[OSGeo-Edu] Nominating Charlie for chair

[P Kishor]

I second Ned as a co/backup Chair, in case seconding is required.
Ned's always been a great help with his thoughts and resources.

On 10/5/07, Ned Horning <horning at amnh.org> wrote:
> Charlie,
>
> I'm willing to be the backup chair.
>
> Ned
>
> Charlie Schweik wrote:
> > Thanks Frank and Tyler.
> >
> > 1) Folks - As Frank suggests I'll take on the role of chair unless
> > someone objects. I would like someone to agree to be a "backup chair" to
> > push me along now and then if I need it. Any volunteers?
> >
> > 2) Below the current committee list. Anyone missing? Anyone else?
> >
> > Puneet Kishor
> > Ari Jolma
> > Markus Neteler
> > Venkatesh Raghavan
> > Charlie Schweik
> > Pericles Nacionales
> > Ned Horning
> > Helena Mitasova
> > Landon Blake
> > Scott Mitchell
> > Tyler Mitchell
> >
> > 3) Finally, FYI I sent a note out to the 25+ people who signed the BOF
> > sheet encouraging them to add their names to the wiki participant list
> > and information on their relevant edu materials. A couple of those
> > people might want to be committee members. For exmaple, Maria Brovelli
> > who was very active in the wiki sprint and Victor Olaya (FreeGIS book).
> > I'm assuming I can just ask them and add them if they say yes? Any
> > objections?
> >
> > Cheers
> > Charlie
> >
> >
> >> Skimming through the subscribers on the mailing list, I'd suggest
> >> that at least Landon Blake, Scott Mitchell and myself should also be
> >> on the list.  All in favour?  Anyone else missing?
> >>
> >> Tyler
> >>
> >> On 4-Oct-07, at 8:33 PM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Helena Mitasova wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On Oct 4, 2007, at 8:07 PM, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> I will make a formal motion to elect Charlie Schweik as Education
> >>>>> Committee Chair.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I think we've had some good discussion about it already, but we
> >>>>> can have more if people think we need it.  Can someone second my
> >>>>> motion?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Then everyone else can vote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> * Vote using +1 if you support the motion and agree
> >>>>> * Vote +0 if you abstain from voting but are not strongly opposed
> >>>>> * Vote -1 if you are opposed to the idea
> >>>>>
> >>>>> By the way, I can't seem to find the list of committee members -
> >>>>> can someone help me out on this?  Only committee members are
> >>>>> supposed to vote.
> >>>>>
> >>>> It might have disappeared when the wiki was redesigned, but it may
> >>>> be stored in board meeting minutes when it was approved.
> >>>> It would be good to find out because I am not sure that I am on it
> >>>> so I don't want to vote in case I am not a committee member.
> >>>>
> >>> Folks,
> >>>
> >>> There is no need to sweat this.  I would encourage Charlie to consider
> >>> himself Chair at this point and to take a role call of folks who would
> >>> like to be members of the committee, and if there is no objection just
> >>> name them all committee members and list them in the wiki.
> >>>
> >>> Best regards,
> >>> --
> >>> ---------------------------------------
> >>> +--------------------------------------
> >>> I set the clouds in motion - turn up   | Frank Warmerdam,
> >>> warmerdam at pobox.com
> >>> light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam
> >>> and watch the world go round - Rush    | President OSGeo, http://
> >>> osgeo.org
> >>>
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> >> Tyler Mitchell
> >> Executive Director
> >> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
> >> tmitchell at osgeo.org
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> >>
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Puneet Kishor
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Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
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Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo)
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