<div dir="ltr">Rock the Vote:  <div><br></div><div><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/United_States/Elections/2014">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/United_States/Elections/2014</a><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:09 AM, alyssa wright <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alyssapwright@gmail.com" target="_blank">alyssapwright@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Thanks Federik. I intend on running. FYI<br>
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> On Sep 30, 2014, at 4:10 AM, Frederik Ramm <<a href="mailto:frederik@remote.org">frederik@remote.org</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Dear diversity-talk readers,<br>
><br>
>   I'm not normally following here - it seems that this list is rather<br>
> dormant of late, with an outburst of diversity-related discussion<br>
> recently having taken place on the osmf-talk list instead of here.<br>
><br>
> However, assuming that there are at least a couple of people still<br>
> reading this list, I'd like to draw your attention to the upcoming<br>
> elections of the OSM-US board of directors<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://wiki.osm.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/United_States/Elections/2014" target="_blank">http://wiki.osm.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/United_States/Elections/2014</a><br>
><br>
> and there's also been a couple postings here<br>
><br>
> <a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-us/2014-September/013608.html" target="_blank">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-us/2014-September/013608.html</a><br>
><br>
> If I am not mistaken, then at the time of writing the line-up consists<br>
> exclusively of white males, whereas in last year's election there were<br>
> as many as four female contenders (of which two were elected to the<br>
> current board).<br>
><br>
> Being a white male myself there's little I can do about this except<br>
> mentioning the situation here, and using my vote as an OSM-US member to<br>
> help diversity if given the chance.<br>
><br>
> Bye<br>
> Frederik<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Frederik Ramm  ##  eMail <a href="mailto:frederik@remote.org">frederik@remote.org</a>  ##  N49°00'09" E008°23'33"<br>
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