[OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] My last letter as President

Jachym Cepicky jachym.cepicky at gmail.com
Wed Dec 4 03:37:07 PST 2019


muchas gracias

Dne st 4. 12. 2019 11:06 uživatel Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com>
napsal:

> Dear Maria,
>
> Thank you for your service and contributions to our organization.
> It was an honor and pleasure to work with you.
>
> Looking at the present Board, gender representation has improved a lot,
> so we are in a good path.
>
> Best regards,
> Angelos
>
>
> On 12/4/19 9:08 AM, María Arias de Reyna wrote:
> > Dear fellow OSGeoers,
> >
> > I want to congratulate all the recently elected members of the Board,
> > specially the new ones! I hope you enjoy the journey as much as I did
> > and contribute with your unique view to our organization. I want to
> > thank all the people that helped me on this two-year journey and I
> > hope I helped others on this journey too. OSGeo is evolving to be more
> > inclusive, diverse and bigger than ever and I am proud of you all.
> >
> > As some of you may know, some months ago I decided to go back into the
> > barricades and far from public exposure. I think rotating positions
> > inside a voluntary organization is something very healthy to do and
> > gives you a unique perspective. That's why I decided to participate on
> > a proposal for FOSS4G 2021 and not repeat elections again for the
> > Board.
> >
> > I hereby resign as President to let one of the current members of the
> > Board take this position. I have always a strong advocate that this
> > kind of positions should be taken by Board members, so I want to
> > explicitly facilitate the transition. Our current vice-presidents
> > Helena Mitasova and Angelos Tzotsos will fill the space until a new
> > President is appointed.
> >
> > I have to say I'm still a bit sad of the geographic, cultural and
> > ethnic representation on the Board. I am sure we can change this on
> > the following years. Until then, I am confident current members of the
> > Board will do a great job representing you all.
> >
> > See you all in Calgary in 2020!
> > María, your former OSGeo President.
> > _______________________________________________
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>
>
> --
> Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
> Charter Member
> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
> http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos
>
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