<div dir="ltr"><div><div>HI Jaakko and HOT Friends, <br><br></div>I've written some thoughts about my first year on the HOT Board. Truly, I want to return and keep helping us grow (If you so elect it to be).<br><br></div>
<div>As well, I think this is an important time to consider what does HOT need from a Board. I've written some thoughts here: <br></div><div><br><a href="http://textontechs.com/2014/02/on-the-hot-board/">http://textontechs.com/2014/02/on-the-hot-board/</a><br>
<br></div><div>Thank you, <br></div><div><br></div>Heather <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>Heather Leson<br><a href="mailto:heather@textontechs.com" target="_blank">heather@textontechs.com</a><br>
Twitter: HeatherLeson <br>
Blog: <a href="http://textontechs.com" target="_blank">textontechs.com</a></div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 1:17 AM, Jaakko Helleranta.com <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jaakko@helleranta.com" target="_blank">jaakko@helleranta.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Dear voting members and the community at large,<br><br></div>Nominations for HOT Chair of the voting members and the Board are now open at <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Board_Elections_2014" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Board_Elections_2014</a> . <br>
<br>Please see below notes on the role of the Chair and Board (clipped from prior announcement). <br><br>As for the schedule, we realized that a week slipped through our fingers and that we need to push the schedule with one week accordingly so that we ensure that we have enough time for especially Board nominations and possible discussions. Also, the nomination and the election of the Chair and the Board will happen at the same time (to avoid election fatigue). The dates below have been adjusted accordingly.<br>
<br></div><div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:20px"></span></font><div style="margin-left:40px"><b style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:20px;margin:0px;padding:0px">(ii) Election of <span>Chair</span></b><b style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:20px;margin:0px;padding:0px"> of </b><b style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:20px;margin:0px;padding:0px"><b style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:20px;margin:0px;padding:0px">Voting Members</b>: Nominations (Weeks of February 10 and 17), Election (Week of February 24)</b><br>
<font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:20px"></span></font><br><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:20px"></span></font><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:20px">The <span>HOT</span> bylaws section 3.7 note that a <span>Chair</span> shall be elected. This is the first time that we are selecting one.</span><br>
<font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:20px"></span></font><br><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:20px"></span></font><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:20px">The role of the <span>Chair</span> (as defined by the bylaws) is to announce voting members meetings and <span>chair</span> them but s/he also has a potential disciplinary role towards harmfully acting voting members (section 3.6). The term of the <span>Chair</span> is one year as is that of the Board.</span><br>
<font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:20px"></span></font><br><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:20px"></span></font><b style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:20px;margin:0px;padding:0px">(iii) Election of the Board: </b><b style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:20px;margin:0px;padding:0px">Nominations (Weeks of February 10 and 17), Election (Week of February 24)</b><br>
<font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:20px"></span></font><br><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:20px"></span></font><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:20px">All
seven seats on the team's Board of Directors are up for election to a
one-year term. Having a Board with a diversity of skills will help
further the organization. </span><br><br><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:20px"></span></font><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:20px">Nominations are to be made at:</span><br>
<span style><a href="http://wiki.osm.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Board_Elections_2014" title="http://wiki.osm.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Board_Elections_2014" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:20px;margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration:none;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dashed" target="_blank">http://wiki.osm.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Board_Elections_2014</a></span><br>
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<font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:20px">The nomination time of both the Chair and the Board will end at end of day (midnight) PST, Sunday February 23 (= UTC-8).<br></span></font></span></div>
<div><span style><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:20px"><br></span></font></span></div><div><span style><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:20px">So, please nominate good people for these HOT positions by writing your nomination on the above-linked wiki page. The date and time of the Annual Meeting will be announced in the coming days.<br>
</span></font></span></div><div><span style><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:20px"><br></span></font><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:20px">With best wishes from the nominations/elections team,</span><br>
<span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:20px;margin:0px;padding:2px 0px">Boris, Jaakko & </span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:20px;margin:0px;padding:2px 0px">K</span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:20px;margin:0px;padding:2px 0px">ate</span><br>
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