<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Hi all, Frank:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I have being woman all my life and also Mexican, I fall in both categories, but personally I want to win in a fair game, not to fill a quota, and in this case is two quotas!!!. I don't feel that ever in my life I won something to fill a quota and I don't want to start to be used to fill a quota.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Storm is over and my baby elephant is eating fresh grass that is starting to grow.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> Being on the board or not, there is work to be done.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Regards</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Vicky</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">PS. I will think of option(s) that are not filling quotas.<br></div><br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 1:40 AM, Frank Warmerdam <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:warmerdam@pobox.com" target="_blank">warmerdam@pobox.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 7:56 PM, Ravi Kumar<br>
<span class=""><<a href="mailto:manarajahmundry2015@gmail.com">manarajahmundry2015@gmail.com</a><wbr>> wrote:<br>
> Will be happy to see those who have let 'The Clouds In Motion'... and those<br>
> 'Giving us a good harvest of GRASS'.. speak out too.<br>
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</span>Ravi,<br>
<br>
I am not sure, but in light of my signature perhaps 'the clouds in<br>
motion' is a hint to me.<br>
<br>
I don't see any need to rerun this election, nor am I particularly<br>
concerned co-CRO who is nominated to run, etc. Lets all give folks<br>
the benefit of the doubt, and it isn't like the board has their<br>
fingers on the button of nuclear weapons. :-)<br>
<br>
Like Sanghee I am concerned that the board is less diverse than I<br>
would have hoped by now. I think it would be reasonable to adapt the<br>
board selection criteria to ensure at least some diversity on axes we<br>
want to see covered. I could imagine a couple of special rules like:<br>
- If by normal voting no female would be elected, and if there is a<br>
female running in the election the female with the most votes will<br>
replace the otherwise lowest voted person who would have made the<br>
board.<br>
- If by normal voting no two board members are selected who are<br>
outside "north america + europe" and if there are such candidates<br>
running then replace the otherwise lowest voted person who would have<br>
made the board with the the candidates outside of NA+EUR with the most<br>
votes.<br>
<br>
Well some word smithing and algorithm clarification would be needed,<br>
but you get the general idea, and a number of variations would be<br>
helpful in moving us towards more diverse representation.<br>
<br>
I would prefer to see a change in board voting rules of this nature<br>
passed by a vote of the charter members rather than just put in place<br>
by the board.<br>
<br>
But most of all, I wish to encourage us all to recognise that we are<br>
an organization of volunteers and that we have similar goals. While<br>
we fine tune things, I hope we try to avoid taking offense and ascribe<br>
the best intentions to others in our community.<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
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I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, <a href="mailto:warmerdam@pobox.com">warmerdam@pobox.com</a><br>
light and sound - activate the windows |<br>
and watch the world go round - Rush | Geospatial Software Developer<br>
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