Participation in OSGeo (was: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Charter Member nomination: Martin Landa)

[Razy Kased]

Where can I learn more about each of the committees or other ways to
participate?

Thanks,

Razy

On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Seven (aka Arnulf) <seven at arnulf.us>wrote:

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> On 17.11.2011 03:54, Daniel Morissette wrote:
> > On 11-11-16 09:36 PM, Helena Mitasova wrote:
> >> I would like to express my support for Martin's nomination.
> > [...]
> >> ...  so he would be great to have on
> >> the conference and education committees.
> >>
> >
> > Nothing against Martin's nomination, but I wanted to point out the fact
> > that it is not a requirement to be a charter member to participate on
> > any of OSGeo's committees AFAIK.
>
> Good point. Let's reiterate, just to make sure: Everybody is free to
> participate anywhere in OSGeo. This includes committee work, conference
> organization, Web site, Marketing, founding Local Chapters, managing
> OSGeo presence at events and so on. This is where the real life happens.
> And if you are chair of a committee (meaning that you were elected by
> peers because of your good work ) you automatically become a vice
> president of OSGeo.
> http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/board_and_officers.html
>
> OSGeo Charter Members only nominate and elect the board of directors.
> This happens once a year. In the rare case that OSGeo needs to change
> it's bylaws we also need to go through he Charter Membership. This is
> not to belittle the Charter Membership but just to make sure that this
> is not a barrier to any activity in OSGeo.
>
> Cheers,
> Arnulf
>
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