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

[Tyler Mitchell]

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.


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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