Hello,<div>I wuold say that having people in the board living in Oceania could save some trip<div> to other memebers and help in promoting in that continent OSGeo!</div><div><br></div><div>The same would be for Asia or Africa...</div>
<div><br></div><div>I believe that Global fundation needs global representatives!</div><div><br></div><div>Maxi<br><br>On Monday, July 30, 2012, Seven (aka Arnulf) wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Cameron,<br>
OSGeo is globally active and there are no rules that members have to be<br>
located in a specific region in order to become a Member, Charter<br>
Member, Director or to be active in any other role.<br>
<br>
Board,<br>
this is a request from a potential new director asking two questions he<br>
would like to get answered before he accepts his nomination.<br>
<br>
[snip]<br>
><br>
> * Lastly, we should have members of the board who are prepared to travel<br>
> and this is something I won't be able to fulfil due to my family<br>
> situation. And as I live in Australia, I work the graveyard shift of the<br>
> rest of the world, which means awkward meeting slots for some. Before I<br>
> take on a board position, I will need to ask other board members if they<br>
> are in a position to work around this.<br>
<br>
In my opinion this is a no brainer. We are a geospatial organization<br>
that is globally active. So it must be possible for the board to act in<br>
a global way. Our beautiful planet happens to be sort of a ball and<br>
while revolving around it's own axis exposes different regions to the<br>
sun resulting at different times. The location of a member cannot not be<br>
a criteria of exclusion to contribute. Am I wrong here?<br>
<br>
Having said that - it makes things more difficult. But we did manage<br>
with Venka and Ravi and several OSGeo committees also meet around the<br>
clock.<br>
<br>
My appeal to the board is to confirm that physical location cannot be a<br>
criteria not to become an OSGeo director - or simply ignore this message<br>
which I will take for a silent confirmation.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Arnulf<br>
<br>
> On 29/07/2012 5:08 PM, Roald de Wit wrote:<br>
>> On 29/07/12 15:00, Michael P. Gerlek wrote:<br>
>>> I am pleased to nominate Cameron Shorter to be a member of the OSGeo<br>
>>> Board.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Followers of this list will no doubt already be familiar with<br>
>>> Cameron: active in this foundation since the very beginning, he<br>
>>> chaired the 2009 FOSS4G conference, has served on various OSGeo<br>
>>> committees, and has worked on the OSGeo-Live project, among many<br>
>>> other contributions.<br>
>>><br>
>>> He would surely make a great addition to the board team for the next<br>
>>> two years.<br>
>><br>
>> I'd like to second this!<br>
>><br>
>> Here are my reasons for supporting Cameron's nomination:<br>
>><br>
>> Cameron has been active in the OSGeo community since its inception.<br>
>><br>
>> You may remember Cameron as one of the core developers behind<br>
>> Community Mapbuilder, GeoTools and OpenLayers. More recently he<br>
>> chaired the successful FOSS4G 2009 Conference in Sydney and now he is<br>
>> one of the driving forces behind the OSGeo-Live community.<br>
>><br>
>> He is a founding charter member of OSGeo and his active participation<br>
>> in many of the OSGeo committees and mailing lists (Discuss, Marketing,<br>
>> Education, FOSS4G, Conference, Incubator, Live-Demo and more) shows<br>
>> his ongoing dedication to OSGeo.<br>
>><br>
>> I have had the pleasure of working for and with him in a both a<br>
>> professional context, as well as being members of the Community<br>
>> Mapbuilder, OpenLayers and OSGeo-Live projects. His commitment to the<br>
>> community and and open standards are exemplary.<br>
>><br>
>> Cameron's experience, vision and dedication would make him a great<br>
>> addition to the board.<br>
>><br>
>> Regards,<br>
>><br>
>> Roald<br>
>><br>
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