[Ottawa_users] Resigning from OSGeo Ottawa co-chair position

[Regie Alam]

Hello Fabien,

   Your leadership and passion will be missed; but you did say that this is
not goodbye so we the group will still be looking forward to your
contributions, ideas, and inspiration.

   Most of us in the group will probably agree that nobody wants to let
OSGEO-Ottawa to just die out. However, your resignation and myself not
being able to attend the meetings in the last few months got me thinking
that we should probably re-think how we conduct "business". The model of
meeting once a month in a pub, in my opinion, prevents certain groups of
people from participating. I also think that a more project-based approach
is more attractive so people know exactly how and when they can contribute.

Cheers,
Regie



On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 10:35 PM, Fabien Ancelin <fabien.ancelin at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I have to announce that I will have to resign from my seat of co-chair of
> the OSGeo.
>
> The main reason for that is the fact being a part of esri Canada, and Open
> Source being seen as a competitor, and can't really justify that position
> any longer.
>
> The other reason is the fact that I have also a lot  going on with side
> projects and life in general and I want to give it more time than I had in
> the past few month.
>
> That does mean that I stop my involvement with OSGeo. I plan to remain an
> active members as I still firmly believe there are great opportunities and
> way of thinking behind OSGeo. But I can't be a leader / public facing
> person any more.
>
> I will help Javed as much as needed with admin and organizational work in
> the interval for finding a new co-chair until the end of the year 2014. But
> I think it would be a good idea to have a new co-chair. I'll leave that up
> to a public discussion.
>
> Finally, I want to say that I am being really happy with the successes
> this month. We need presence like that. I am also really thankful to
> Christie for her demonstration during GIS day, so @Christie, you are being
> missed :). Big thanks to all the one that bring idea, especially Regie.
>
> Keep in mind, it is not a good bye. I remain a member of the Chapter. So
> you'll still see me around, even in December is schedule allows it.
>
> Cheers,
>
> *Fabien*
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Fabien Ancelin <fabien.ancelin at gmail.com>
> Date: 2014-11-21 22:33 GMT-05:00
> Subject: [Ottawa_users] (no subject)
> To: "Ottawa (Canada) Local Chapter List" <ottawa_users at lists.osgeo.org>
>
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I have to announce that I will have to resign from my seat of co-chair of
> the OSGeo.
>
> The main reason for that is the fact being a part of esri Canada, and Open
> Source being seen as a competitor, and can't really justify that position
> any longer.
>
> The other reason is the fact that I have also a lot  going on with side
> projects and life in general and I want to give it more time than I had in
> the past few month.
>
> That does mean that I stop my involvement with OSGeo. I plan to remain an
> active members as I still firmly believe there are great opportunities and
> way of thinking behind OSGeo. But I can't be a leader / public facing
> person any more.
>
> I will help Javed as much as needed with admin and organizational work in
> the interval for finding a new co-chair until the end of the year 2014. But
> I think it would be a good idea to have a new co-chair. I'll leave that up
> to a public discussion.
>
> Finally, I want to say that I am being really happy with the successes
> this month. We need presence like that. I am also really thankful to
> Christie for her demonstration during GIS day, so @Christie, you are being
> missed :). Big thanks to all the one that bring idea, especially Regie.
>
> Keep in mind, it is not a good bye. I remain a member of the Chapter. So
> you'll still see me around, even in December is schedule allows it.
>
> Cheers,
>
> *Fabien*
>
>
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