<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>All the nominees may not be forthcoming to mail their merits.<br></span></div><div><span>The list of candidates and those who have recommended them is of use for selection.</span></div><div><span>The nominees for sure belong to different cultures, and it is natural for many not to speak out in their own support.</span></div><div><span> <br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style='font-size: 12pt; font-family: "times new roman", "new york", "times", serif'> <div style='font-size: 12pt; font-family: "times new roman", "new york", "times", serif'> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Venkatesh Raghavan <raghavan@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> OSGeo Discussions <discuss@lists.osgeo.org> <br> <b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, November 26, 2011 3:57 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Charter member nominees -- where are you?<br> </font> <br>
I fully agree with the opinion expressed below by Dimitris.<br>Rather then asking nominated members to justify their<br>nomination and (harshly) stating that if they do not do<br>so they may not be good "champion of OSGeo", it<br>is for the present charter members who will be voting<br>to find out about suitability of each candidate and vote<br>appropriately. For me the information available at<br>http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2011<br>and my limited knowledge of the OSGeo community<br>is adequate to make my choices.<br><br>Venka<br><br>On 2011/11/26 18:56, Dimitris Kotzinos wrote:<br>> Dear all, Michael,<br>> <br>> there are some things that for me do not sound well placed in the nomination process, one of them is the request of the nominees to present themselves in a greater audience.<br>> Although I understand the request (and I find it perfectly normal and logical because otherwise how would someone vote for one person
never heard of), I think that the idea is that someone is nominated because of actions and contributions to the community - so the community should know and moreover the charter members should follow more closely the overall activities. Additionally I feel that people who nominate others should be responsible to detail their contributions along with the nomination. Since this is not a usual voting process (where I submit a candidacy) I think it is not proper to nominate someone and then ask him/her to "expose" him/herself.<br>> Again not that there is something wrong with the request.<br>> <br>> This brings me to a last point: maybe, as the organization expands, this process needs a careful reconsideration towards enforcing either a more open process (e.g. having all members to vote and the ability to become candidates and not nominees) or a more strict process where nominations should be followed be detailed CVs, etc. and possibly having
specific criteria to be met. Local chapters could also play a role in this.<br>> <br>> I acknowledge the fact that this can be a rather tedious and difficult discussion but since I had the opportunity starting from Michael's e-mail I thought to bring this up.<br>> <br>> Apologies for the lengthy e-mail,<br>> <br>> Best regards,<br>> <br>> Dimitris Kotzinos<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Discuss mailing list<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:Discuss@lists.osgeo.org" href="mailto:Discuss@lists.osgeo.org">Discuss@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>> <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss" target="_blank">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss</a><br>> <br>> <br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Discuss mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Discuss@lists.osgeo.org" href="mailto:Discuss@lists.osgeo.org">Discuss@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><a
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