[OSGeo-Discuss] Board election: no re-elections this year?

[María Arias de Reyna]

On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 9:17 AM, Gert-Jan van der Weijden <gert-jan at osgeo.nl
> wrote:

> Hello list,
>
> Preparing to cast my vote for the board election, I noticed that all 4
> (Jáchym, Bart, Gérald, Jorge) board members who reached the end of their
> 2-year term are not standing for re-election. (besides that: Anne decided
> not to stay for her 2nd year of her 1st term)
>
> Some questions arise:
> - Is the board membership such a demanding job that members always resign
> after 2 years?
> - Is this a good thing, to make sure we dont'have board members who are
> tied to their seats?
> - Or is this a bad thing, with board members switching too fast to reach
> their goals?
>
> Respones from anybody are as always appreciated, but the 4+1 resigning
> board members and the current candidates are especially invited to give
> their humble opinion on this.
>
>
Maybe if the board has so much work we should have also workgroups that
assist them? What are the tasks for the board that takes so much
time/effort?

I like rotating the board, but indeed is quite suspicious that few people
want to repeat.


> Regards,
>
> Gert-Jan
>
>
> Gert-Jan van der Weijden
> Voorzitter Stichting OSGeo.nl
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