[OSGeo-Discuss] Danke für die Mails - Resignation from Board

Wed Feb 8 23:43:12 PST 2012

Hello list,

my last mail was not supposed to go on the list. Sorry.

Do me a favor - IGNORE IT.

Thanks

Astrid

Am 09.02.2012 08:09, schrieb Astrid Emde:
> HAllo Arnulf,
>
> danke für die Mail.....
>
>
> On Wed, February 8, 2012 8:47 pm, Arnulf Christl wrote:
>> Folks,
>> this thread is growing way too big in my opinion. If you want to know why
>> Jeff resigned, please ask him.
>>
>>
>> I am not going to thank and farewell him because I don't think that he
>> is leaving and I want to leave a door open for him to just continue doing
>> what he is good at. This is not an employment situation where you kicked
>> out or go and that's it.
>>
>> And I certainly do not want to make it feel like I am relieved that he
>> resigned from two important roles. It is going to be hard to impossible to
>> quickly fill the vacancy in the conf committee - anybody interested? Jeff
>> acknowledged that he sent a mere two emails to the conf committee since
>> FOSS4G and that this is simply not enough to run this committee.
>> Now before more speculation start: The board has NOT suggested him to
>> step down from the committee, neither explicitly nor implicitly - he did
>> this on his own. So we might say that he was not happy in the lead of both
>> the conf committee and board and that both eat up quite some time which he
>> currently is not prepared to spend, so he decided to resign.
>>
>> All else is speculation and currently it is being done to the detriment
>> of the board and OSGeo as a whole which I find inappropriate. It is
>> probably just a coincidence that he chose to do this right after the board
>> meeting. He as well might have done it when he decided to not attend to
>> the board meeting about a week ago but chose not to. Lets get on with
>> things, again thank Jeff for all he has done welcome him back whenever he
>> feels like it.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Arnulf.
>>
>>
>> PS:
>> I am writing this as Seven of Nine, not as the president of this
>> organization. If anybody thinks the board really screwed up I know that
>> Arnulf is prepared to take the consequences and step down as president.
>> This won't help anybody and I don't feel at all like stepping down but
>> if we are collectively interested in growing this into a major demolition
>> then I am happy to follow suit.
>>
>> PPS:
>> This is all you are going to hear from me in a while because I am away
>> from the Web now. This is an annual measure I take to avoid burning out and
>> has nothing whatsoever to do with OSGeo.
>>
>> And thanks to several people who thanked the board for the work done and
>> the report to the discuss list and reassuring that we are on track.
>> Unfortunately these mail only come in personally, so I thought I'd
>> forward here to also thank the other board members for their good work.
>> Including Jeff for the time he was with us there.
>>
>>
>> Done.
>>
>>
>> On 02/08/2012 02:37 AM, Ravi Kumar wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Board,
>>> pl do discuss this in the OSGeo Discuss list. I feel sorry to loose Jeff
>>>   (from the board) who has showcased OSGeo in non-english speaking
>>> China,
>>> Vietnam and many more.
>>> Is there any connection with FOSS4G 2012.
>>> Remember his talk at Cape Town, and the thunderous applause received.
>>> Ravi
>>>
>>>
>>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> -
>>> *From:* Tim Sutton<tim at linfiniti.com>
>>> *To:* maria.brovelli at diiar-topo.polimi.it
>>> *Cc:* osgeo-board List<board at lists.osgeo.org>
>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 8, 2012 1:51 PM
>>> *Subject:* Re: [Board] Resignation from Board
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear all
>>>
>>>
>>> I have also been watching this thread from the sidelines and feeling
>>> like things are being mishandled.
>>>
>>> If Jeff was leaving because of e.g. family obligations or something
>>> far removed from the activities of the board there would be no issue
>>> here. However it seems quite clear that he is leaving due to finding the
>>> internal machinations of the board untenable. My perception is that the
>>> board happily accepted his resignation rather than trying to understand
>>> why one of it's leading lights is leaving - and what can be done to
>>> remedy the situation so that he will stay on. I am sure others share
>>> this feeling.
>>>
>>> While it may be the case that the board is acting within its
>>> guidelines, it is important that from a public relations point of view
>>> that you try to address this issue in a better way. Take the time to do
>>> some PR to explain what is going on rather than simply quoting bylaws.
>>> At the very least some publicity (mailing lists, web site
>>> etc.) thanking Jeff for his time with the board and showing your
>>> appreciation for all the work he has put into OSGEO would be a nice send
>>> off for Jeff.
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>>
>>>
>>> Tim
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 8:56 AM,<maria.brovelli at diiar-topo.polimi.it
>>> <mailto:maria.brovelli at diiar-topo.polimi.it>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dar All
>>>> I agree with Venka and Jeroen and I'm also very sad because Jeff has
>>>>
>>> done a
>>>> lot for our community. Bset.
>>>> Maria
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Def. Quota Venkatesh Raghavan<raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp
>>>>
>>> <mailto:raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp>>:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On 2012/02/07 20:21, Michael P. Gerlek wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Jeff's decision to resign from the board and the conference
>>>>>>
>>> committee was
>>>>>> his own decision, and I think his two emails covered what needed
>>>>>> to
>>> be said.
>>>>>> This is sad, of course, but Jeff has his reasons and beyond that
>>>>>> we
>>> should
>>>>>> respect his privacy.
>>>>> Jeff has made most of his recent views public
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2012-January/009364.html
>>>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2012-February/009394.html
>>>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2012-February/001633
>>>>> .html
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I think the Board owes an explanation to the community (on
>>>>> osgeo-discuss) about the reasons/circumstances that led to acceptance
>>>>> of Jeff's resignation. This will
>>>>> be no disrespect to his privacy. This should be done before Board
>>>>> Members start expressing thier private
>>>>> views about how the vacant Board member seat can be filled. ....
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2012/02/07 18:23, Jeroen Ticheler wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My questions to you are now if will you come up with a
>>>>>>> statement
>>> related
>>>>>>> to this and if you will make an announcement on OSGeo Discuss
>>> before more
>>>>>>> discussion and gossip starts to take place.
>>>>> I fully agree with Jeroen on the that.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Venka
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