[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Board Election Results

[P Kishor]

Hi Gary,

I was not the person who originally requested this, but I did show
interest in this, so I am presenting my reason here, for what they are
worth.

Actually, I am not even so much interested in seeing who got how many
votes as I am in seeing the geographical distribution of whence the
votes came from and where they went... if that could be shown on the
map... or, if I can imagine it on a map.

For now, it is heavily weighted in North America and Europe, and
rightly so... most of this technology was invented in these regions,
most of the developers are from these regions, most of the
implementations are in these regions, most of the momentum in these
regions. In the long run, I would like to see OSGeo spread its wings
on all corners of the globe. I am not trying to hasten this process
artificially, but I am interested in seeing the process itself, and
see it happen sooner rather than later... imagine... if I could see a
time-lapse movie of open geospatial spreading around the world!

For now, I am more interested in seeing where we need to focus more,
encourage more activity, perhaps even do some special hand-holding, if
required.

That is all of my reasoning. It is not crucial or urgent, and there is
no other agenda -- if collectively it is decided that not showing the
tally is better, I am cool with that as well...



On 8/9/07, Gary Sherman <sherman at mrcc.com> wrote:
> What purpose is served by displaying the results in this way? I see
> absolutely no benefit, other than to create an ad-hoc popularity
> contest to see who beat out whom.
>
> What lessons can be learned from having the tally known? How can it
> benefit
> OSGeo in future elections? Will it deter people from running in the
> future?
>
> The votes were not posted publicly, we know who won, leave it at that.
>
> If the final tally by person is made public, will we next ask to see
> how each charter member voted?
>
> This is beyond openness.
>
> -gary
>
> (Yes I was a candidate, yes I was not elected, no this has nothing to
> do with my position on this issue)
>
>
> On Aug 9, 2007, at 11:20 AM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:
>
> > P Kishor wrote:
> >> In the spirit of openness, it would be worthwhile seeing where the
> >> charter members thought it best to cast their votes. While
> >> embarrassment is a possible consequence, I believe if I were running
> >> for a Board member, and if I lost, I would still like to see the
> >> votes... I am not interested in seeing who voted for who... I am more
> >> interested in seeing the voting pattern as a reflection of the
> >> pattern
> >> of interest, awareness, and even a need for doing more.
> >
> > Puneet (and Tamas, Bart, ...)
> >
> > I don't have a strong opinion on this.  If someone would like to take
> > this issue formally to the board I would encourage you to write up a
> > position in the wiki and add it as a topic for the next board meeting
> > agenda at:
> >
> >   http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Twenty_Eighth_Board_Meeting
> >
> > If so, I'd ask that you be available to speak on behalf of the issue
> > for the next board meeting.  Alternatively, the topic could be
> > discussed
> > at the AGM at FOSS4G (planned for late on the Monday I believe).  I
> > can't seem to find a wiki page about the AGM, though I think one
> > exists.
> >
> > Of course, discussing here is fine too, but ultimately for action it
> > is helpful for someone to "carry the ball".  I'm not going to be that
> > person given a lack of enthusiasm about the idea.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > --
> > ---------------------------------------
> > +--------------------------------------
> > I set the clouds in motion - turn up   | Frank Warmerdam,
> > warmerdam at pobox.com
> > light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam
> > and watch the world go round - Rush    | President OSGeo, http://
> > osgeo.org
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Discuss mailing list
> > Discuss at lists.osgeo.org
> > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
>
> -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-
>
> Gary Sherman
> Chair, QGIS Project Steering Committee
> Micro Resources: http://mrcc.com
>    *Geospatial Hosting
>    *Web Site Hosting
> "We work virtually everywhere"
> -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Discuss mailing list
> Discuss at lists.osgeo.org
> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
>


-- 
Puneet Kishor http://punkish.eidesis.org/
Nelson Inst. for Env. Studies, UW-Madison http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/
Open Source Geospatial Foundation http://www.osgeo.org/education/
S&T Policy Fellow, National Academy of Sciences http://www.nas.edu/
---------------------------------------------------------------------
collaborate, communicate, compete
=====================================================================