[OSGeo-Edu] New OSGeo education web pages and meeting summary

[Charlie Schweik]

Well, as I said in the meeting this all caught me by surprise. And
Puneet's statements are correct -- face-to-face does make a difference!
And I want to say publicly to him that we are appreciative of the
efforts he has taken over the last couple years. It's hard to mobilize
virtual cats!

But I see two possible paths here: 

(1) Puneet and I try, over the next year, a co-chair situation; or 
(2) We develop an election process (is there one)?

My personal suggestion is for us to go with #1 for the next year and see
how it goes. Having co-chairs adds another benefit. It will raise the
likelihood that at least one chair will be at the next year's
conference.

Is a vote in order on the options above?

I need to spend time with my kids but I'll be following up early next
week on the "platform subcommittee" work and will be emailing to all
attendees who might not be on this list encouraging them to subscribe.

And please! If you have a course or content to let us know about --
Visit the project inventory page 
(http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Educational_Content_Inventory)
and add your information or send me it if you have trouble editing the
wiki!

Thanks

Charlie





On Sat, 2007-09-29 at 16:30 +0900, Venkatesh Raghavan wrote:
> Hi Puneet and others
> 
> P Kishor wrote:
> ...
> > Anyway, all that said, I would be happy to step down and make way for
> > someone more capable at leading the edu charge. 
> ...
> 
> My personal opinion is that any Committee Chair who cannot
> be at an BOF (f2f) over the period of two consecutive FOSS4G
> conferences, for whatever the reasons maybe, has to step down.
> 
> I am sure that Puneet will continue contributing to the OSGeo
> Edu project,even after stepping down as chair of the Edu Committee.
> 
> I hope that Charlie or whomsoever that the Edu Committee decides
> would do the "baton touch" and lead the Edu Committee with renewed
> vigour that FOSS4G2007 has instilled in all
> those who attended it.
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> Venka
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