[OSGeo-Discuss] Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

[Jeff McKenna]

Thanks for your honest and passionate support Nick.  Your message was 
well said.  Although I should be careful to not hide behind an award, 
and treat everyone with respect and caring, which I think was the 
concern of Cameron and others recently towards me.

-jeff



On 2017-10-12 2:23 AM, nicolas bozon wrote:
> Dear Cameron,
> 
> I appreciate the time and effort you have put into framing questions and 
> remarks for Jeff, although that sounds rather unusual in a Board 
> nomination thread.
> 
> As a Charter Member nominating Jeff, I thought that bygones were bygones 
> when we honored him with the prestigious Sol Katz award at FOSS4G 2016. 
> The thunderous applause from one and all present at the Bundeshaus on 
> August 27th 2016 still rings in my ears. And I think none in our 
> community would have missed the passion that emanated from Jeff in his 
> short acceptance speech, but also the continued  effort he has silently 
> put in helping the Foundation since then.
> 
> Whishing all candidates a great campain and election.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Nick
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Le mercredi 11 octobre 2017, Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com 
> <mailto:shfeldman at gmail.com>> a écrit :
> 
>     Jeff
> 
>     I agree with Cameron, I think the charter members are entitled to an
>     explanation as to why you resigned from the board twice in the
>     middle of a period of service.
> 
>     I, for one, would like to understand the basis on which we can be
>     assured that if you are elected for a third time the pattern of
>     resignation will not be repeated
> 
>     Regards
>     ______
>     Steven
> 
> 
>>     On 9 Oct 2017, at 21:42, Cameron Shorter
>>     <cameron.shorter at gmail.com
>>     <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','cameron.shorter at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>>
>>     Jeff,
>>
>>     I've had a number of people correct me to note that you have
>>     resigned twice from the board. Also from the conference committee
>>     and FOSS4G mentoring role as the global FOSS4G China was facing
>>     very hard decisions based on low registration numbers.
>>
>>     References:
>>
>>     Resignation from board in 2015:
>>     https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2015-December/008820.html
>>     <https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2015-December/008820.html>
>>
>>     Resignation from board and conference committee in 2012:
>>     https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2012-February/004544.html
>>     <https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2012-February/004544.html>
>>
>>     Stepping back from mentoring FOSS4G China:
>>     https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2012-January/004514.html
>>     <https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2012-January/004514.html>
>>
>>     Lessons Learned from FOSS4G China:
>>     https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2012_Lessons_Learned
>>     <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2012_Lessons_Learned>
>>
>>
>>
>>     On 9/10/17 10:01 pm, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>>
>>>     Jeff,
>>>
>>>     While I agree with others that you have been very enthusiastic
>>>     toward OSGeo ideals, I'm also believe that there are some
>>>     unanswered questions which should be addressed.
>>>
>>>     In particular, a while back you stepped down from the OSGeo Board
>>>     mid-term, while you were in the position of OSGeo president. I
>>>     don't think a public explanation was provided, but I was aware
>>>     that there was some passionate discussion happening in public
>>>     email lists at the time.
>>>
>>>     If you are considering sitting on the board again, I think an
>>>     explanation should be provided.
>>>
>>>     Regards, Cameron
>>>
>>     -- 
>>     Cameron Shorter
>>     Open Technologies Consultant
>>     Geospatial & Software Architect
>>     Information Demystifier
>>
>>     M +61 (0) 419 142 254
>>     http://shorter.net <http://shorter.net/>
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