Election 2010

The 2010 OSGeo annual board election will be held this summer, so the new board can meet face-to-face at FOSS4G. The Charter Members election will be held later in the year.

Board Election

 * Following the Board Election Procedure there are 4 seats up for election this year.
 * Arnulf Christl, Ari Jolma, Howard Butler, and  Frank Warmerdam have reached the end of their 2-year term. Board members wishing to stand in the 2010 election must receive a nomination, like any other candidate.
 * Continuing Board members who have another year to serve are Markus Neteler, Chris Schmidt, Geoff Zeiss,  Jeff McKenna and Ravi Kumar.

Nominate new Board Members - 2010-08-01 - 2010-08-12

 * Please confirm with the person that they would like to stand for election as a Board member
 * Email a nomination, consisting of name and a paragraph describing why you think this person would make a good Board member, to cro@osgeo.org by the end of Thursday 12th August 2010
 * Please also cc: the nomination to the OSGeo discussion list - discuss@lists.osgeo.org - so the community can be nudged along and have a sense of what is going on.
 * Remember that only Charter Members of OSGeo are eligible for a seat on the Board
 * The final list will be collected at Board Member Nominations 2010

Vote for new Board Members - 2010-08-13 - 2010-08-25

 * Only Charter Members are eligible to vote
 * Choose from Board Member Nominations 2010 list
 * Email cro@osgeo.org with a list of names up to 4 lines long (one vote per board slot)
 * You can cast up to 4 votes, for 4 different people. Multiple votes for one person will be counted as one vote.
 * Voting closes midnight (your timezone) 25-August-2010
 * Results will be posted at Board Election 2010 Results
 * Contact cro@osgeo.org with questions

Charter Member Election
In 2010 we are adding up to 10 new Charter Members to the Foundation.


 * Official list of Charter Members as of 2009
 * Positive Attributes for new Charter Members
 * Full details of the New Membership Process
 * The New Member Nominations 2008 provide an illustration
 * The role of the Chief Returning Officer

Nominate new Charter Members: 2010-10-19 - 2010-11-02

 * Please confirm with the nominated person first.
 * Please email cro@osgeo.org with their name, contact email and paragraph describing why you are recommending this person as a Charter Member
 * New Member Nominations 2010

Vote for new Charter Members: 2010-11-04 - 2010-11-11

 * Only Charter Members are eligible to vote!
 * Please email cro@osgeo.org with a list of names 10 lines long (one vote per new member slot)
 * You can vote for 10 different people, or the same person 10 times, or any balance in between.

Final Status: 2010-11-13

 * The new members will be listed here.
 * The list of nominees is at New Member Nominations 2010