<div dir="ltr"><div>I think Cameron described the reasoning, not wanting to disrupt relationships. <span>Cameron is probably in an awkward position, as if often the case when people reach out privately, where he stuck determining if people are asking him to speak for them or they simply want someone to listen.</span></div><div><br></div><div>OSGeo is an open and friendly community and we strive to have our communication and decision making in a transparent manner (the same standards we hold our project steering committees to during incubation).</div><div><br></div><div>Nevertheless w<span>e have a number of private channels of communication in our organization, for example during charter member nominations there was an opportunity to contact the CRO privately if anyone was troubled by a nomination. During incubation we make a mentor available for private communication, as often there are legal questions to discuss. The projects have a private list for security vulnerabilities. The board also has a private email list which is useful for negotiating partner relationships.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div>With respect to the board elections <span>I really appreciate Gert-Jan's approach of asking candidates questions, it was illuminating, explored some important issues and gave everyone a chance to respond. </span></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 14 October 2017 at 15:14, Helmut Kudrnovsky <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hellik@web.de" target="_blank">hellik@web.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Cameron Shorter:<br>
>I've had a number of people reach out to me privately, related to the<br>
>upcoming OSGeo Board elections.<br>
<br>
Cameron, any idea why a number of people aren't articulating/communicating by themselves here on<br>
the OSGeo discuss ML related to the upcoming OSGeo Board elections?<br>
<br>
OSGeo, as I understand it, is an open and friendly community and every discussion input is welcome.<br>
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kind regards<br>
Helmut<br>
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OSGeo charter member<br>
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