<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I have already advised the conference committee that I will be standing down as chair following the completion of the FOSS4G 2018 selection process.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Can I ask someone else to respond to this request<br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 5 Dec 2016, at 17:17, Angelos Tzotsos <<a href="mailto:gcpp.kalxas@gmail.com" class="">gcpp.kalxas@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Dear Conference Committee,<br class=""><br class="">Following up on your recent motion to update your membership policies and process, and the issues raised by this motion, the board has held a video meeting to discuss the issue of committee guidelines.<br class=""><br class="">As a result, the board is asking everyone to write down "committee guidelines" on how each functions. The idea is to make sure our committees are transparent in their decision making, and open to participation.<br class=""><br class="">There is a wiki page here <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Committee_Guidelines" class="">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Committee_Guidelines</a> that provides more information (and helpfully provides guidance for committee chairs). There are some examples of different committees doing their thing here (<a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Committee_Guidelines#Examples" class="">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Committee_Guidelines#Examples</a>).<br class=""><br class="">Best regards,<br class="">Angelos<br class=""><br class="">-- <br class="">Angelos Tzotsos, PhD<br class="">OSGeo Charter Member<br class=""><a href="http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos" class="">http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos</a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><br class=""><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>