[OSGeo-Discuss] The New Board to be and Global representation

[Mateusz Loskot]

On Jun 17, 2008, at 11:45 PM, Arnulf Christl wrote:
>
> On Fri, June 13, 2008 18:47, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote:
>>
>
>> On 13-Jun-08, at 1:26 AM, Jorge Gaspar Sanz Salinas wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi I can't be more agree with we should seek the best people to
>>> represent the foundation, based on the merits and commitment with  
>>> the
>>> usual free software values, rather than a geographic  
>>> representation. Of
>>> course having elected people from all over the world should be a  
>>> sign
>>> that FOSS4G is spreading and OSGeo is getting more and more broader.
>>
>> Since there are only a few open positions for board elections each
>> year, it will take some time to see any long term movement in
>> representation either way.  In addition to to "merits and  
>> commitment" I
>> would also add "vision" to the list of positive attributes for board
>> members.
>>
>> One thing that I think would be useful right away would be to start a
>> group made up of one representative from each local chapter - a  
>> sort of
>> global council.  This doesn't have to be a new or separate mailing  
>> list,
>> but could be.  Just having a group to go to for sharing thoughts,  
>> ideas
>> and vision would be really valuable.  Sound good?
>>
>> Tyler
>
> Yes.
>
> I didn't want to let this pass uncommented. But yet again I was too
> elaborate and thus moved it to my emerging http://arnulf.us/Blog


Arnulf,

I'd love to syndicate your blog on the Planet OSGeo, however
I'm having troubles with getting clean and usable RSS/Atom entries :-(
Perhaps you wouldn't mind to fix it?
Certainly, my request is valid only if you would like to get  
syndicated :-)

Ciao
-- 
Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net
Charter Member of OSGeo, http://osgeo.org