Executive Director
Background
The Board has been discussing the idea of hiring one full-time staff member for OSGeo. This page is an attempt to describe the responsibilities of an Executive Director for the Foundation.
Responsibilities
- Acting as a "mentor" for Committees in times of need.
- Acting as an "ambassador" for OSGeo at community and industry events
- Organising presence + materials for events
- With VisCom, some oversight of web and documentation materials
- With FunCom, some responsibility for managing fundraising process, grantwriting
- Acting as primary contact person for the outside, getting requests to appropriate places
- Help plan and implement running infrastructure needs
Please add what you think should be in-remit to this list! The point here is to come up with a clear job description eventually; but it would be helpful to overspecify rather than underspecify this.
Notes
So what Executive Director would need to be is a mentor helping out when there is trouble between the bros and sisters of the Foundation.
This would be one role, but not a substantial part of the activity of the ED in my mind. I see them more often in an outwards facing role, as the ambassador of OSGeo. But also providing mundane support to the various committees to ensure that things are getting done that need to be. Drafting policies, web materials, etc.
Questions
- Would there be any overlap with the Collabnet staff position responsibilities?