[GRASS-PSC] [GRASS-user] [GRASS-dev] GRASS-GIS PSC-2016 Nominations

[Nikos Alexandris]

Dear community,

Hamish Bowman, ex-PSC member, will not stand by as a candidate in the
upcoming election.

Herewith, the nomination period ends and the list of candidates if
fixed.

GRASS-GIS' CRO

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Nikos wrote:

>> though the list of candidates should be officially fixed by now, as we
>> crossed the 12:OO UTC deadline, an extension for 2 more days
>> is given (till Tuesday, 12:00 UTC).  The reason is to give a little more
>> time for last decisions.

Hamish:

>Hi PSCers,
>
>I feel a bit bad that other responsibilities have taken away the time
>and enjoyment I used to spend working on GRASS and helping others on
>the mailing lists. It is still my favorite software to work on and I
>am frustrated when I have to deal with anything less.
>
>I still care deeply for the future of GRASS but at this point I don't
>think it is fair to other active + new devs for me to tie up a
>leadership position when I can't keep up with the day to day issues on
>the -dev list. I could only offer opinions without current context
>which won't be healthy for the project.
>
>If serious issues arrive you are most welcome to call on my emeritus
>advice of course, privately or otherwise, as deep in the back of my
>brain is still a pretty good remembrance of much legal history and
>code context. :o)
>
>I do hope to get back at some point, it's just that I can't promise
>when. So until that time I'm happy to drop back to an occasional
>developer and bug fixer.

Thank you for chiming in Hamish.

Kind regards, Nikos