<div dir="ltr">Thanks Cameron:<div><br></div><div>For more information on how elections work this year: <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process</a> (please take a moment to read and ask questions).</div><div><br></div><div>Take a moment to review who makes OSGeo better for you - and double check if they have already been recognized as a charter member.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I am going to personally highlight two points:</div><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><ul><li>A person may ask a <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/members/voting_members.html">charter member</a> who can vouch for the <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process#Positive_Attributes">Positive Attributes</a> of the person to nominate them.</li></ul></blockquote><div>Do not hesitate to ask a charter member if they can recommend you. We have already seen nominations here on discuss of amazing contributors who people assumed were already a charter member.</div></div><div><br></div><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Membership nominations should strive to promote diversity:<ul><li>Nominate members representing a diversity of geographic regions, diversity of projects, diversity of programming languages.</li></ul><ul><li>Nominate members representing and diversity of interests (e.g., corporate, hobbyist, educational, scientific).</li></ul><ul><li>Nominate members representing a diversity of humanity including gender and race</li></ul></blockquote></div><div>The nomination process is one of the opportunities we have to work on diversity.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks to everyone for taking part, you can watch the list of new member nominations take shape here: <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2017">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2017</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>--</div><div>Jody Garnett</div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 24 August 2017 at 13:09, Cameron Shorter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com" target="_blank">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">At this time we have also been inviting people to describe who they are, and help others find them by listing themselves in the OSGeo-Advocate list. "OSGeo Advocates are authoritative OSGeo personalities who have volunteered to talk on behalf of the OSGeo foundation."<br>
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For those already on the list, it is a good idea to review your profile, and update as appropriate:<br>
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<a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate#Process_for_becoming_an_OSGeo_Advocate" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OS<wbr>Geo_Advocate#Process_for_becom<wbr>ing_an_OSGeo_Advocate</a><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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On 24/8/17 9:43 am, Vasile Craciunescu wrote:<br>
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Dear all,<br>
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This year OSGeo elections started on Monday with the nomination period for new Charter Members. The nomination period is open for the next two weeks. Please help our Foundation grow and nominate new Charter Members by 2017-09-07.<br>
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Elections page:<br>
<a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2017" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Ele<wbr>ction_2017</a><br>
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Please help spread the word and also reach out to communities who have<br>
not yet been connected with OSGeo.<br>
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Yours,<br>
Vasile & Jeff (2017 CRO)<br>
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