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

Thu Apr 26 10:40:34 EDT 2007

+1 from me.

-mpg

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: viscom-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org 
> [mailto:viscom-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of 
> Arnulf Christl
> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 4:57 AM
> To: Visibility Committee Discussion List
> Cc: torsten.brassat at wheregroup.com
> Subject: Re: [Viscom-dev] motion: add Torsten as new viscom member
> 
> 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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