to organize our annual meeting. (It
>> seems I can't even lead effectively enough to do this.)
>>
>> If we can't find someone to take over for me, I'll recommend to the OSGeo
>> Board that we close the chapter. I'll plan on reaching out to them by the
>> end of this week if I don't hear from any of our chapter members.
>>
>> I'm happy to help whoever takes over, if they'd like assistance.
>>
>> Let me know if you want to step up as the new Board Rep for the Chapter.
>>
>> Landon
>>
> _______________________________________________
> California mailing list
> California at lists.osgeo.org
> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/california