[OSGeo-Discuss] Open Letter to the Board Candidates

[Julien Michel]

+1 from a new charter member, who does not know personally any of the 
nominees : I need facts to cast my votes.

Regards,

Julien

Le 22/09/2015 17:22, Gert-Jan van der Weijden a écrit :
> +1, from another "floating voter", almost standing in the polling 
> station, wondering who to cast his vote for...
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Gert-Jan
>
>
> Michael Gerlek <mpg at flaxen.com> schreef:
>
>> Dear Board Candidates:
>>
>> Your past actions have shown to your peers that you have the skills 
>> and qualifications to help lead OSGeo: congratulations on your 
>> nomination to be a member of the Board of Directors!
>>
>> There are seven of you to choose from, but I am only allowed to vote 
>> for five of you: please help me make an informed choice.
>>
>> So far, only four of you have chosen to fill out the wiki page [1] 
>> with your thoughts on why you should be elected, and none of you have 
>> yet replied to Darrell’s list of three questions posted yesterday. 
>> For myself, I will narrow my choices by excluding any candidate who 
>> has not done taking advantage of at least one of those two 
>> opportunities.
>>
>> Furthermore, I’m looking for you to provide specific ideas that you 
>> would like to see the the board address if you are elected. For 
>> example, these kinds of statements, while laudable, are generally 
>> insufficient for me:
>>
>>   - “I want to improve collaboration”
>>   - “I will provide a fresh perspective”
>>
>> However, saying things like this are very helpful:
>>
>>   - “I have seen a problem with the board not sufficiently funding 
>> subcommittee X to do activities like Y”
>>   - “our current structure of regional chapters does not adequately 
>> serve the needs of community S and their needs for representation in 
>> doing T”
>>   - “I would like to see OSGeo try new thing A, because I heard from 
>> people at FOSS4G that A needs a home and some leadership”
>>
>> (Indeed, I’m almost more concerned with whether you can show you have 
>> thought about actionable ideas to bring to OSGeo than I am with 
>> whether I actually agree with your ideas or not!)
>>
>> Please help me make an informed vote this week. Thanks!
>>
>> -mpg
>>
>> [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2015_Candidate_Manifestos
>>
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> Gert-Jan van der Weijden
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