[Viscom-dev] motion: add Torsten as new viscom member

[Arnulf Christl]

Tyler Mitchell wrote:
> Sorry, I'm typing on mobile, but want to make sure Arnulf's motion
> doesn't get lost.  See end of below email.  (hope it comes across
> through this email program)
> 
> I second his motion to add Torsten to VisCom, I believe his
> contributions will be valuable.

Hi,
so far I counted three +1 and no -1. Is that enough to add Torsten to VisCom or do we need to extend the vote period or do we need to prod some VisCom members to get to vote or should we bury VisCom right away and start over to vote him into WebCom? We really need to get going with Intergeo planning and I would really appreciate doing this out in the open with an official representative of OSGeo (that is not me :-).

Best regards, 
Arnulf. 

> On 4/10/07, Arnulf Christl (OSGeo) <arnulf.christl at wheregroup.com> wrote:
>> hOn Wed, April 11, 2007 00:22, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote:
>> > I don't have anything pressing to go over.  Can anyone else think of
>> > anything?
>> >
>> > Tyler
>>
>> Hi
>> well, I guess our agenda is more than full:
>> * need for a new chair
>> * consider join with / takeover by WebCom
>> * add advocacy as VisCom objective
>> * motion to add new member Torsten Brassat
>> * Clean up event list, track down event owners
>> * get reports from "small" OSGeo events from the "rest of the world" like
>> geoevenement in France.
>>
>> Unfortunately I will not be able to attend either, so we will probably
>> have to defer most to the next possible meeting date. Meanwhile we should
>> start to discuss some of these issues as they are bugging us for some 
>> time
>> already.
>>
>> Item three and six are especially dear to me as I see a need for a place
>> to produce advocacy material (there was talk of "logiciel" and "Open
>> Source" as opposites as if Open Source was a different thing than 
>> software
>>  altogether...). We need a "neutral" point of access to avoid flames on
>> topics that we all have consented on or we all understand but some still
>> don't. Huh? Know what I mean? Exactly. :-) I want to get rid of this kind
>> of talk be attached to me personally as it is not me but general
>> awareness. With an official palce to live it will have more weight 
>> than if
>> I do it as an individual. Anyway - there is still a lot to learn and we
>> need a place to discuss terminology and all other lists have not been 
>> that
>> repsonsive on some questions asked. Be it governance issues or the
>> definition of "a project" (is it the code, the copyrighted name, the
>> community and so on).
>>
>> Item four: I want to propose to add Torsten Brassat as new VisCom member
>> to act as OSGeo representative for German language event management as I
>> cannot do it anymore due to blatantly visible limits of available time.
>> The Intergeo 2007 is coming up quick, it is a really large event and we
>> need to start negotiating now. We need someone with official 
>> background to
>> conduct dickering, last year I did this in my function as a board member.
>> This year I want this to happen in a more regular way.
>> Maybe we do not even need to have an official meeting to add Torsten, I
>> refrained from bringing this up as VisCom is functionally and
>> institutionally in a state of flux. But even if we join with WebCom all
>> existing VisCom members will still stay functional so we can do it now 
>> all
>> the same.
>>
>> I herewith motion to add Torsten Brassat as a member to VisCom. I know 
>> him
>> for more than five years, he has been doing most of the groundwork and
>> organization of the past FOSSGIS conferences, LinuxTag and Intergeo 
>> events
>> and is fully knowledgeable of all that one needs to know about OSGeo.
>>
>> If someone would second this motion we could probably proceed to vote.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Arnulf.
>>
>> > On 10-Apr-07, at 3:16 PM, Michael P. Gerlek wrote:
>> >
>> >> I just looked at my calender and saw we have a meeting scheduled for
>> >> tomorrow morning -- I won't be able to attend, however...
>> >>
>> >> -mpg
>>
>> -- 
>> Arnulf Christl
>> http://www.osgeo.org
>> (OSGeo Board Member)
>> 50.7342-N  7.0707-E
>>
>>
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