[OSGeo-UK] UK Digest, Vol 185, Issue 4
Nick Bearman
nick at nickbearman.com
Tue Sep 16 06:53:18 PDT 2025
Hi Dennis,
Thank you for sharing that link - that is a really useful distinction.
We will have to work out the practicalities of this (i.e. how to get a
total count of UK based members) but I am sure this is doable.
Everyone - please do share your thoughts.
Best wishes,
Nick.
On 16/09/2025 08:45, Dennis Bauszus via UK wrote:
> Hi everyone.
>
> Please find this link with information in regards to OSGeo membership
> differentiations.
>
> https://www.osgeo.org/about/membership-rules/
>
> I was referring to being a regular member, not necessarily a charter
> member.
>
> A participant can still follow the OSGeo mailing list. The important
> distinction is that a regular member will have self-registered on the
> osgeo.org <http://osgeo.org> website.
>
> We could simply latch on to this saying to be a member of
> OSGeo:UK someone will have to be registered with OSGeo.org and be in
> the mailing list or subscribe to the newsletter.
>
> Best,
> Dennis
>
> On Mon, 15 Sept 2025 at 20:01, <uk-request at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>
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> Today's Topics:
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> 1. Re: UK Digest, Vol 185, Issue 2 (Nick Bearman)
> 2. Fwd: [Charter-members] [Annoucement] OSGeo 2025 Elections
> starting (Nick Bearman)
>
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> Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 19:45:03 +0100
> From: Nick Bearman <nick at nickbearman.com>
> To: uk at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-UK] UK Digest, Vol 185, Issue 2
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> Thank you for your comments Dennis and your nomination for the
> committee
> (and Tom for your seconding).
>
> Just for clarification - are you proposing that to be a member of
> OSGeo:UK, a person should be a Charter Member of OSGeo? (A Charter
> Member is a specific role - there was an email on one of the other
> OSGeo
> lists recently, I will circulate it to the UK list shortly). Or
> another
> type of member of OSGeo?
>
> Thanks for the suggestion :-)
>
> Best wishes,
> Nick.
>
> On 11/09/2025 16:04, Tom Chadwin via UK wrote:
> > I second Dennis's nomination to the committee. Dennis worked
> extremely
> > hard on the LoC for FOSS4G:UK a few years ago, and has been a
> staunch
> > supporter of UK GFOSS. Thanks for volunteering, Dennis!
> >
> > Tom
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 11, 2025 at 3:32?PM Dennis Bauszus via UK
> > <uk at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
> >
> > Great work on the documents and the proposed?changes.
> >
> > OSGeo:UK is under the umbrella of OSGeo. We share the same idas,
> > processes, events, and a code of conduct.
> >
> > I would like to propose that in order?to be a member of
> OSGeo:UK a
> > person must not only subscribe to the mailing list but also be a
> > member of OSGeo which will require the creation of a profile?and
> > partake?in elections to show that there is some form of
> > engagement. A person can still subscribe to our mailing lists
> > without being a member.
> >
> > I would also like to nominate myself?for the committee.
> >
> > I have a strong interest in the organisation of OSGeo, the
> support
> > of OSGeo projects?and events. I very much enjoy
> communicating with
> > corporate partners to secure sponsorship of our community,
> > projects, and events.
> >
> > In regards?to being an officer I would be suited to work on the
> > website and help with communications via linkedin. I am already
> > active on linkedin most of the time and followers of the
> OSGeo:UK
> > account have multiplied since the publication of the FOSS4G:UK
> > 2025 event.
> >
> > Best,
> > Dennis Bauszus
> >
> > On Wed, 10 Sept 2025 at 20:00, <uk-request at lists.osgeo.org>
> wrote:
> >
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> > than "Re: Contents of UK digest..."
> >
> >
> > Today's Topics:
> >
> > ? ?1. OSGeo:UK AGM and Constitution Change (Antony Scott)
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 18:41:05 +0100
> > From: Antony Scott <antony.scott at gmail.com>
> > To: OSGeo UK <uk at lists.osgeo.org>
> > Subject: [OSGeo-UK] OSGeo:UK AGM and Constitution Change
> > Message-ID:
> > ? ? ? ?
> >
> <CACY0gT64TWpDxPsCkNd9BeA9KJacGbg5976=TBfDLTG95A3Z7w at mail.gmail.com>
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> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > This is to let you know that the OSGeo:UK AGM will be
> held at
> > 16:15 on
> > 1st October 2025 at the Horizon Conference Centre Leeds,
> > during FOSS4G:UK
> > 2025. We will attempt to give members access online for
> those
> > who can't
> > make it in person. Details of this and the agenda will
> follow.
> >
> > We are proposing some significant changes to the OSGeo:UK
> > constitution -
> > all the details are in this document:
> >
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oORySXTnMFfVeHPoT1lBQzBBb7PNwQ_j/view?usp=drivesdk
> > - please have a look.
> >
> > We will have a vacancy for the post of Treasurer, as Matt
> > Travis is
> > standing down - thanks to Matt for all the work he has
> put in
> > over the
> > years. We'll also have vacancies for two committee members
> > (subject to the
> > constitution changes). To put your name forward for any of
> > these posts,
> > please send an email to this list with brief details of what
> > you could
> > offer OSGeo:UK - and feel free to contact any committee
> member
> > for more
> > details.
> >
> > Finally, a reminder that registration for FOSS4G:UK is still
> > open - details
> > here: https://uk.osgeo.org/foss4guk2025/registration/.
> >
> > All the best
> >
> > Ant Scott
> > Secretary, OSGeo:UK
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> Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 19:45:36 +0100
> From: Nick Bearman <nick at nickbearman.com>
> To: uk at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: [OSGeo-UK] Fwd: [Charter-members] [Annoucement] OSGeo 2025
> Elections starting
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> Some information on becoming a Charter Member of OSGeo.
>
> Any questions, please ask!
>
> Best wishes,
> Nick.
>
>
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> Subject: [Charter-members] [Annoucement] OSGeo 2025
> Elections starting
> Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2025 18:13:31 +0000
> From: Lu? s Moreira de Sousa via Charter-members
> <charter-members at lists.osgeo.org>
> Reply-To: cro at osgeo.org
> To: Charter-members at lists.osgeo.org <Charter-members at lists.osgeo.org>
> CC: Lu? s Moreira de Sousa <luis.de.sousa at protonmail.ch>
>
>
>
> Dear charter members,
>
> This year's OSGeo elections [1] will start on September 14, 2025 with
> the nomination period for new Charter Members.
>
> You can read about the Membership Process wiki page for this year [2].
>
> The nomination period for Charter Members will be open for the
> next two
> weeks.
> Candidate review will follow through our electronic voting system.
>
> Charter member nomination period starts: September 14, 2025
> Charter member nomination period ends: October 05, 2025
> Charter member candidate review ?period starts: October 26, 2025
> Charter member candidate review period ends: November 02, 2025
>
> You can see the progress of the nominations on [3]
>
> Please, send your nomination with the information below, that will be
> used on [4]:
> Nominating person: <your name>
> Nominating e-mail: <your e-mail>
> Nominating profile page: <your profile page in the OSGeo website>
> Nominee name: <nominee's name(s)>
> Nominee last name: <nominee's last name(s)>
> Nominee e-mail: <nominee e-mail>
> Nominee country: <nominee country at time of nomination>
> Nominee advocate page: <nominee advocate page in the OSGeo wiki>
> Nominee profile page: <nominee profile page in the OSGeo website>
> Nomination statement: <paragraph describing why you are recommending
> this person as a Charter Member,
> ? ? please include details about the positive attributes [4] of the
> nominee>.
>
> Warm regards,
> Lu?s de Sousa
> (your 2025 OSGeo Elections CROs)[5]
>
> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2025
> [2] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process
> [3] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2025
> [4] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process#Positive_Attributes
> [5] https://weki.osgeo.org/wiki/Chief_Returning_Officer
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