Election 2011

The 2011 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.

This election schedule has been approved by vote on the board mailing list on 2011-07-29

Board Election

• Following the Board Election Procedure there are 5 seats up for election this year.
• Markus Neteler, Chris Schmidt, Geoff Zeiss, Jeff McKenna and Ravi Kumar have reached the end of their 2-year term. Board members wishing to stand in the 2011 election must receive a nomination, like any other candidate.
  • Markus Neteler, Chris Schmidt, Ravi Kumar and Geoff Zeiss already confirmed that they are not planning to stand for re-election.
  • Jeff McKenna is planning to stand for re-election if he gets a nomination
• Continuing Board members who have another year to serve are Arnulf Christl, Frank Warmerdam, Tim Schaub and Daniel Morissette

Nominate new Board Members - 2011-07-29 - 2011-08-07

• 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 23:59 (your time zone) on Sunday 7th August 2011
• 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 2011

Vote for new Board Members - 2011-08-11 - 2011-08-21

• Only Charter Members are eligible to vote
• Choose from Board Member Nominations 2011 list
• Email cro@osgeo.org with a list of names up to 5 lines long (one vote per board slot)
• You can cast up to 5 votes, for 5 different people. Multiple votes for one person will be counted as one vote.
• Voting closes at 23:59 (your timezone) 21-August-2011
• Results will be posted at Board Election 2011 Results
• Contact cro@osgeo.org with questions

Charter Member Election

In 2011 we are adding up to 20 new Charter Members to the Foundation (20% as decided at Booard Meeting, see minutes).

• Official list of Charter Members as of 2010
• Positive Attributes for new Charter Members
• Full details of the New Membership Process
• The New Member Nominations 2010 provide an illustration
• The role of the Chief Returning Officer

Nominate new Charter Members: 2011-11-04 to 2011-11-17

• 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
• Please also feel free to 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.
• The list of nominees will be compiled at: New Member Nominations 2011

Vote for new Charter Members: 2011-11-19 to 2011-11-27

• Only Charter Members are eligible to vote!
• Please email cro@osgeo.org with a list of names 20 lines long (one vote per new member slot)
• You can vote for 10 different people, or the same person 20 times, or any balance in between.

Final Status: 2011-11-28

• The new charter members for 2011 are:
  • ...
  • ...
• The list of nominees is at New Member Nominations 2011