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The 2014 OSGeo the [[Charter Members]] election will take place in July/August 2014, followed by the [[Board]] nominations and elections in August so that new board members have a chance to meet face-to-face at [http://2014.foss4g.org FOSS4G] in Portland, USA in September.  
 
 
The 2014 OSGeo the [[Charter Members]] election will take place in '''June''' 2014, followed by the [[Board]] nominations and elections in June/July so that new board members have a chance to meet face-to-face at [http://2014.foss4g.org FOSS4G] in Portland, USA in September.  
 
  
 
== Charter Member Election ==
 
== Charter Member Election ==
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* See the official list of [http://www.osgeo.org/charter_members Charter Members] as of 2013.
 
* See the official list of [http://www.osgeo.org/charter_members Charter Members] as of 2013.
* Full details of the [[Membership Process 2014]].
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* Full details of the [[Membership Process]].
 
* The [[New Member Nominations 2013]] provide an illustration.
 
* The [[New Member Nominations 2013]] provide an illustration.
 
* The role of the [[Chief Returning Officer]].
 
* The role of the [[Chief Returning Officer]].
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=== Revised selection process ===
 
=== Revised selection process ===
  
In previous years the Charter Member selection process has been a little contentious. We typically receive numerous nominations from high caliber members of our community, and insufficient positions to accept them all. This typically results in unnecessary disappointment and dissent.
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In previous years the Charter Member selection process had been a little contentious. We typically received numerous nominations from high caliber members of our community, and insufficient positions to accept them all. This typically resulted in unnecessary disappointment and dissent.
 
 
In response, the OSGeo board [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2014-06-12 has agreed] to trial tweaking the voting process. The aim is to automatically accept recognised OSGeo community leaders, while continuing with our existing process which attracts the many valuable community members who contribute in other ways. A week's provided for community comments.
 
 
 
Design guidelines:
 
  
* We want a process which is simple to understand and implement.
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In response, the OSGeo board [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2014-July/011785.html has agreed] to update the voting process. The aim is to accept all recognised OSGeo members who exhibit [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process#Positive_Attributes Positive OSGeo Attributes].
* We want a process which encourages recognised OSGeo community leaders to become OSGeo charter members, while continuing to accept members from the many other valuable OSGeo roles.
 
* We want a process which is difficult to abuse.
 
* For the first iteration, we should err on being more selective in our criteria, with potential widening of selection criteria in future years.
 
  
Definition of recognised OSGeo community leaders: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process_2014#Positions_for_recognised_OSGeo_Community_Leaders
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A key change is that there is no arbitrary limit for the number of new OSGeo charter members.
  
=== Nominate new Charter Members: 2014-XX-XX to 2014-XX-XX (2 weeks) ===  
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=== Nominate new Charter Members: 2014-07-19 to 2014-08-01 (2 weeks) ===  
  
 
* Please confirm with the nominated person first!  
 
* 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 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.  
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* As per [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process_2014#Nominations nominations process], the CRO will contact the nominated person and confirm they are willing to participate and then forward the nomination to the Discuss mailing list for further discussion (see next point).
* The list of nominees will be compiled at: [[New Member Nominations 2014]]
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* The list of nominees will be compiled at: [[New Member Nominations 2014]].
  
 
=== Nominated Member Introductions ===
 
=== Nominated Member Introductions ===
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* During the period between a nomination and the start of the election, charter member nominees are encouraged to introduce themselves on the OSGeo discussion list (discuss@lists.osgeo.org). The nominee may optionally reference their [[OSGeo Advocate]] profile and create a profile if it doesn't exist.
 
* During the period between a nomination and the start of the election, charter member nominees are encouraged to introduce themselves on the OSGeo discussion list (discuss@lists.osgeo.org). The nominee may optionally reference their [[OSGeo Advocate]] profile and create a profile if it doesn't exist.
  
=== Vote for new Charter Members: 2014-XX-XX to 2014-XX-XX (1 week) ===
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=== Vote for new Charter Members: 2014-08-02 to 2014-08-08 (1 week) ===
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Over one week, and using the new [[Electronic Voting]] system, a total of 130 charter members have completed the vote for the 64 candidates. Some notes:
  
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* All charter members accessed the system, but 50 of them didn't finish the vote
All 2014 nominees were accepted into Charter Membership by common consent (see results below).
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* Session expiration time was too short and some members reported loosing their votes, this need to be addressed for future charter members elections.
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=== Final Status ===
 
=== Final Status ===
  
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* Following our new [[Membership Process]], '''all''' candidates passed the criteria to be accepted as new OSGeo Charter Members.
 
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* The new charter members for 2014 are (in alphabetical order)
* As per [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Membership_Process OSGeo bylaws] we are free to add between 10% and one third of the existing charter membership. With 144 existing members in 2012 this means between 14 and 48 new members.  Update: During [[Board_Meeting_2013-07-11]] the OSGeo Board decided to accept 30 new Charter Members for 2013; however on [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2013-July/011003.html 2013-07-29] the Board decided to accept all 37 nominations.
 
 
 
* The new charter members for 2013 are (in alphabetical order):
 
*#Sergio Acosta y Lara (Uruguay)
 
*#Eli Adam (USA)
 
*#Till Adams (Germany)
 
*#Dan Ames (USA)
 
*#Peter Baumann (Germany)
 
*#Just van den Broecke (The Netherlands)
 
*#Yann Chemin (Sri Lanka)
 
*#Silvana Comboin (Brazil)
 
*#Paolo Corti (Italy)
 
*#Phillip Davis (USA)
 
*#Maxim Dubinin (Russia)
 
*#Ian Edwards (United Kingdom)
 
*#Dirk Frigne (Belgium)
 
*#Alessandro Furieri (Italy)
 
*#Taichi FURUHASHI (Japan)
 
*#Micho García (Spain)
 
*#Codrina Maria Ilie (Romania)
 
*#Nobusuke IWASAKI (Japan)
 
*#Marc Jansen (Germany)
 
*#Borys Jurgiel (Poland)
 
*#Daniel Kastl (Germany)
 
*#Helmut Kudrnovsky (Austria)
 
*#Harish Kumar Solanki (India)
 
*#Marco Lechner (Germany)
 
*#Minpa Lee (Korea)
 
*#Mark,Leslie (Australia)
 
*#Daniel McInerney (Ireland)
 
*#Volker Mische (Germany)
 
*#Sarawut NINSAWAT (Thailand)
 
*#Vincent Picavet (France)
 
*#François Prunayre (France)
 
*#Maria Arias de Reyna (Spain)
 
*#Pekka Sarkola (Finland)
 
*#Yoichi SEINO (Japan)
 
*#Tuong Thuy VU (Malaysia)
 
*#Nikos Ves (Greece)
 
*#Nathan Woodrow (Australia)
 
  
* The full list of nominees is at [[New Member Nominations 2013]]
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# Alejandro Díaz (Spain)
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# Alexander Bruy (Ukraine)
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# Alexandre Neto (Portugal)
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# Andrea Antonello (Italy)
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# Andreea Marin (Romania)
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# Anna Petrasova (Czech Republic)
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# Ariel Nuñez (Colombia)
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# BJ Jang (South Korea)
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# Bruce Bannerman (Australia)
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# Carolina Arias (Italy)
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# Chaitanya Kumar (India)
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# Chris Helm (United States)
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# Christian Mayer (Germany)
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# Christos Iosifidis (Greece)
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# Dan Little (United States)
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# Darrell Fuhirman (United States)
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# David Fawcett (United States)
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# David Percy (United States)
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# Florin Iosub (Romania)
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# Hugo Santos (Portugal)
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# Ionuț Iosifescu (Switzerland)
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# Ivan Minčik (Slovakia)
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# Iván Sánchez Ortega (Norway)
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# Jeffrey Johnson (United States)
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# Jeremy Morley (UK)
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# Jim Klassen (United States)
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# Johan Van de Wauw (Belgium)
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# Jorge Arévalo (Spain)
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# Jose Santos (Portugal)
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# José García (Spain)
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# Jukka Rahkonen (Finnland)
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# Kate Chapman (United States)
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# Kristin Bott (United States)
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# Luciene Delzari (Brazil)
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# Marie Silvestre (France)
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# Miguel Ángel Blanco (Argentina)
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# Milan Antonovic (Switzerland)
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# Mohammed Rashad (India)
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# Moisés Arcos (Spain)
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# Nadiia Gorash (Ukraine)
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# Nikos Alexandris (Greece)
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# Nimalika Fernando (Sri Lanka)
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# Oliver Tonhofer (Germany)
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# Olivier Courtin (France)
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# Patricio Soriano (Spain)
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# Paul Meems (Netherlands)
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# Pieter De Graef (Belgium)
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# Pirmin_Kalberer (Switzerland)
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# Régis Haubourg (France)
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# Santosh Gaikwad (India)
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# Silvia Franceschi (Italy)
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# Simon Mercier (Canada)
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# Simone Dalmasso (Italy)
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# Sittichai Choosumrong (Thailand)
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# Stephan Meißl (Austria)
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# Steven Feldman (UK)
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# Takayuki Nuimura (Japan)
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# Tanya Haddad (United States)
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# Thijs van Menen (Netherlands)
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# Thomas Gratier (France)
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# Toshikazu Seto (Japan)
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# Vivien Deparday (France)
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# Václav Petras (Czech Republic)
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# Zoltan Siki (Hungary)
  
 
== Board Election ==
 
== Board Election ==
  
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* Following the [[Board Election Procedure]] there are '''5''' seats up for election this year.
 
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* [[Anne Ghisla]], [[Jeff McKenna]], [[Daniel Morissette]], [[Cameron Shorter]], and [[Frank Warmerdam]] have reached the end of their 2-year term, Board members wishing to stand in the 2014 election must receive a nomination, like any other candidate.  
* Following the [[Board Election Procedure]] there are '''4''' seats up for election this year.
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** Anne Ghisla '''is''' standing for re-election.
* [[User:Pmbatty | Peter Batty]], [[User:mpg | Michael Gerlek]], and [[Mark Lucas]] have reached the end of their 2-year term, [[Jáchym Čepický]] has reached the end of his 1 year interim term. Board members wishing to stand in the 2013 election must receive a nomination, like any other candidate.  
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** Jeff McKenna '''is''' standing for re-election.
** Michael Gerlek is '''not''' standing for re-election.
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** Daniel Morissette is '''not''' standing for re-election.
** Peter Batty is '''not''' standing for re-election.
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** Cameron Shorter is '''not''' standing for re-election.
** Mark Lucas is '''not''' standing for re-election.
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** Frank Warmerdam is '''not''' standing for re-election.
** Jáchym Čepický '''is''' standing for re-election.
 
 
* Continuing Board members who have another year to serve are  
 
* Continuing Board members who have another year to serve are  
** [[Anne Ghisla]]
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** [[Jáchym Čepický ]]
** [[Jeff McKenna]]
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** [[Jorge Sanz]]
** [[Daniel Morissette]]
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** [[Bart van den Eijnden]]
** [[Cameron Shorter]]
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** [[Gerald Fenoy | Gérald Fenoy]]
** [[Frank Warmerdam]]
 
 
 
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=== Nominate new Board Members - 2014-XX-XX - 2014-XX-XX (2 weeks) ===
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=== Nominate new Board Members - 2014-08-09 - 2014-08-23 (2 weeks) ===
  
 
* Please '''confirm with the person''' that they would like to stand for election as a Board member.  
 
* Please '''confirm with the person''' that they would like to stand for election as a Board member.  
* Email a nomination, consisting of name, current country of residence 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 '''Tuesday 20 August 2013'''
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* Email a nomination, consisting of name, current country of residence and a paragraph describing why you think this person would make a good Board member, to '''cro@osgeo.org''' by [http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?month=08&day=23&hour=14&p0=325&msg=OSGeo+Board+of+Directors+member+nominations&csz=1&swk=1 12:00 GMT on '''Saturday 23 August 2014''']
 
* Remember that only the [http://www.osgeo.org/charter_members Charter Members] are eligible for a seat on the Board and voting but that anybody can ''nominate'' a board member.  
 
* Remember that only the [http://www.osgeo.org/charter_members Charter Members] are eligible for a seat on the Board and voting but that anybody can ''nominate'' a board member.  
 
* The final list will be collected at [[Board Member Nominations 2014]]
 
* The final list will be collected at [[Board Member Nominations 2014]]
  
=== Vote for new Board Members - 2014-XX-XX - 2014-XX-XX ===
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=== Vote for new Board Members - 2014-08-23 - 2014-08-30 ===
  
 
* Only Charter Members are eligible to vote.
 
* Only Charter Members are eligible to vote.
 
* Choose from [[Board Member Nominations 2014]] list.
 
* Choose from [[Board Member Nominations 2014]] list.
* Email cro@osgeo.org with a list of names up to '''4''' lines long (one vote per board slot).
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* Through the [[Electronic Voting]] system, every Charter Member will receive a personal link to access the election.
* You can cast up to 4 votes, for 4 different people. Multiple votes for one person will be counted as one vote!
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* You can cast up to '''5''' votes, for '''5''' different people.
* Voting closes at 23:59 (your timezone) '''XX XX 2014'''.
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* Voting closes by [http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?month=08&day=30&hour=14&p0=325&msg=OSGeo%20Board%20of%20Directors%20elections%202014&csz=1&swk=1 12:00 GMT on '''Saturday 30 August 2014''']
* Results will be posted at [[Board Election 2014 Results]] on X XX 2014.
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* Results will be posted at [[Board Election 2014 Results]] on 2014-08-30.
 
* Contact cro@osgeo.org with questions.
 
* Contact cro@osgeo.org with questions.
  
 
[[Category:Elections]]  
 
[[Category:Elections]]  
 
[[Category:Election 2014]]
 
[[Category:Election 2014]]

Latest revision as of 00:26, 27 August 2014

The 2014 OSGeo the Charter Members election will take place in July/August 2014, followed by the Board nominations and elections in August so that new board members have a chance to meet face-to-face at FOSS4G in Portland, USA in September.

Charter Member Election

As every year we are electing new Charter Members into the Foundation.

Revised selection process

In previous years the Charter Member selection process had been a little contentious. We typically received numerous nominations from high caliber members of our community, and insufficient positions to accept them all. This typically resulted in unnecessary disappointment and dissent.

In response, the OSGeo board has agreed to update the voting process. The aim is to accept all recognised OSGeo members who exhibit Positive OSGeo Attributes.

A key change is that there is no arbitrary limit for the number of new OSGeo charter members.

Nominate new Charter Members: 2014-07-19 to 2014-08-01 (2 weeks)

  • 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
  • As per nominations process, the CRO will contact the nominated person and confirm they are willing to participate and then forward the nomination to the Discuss mailing list for further discussion (see next point).
  • The list of nominees will be compiled at: New Member Nominations 2014.

Nominated Member Introductions

  • During the period between a nomination and the start of the election, charter member nominees are encouraged to introduce themselves on the OSGeo discussion list (discuss@lists.osgeo.org). The nominee may optionally reference their OSGeo Advocate profile and create a profile if it doesn't exist.

Vote for new Charter Members: 2014-08-02 to 2014-08-08 (1 week)

Over one week, and using the new Electronic Voting system, a total of 130 charter members have completed the vote for the 64 candidates. Some notes:

  • All charter members accessed the system, but 50 of them didn't finish the vote
  • Session expiration time was too short and some members reported loosing their votes, this need to be addressed for future charter members elections.

Final Status

  • Following our new Membership Process, all candidates passed the criteria to be accepted as new OSGeo Charter Members.
  • The new charter members for 2014 are (in alphabetical order)
  1. Alejandro Díaz (Spain)
  2. Alexander Bruy (Ukraine)
  3. Alexandre Neto (Portugal)
  4. Andrea Antonello (Italy)
  5. Andreea Marin (Romania)
  6. Anna Petrasova (Czech Republic)
  7. Ariel Nuñez (Colombia)
  8. BJ Jang (South Korea)
  9. Bruce Bannerman (Australia)
  10. Carolina Arias (Italy)
  11. Chaitanya Kumar (India)
  12. Chris Helm (United States)
  13. Christian Mayer (Germany)
  14. Christos Iosifidis (Greece)
  15. Dan Little (United States)
  16. Darrell Fuhirman (United States)
  17. David Fawcett (United States)
  18. David Percy (United States)
  19. Florin Iosub (Romania)
  20. Hugo Santos (Portugal)
  21. Ionuț Iosifescu (Switzerland)
  22. Ivan Minčik (Slovakia)
  23. Iván Sánchez Ortega (Norway)
  24. Jeffrey Johnson (United States)
  25. Jeremy Morley (UK)
  26. Jim Klassen (United States)
  27. Johan Van de Wauw (Belgium)
  28. Jorge Arévalo (Spain)
  29. Jose Santos (Portugal)
  30. José García (Spain)
  31. Jukka Rahkonen (Finnland)
  32. Kate Chapman (United States)
  33. Kristin Bott (United States)
  34. Luciene Delzari (Brazil)
  35. Marie Silvestre (France)
  36. Miguel Ángel Blanco (Argentina)
  37. Milan Antonovic (Switzerland)
  38. Mohammed Rashad (India)
  39. Moisés Arcos (Spain)
  40. Nadiia Gorash (Ukraine)
  41. Nikos Alexandris (Greece)
  42. Nimalika Fernando (Sri Lanka)
  43. Oliver Tonhofer (Germany)
  44. Olivier Courtin (France)
  45. Patricio Soriano (Spain)
  46. Paul Meems (Netherlands)
  47. Pieter De Graef (Belgium)
  48. Pirmin_Kalberer (Switzerland)
  49. Régis Haubourg (France)
  50. Santosh Gaikwad (India)
  51. Silvia Franceschi (Italy)
  52. Simon Mercier (Canada)
  53. Simone Dalmasso (Italy)
  54. Sittichai Choosumrong (Thailand)
  55. Stephan Meißl (Austria)
  56. Steven Feldman (UK)
  57. Takayuki Nuimura (Japan)
  58. Tanya Haddad (United States)
  59. Thijs van Menen (Netherlands)
  60. Thomas Gratier (France)
  61. Toshikazu Seto (Japan)
  62. Vivien Deparday (France)
  63. Václav Petras (Czech Republic)
  64. Zoltan Siki (Hungary)

Board Election

Nominate new Board Members - 2014-08-09 - 2014-08-23 (2 weeks)

  • Please confirm with the person that they would like to stand for election as a Board member.
  • Email a nomination, consisting of name, current country of residence and a paragraph describing why you think this person would make a good Board member, to cro@osgeo.org by 12:00 GMT on Saturday 23 August 2014
  • Remember that only the Charter Members are eligible for a seat on the Board and voting but that anybody can nominate a board member.
  • The final list will be collected at Board Member Nominations 2014

Vote for new Board Members - 2014-08-23 - 2014-08-30