[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: OSGeo Board Election 2010 Results

[Tyler Mitchell]

Hi Tim,
I'm sure we'll talk lots more about your questions shortly but a couple things while I have a few minutes...

I don't recall the board list requiring approval.  Note there are a couple other lists with the term 'board' in them I think, maybe you chose to join one lof those accidentally.  I will double check for you though.

It's worth noting on the discuss list that *EVERYONE* is welcome to join the board list and participate in discussions there:
http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board

There is also a rarely used private board alias used that one of us with systems access will have to add you guys to.

The board meets once a month in IRC.  To vote on some items/motions they will also flip over to use a skype call to vote by voice when needed.  The president acts as chair and I usually take the minutes and try to rally any stragglers.  

Meeting agendas and minutes are all posted on the wiki:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board

That's probably enough for now and any time you can put into the face to face meeting will be very useful too.  A few scheduling/announcement items have fallen through the crack this past month as a couple of us have been on extended holidays.  Sorry for not laying this stuff out sooner!

Best wishes, see you soon.
Tyler


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> All-
> 
> I'm excited to start serving as a new board member.   Thanks for the
> votes.
> 
> Current members-
> 
> Are there any details new members should know?
> 
> I've just put in a subscription request for the Board list 
> (http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/).   Looks like that is pending 
> approval.
> 
> I've also just come across the wiki page about the F2F meeting 
> (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Face_to_Face_Meeting_Barcelona_2010).   I 
> regret that I didn't know about this earlier, as I would have made 
> different arrangements.   As it is, I am leaving early Sunday and had 
> made plans for Saturday.   I put my name down and can try to make it for 
> a good part of the meeting (or all).
> 
> Let me know if there is anything else we should be aware of as new board 
> members.
> 
> Thanks,
> Tim
> 
> On 8/27/10 12:53 AM, Arnulf Christl (OSGeo) wrote:
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> > Paul,
> > thanks again for organizing the board elections. It is great that we
> > could get this done in time prior to FOSS4G so that the new board can
> > meet there in real life. This promises to become a very productive
> > meeting.
> > 
> > Howard, Ari,
> > thanks to both of you for serving on the board for two full years and
> > we hope to continue to see you give advice to the OSGeo board in your
> > specific domains. We will lack the European and education background of
> > Ari and miss Howard's direct engagement from our systems committee.
> > 
> > Tim and Daniel,
> > welcome to the board and be prepared for lots of activities in the
> > coming months. We need to look into funding and acquire new and more
> > sponsors. The local chapters of OSGeo are developing great but many
> > would like to see a closer relation to the OSGeo Foundation. The public
> > geodata committee is developing interesting ideas around cataloging
> > that could turn into a new OSGeo service and last but not least we
> > will want to improve the incubation process to better serve the
> > projects and the users.
> > 
> > 
> > All,
> > thanks all for trusting me with another term on the board of directors
> > and I am excited to get going with the new team. See (hopefully most of
> > you) in Barcelona.
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > Arnulf.
> > 
> > 
> > Paul Ramsey wrote:
> > > OSGeo,
> > > 
> > > Here are the final results from the 2010 voting for the open seats of
> > > the OSGeo Board of Directors. There were four seats open and they
> > > have been filled by, in alphabetical order:
> > > 
> > > * Arnulf Christl
> > > * Daniel Morissette
> > > * Frank Warmerdam
> > > * Tim Schaub
> > > 
> > > Thanks to everyone for running. The voting participation was 82% and
> > > there were no tie scores to arbitrate.
> > > Your complete resulting Board is:
> > > 
> > > * Arnulf Christl
> > > * Chris Schmidt
> > > * Daniel Morissette
> > > * Frank Warmerdam
> > > * Geoff Zeiss
> > > * Jeff McKenna
> > > * Markus Neteler
> > > * Ravi Kumar
> > > * Tim Schaub
> > > 
> > > We will complete the 2010 election process with the selection of new
> > > Charter Members in September after FOSS4G.
> > > 
> > > Yours,
> > > 
> > > Paul Ramsey
> > > 2010 Returning Officer
> > 
> > 
> > - --
> > Arnulf Christl
> > President OSGeo
> > http://www.osgeo.org
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