[OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections - vote of confidence for Sanghee

[Vasile Craciunescu]

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I totally agree with Cameron. I also think we should be more careful when we are demanding things from people that are already putting a lot of their time/energy/health in *doing* things for our community. I only did a rather small regional FOSS4G event (FOSS4G-CEE 2013 - 230+ people) but I can really understand how difficult this is. Please also don't underestimate the value of nominee secondations from the members of our community. Being a global organization make it difficult to know every one in person. My feeling is that, sometimes, the trust expressed by some other community members for a nominee is even more important by what the nominee is commiting/promise before the elections. As CRO, I abstain myself until now for any personal thoughts on the election process. Please do not get this e-mail as a support message for Sanghee. I simply want you to point you to the fact that *all* the nominees already did important concrete things for our cause. 

Best,
Vasile

PS Please ignore all the typos and the bad English from my message. Typing late from a small phone is not always easy :)

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> On 26 Sep 2015, at 01:43, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> OSGeo members,
> I think that few people understand the huge time commitment involved in
> chairing a FOSS4G conference. I certainly didn't when I volunteered to
> do so in 2009.
> Sanghee will almost certainly be completely burned out, as if he has
> finished a marathon race. However, the fact that he stepped up and
> chaired such a successful FOSS4G event - in the Asian region which was a
> largely untested area for FOSS4G, speaks to his commitment and capability.
> 
> For me, selecting a board involves finding members who make wise
> decisions, as well as those who step up and do the work required. For
> me, I believe that Sanghee embodies these characteristics, and I'm sure
> that once Sanghee has completed a well earned break, he will continue to
> be an excellent OSGeo leader.
> 
> Warm regards, Cameron
> 
>> On 24/09/2015 5:35 pm, Sanghee Shin wrote:
>> Dear All, 
>> 
>> I’ll try to fill out my Manifestos and answer to several questions as a candidate of Board of Director by the voting deadline. However there would be possibility that I can’t do that. 
>> 
>> Actually I’m too tired and exhausted now to think about something and write down my thought there in English, that’s not my native language. Furthermore I’ve been away from my family, especially from my lovely young daughter, for more than 3 weeks because of FOSS4G Seoul. I’ve just come back from Seoul. 
>> 
>> The reason why I’m sending this email is not for asking your understanding but for informing you that my not responding your request automatically means I’m ignoring you and OSGeo. 
>> 
>> I’m not Robot and for me my health and my family are more important than OSGeo BoD. I’ve got several private emails regarding this and I believe it’s more efficient to express my thoughts/opinions publicly in this way. 
>> 
>> All the best, 
>> 
>> 신상희
>> ---
>> Shin, Sanghee
>> Gaia3D, Inc. - The GeoSpatial Company
>> http://www.gaia3d.com 
>> 
>>> 2015. 9. 23., 오후 10:35, Eli Adam <eadam at co.lincoln.or.us> 작성:
>>> 
>>> Hi Board Candidates, Charter members and all OSGeo members,
>>> 
>>> Thanks to Steven for prompting to get some content into this election
>>> [0] along with the candidates who responded.
>>> 
>>> Also thanks to Darrell [1] and mpg [2] for asking direct questions of
>>> the candidates.  Are any candidates going to answer these questions?
>>> Does anyone else have substantive questions to ask of the candidates?
>>> Are other voters comfortable voting with the limited currently
>>> available information?
>>> 
>>> Best regards, Eli
>>> 
>>> [0] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2015-September/014823.html
>>> [1] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2015-September/014879.html
>>> [2] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2015-September/014881.html
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 10:57 PM, Ravi Kumar
>>> <manarajahmundry2015 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> My Dear OSGeo Charter members,
>>>> the board election date 26th Sept is just a few days away.
>>>> 
>>>> Charter members only can vote for the Board and so it is The Most Important
>>>> Duty.
>>>> 
>>>> If anything, regional representation is of great significance, especially in
>>>> the Developing Countries. So please give a thought to this ..
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Ravi Kumar
>>>> 
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