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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mikel, we had previously been working here: <a href="https://hackpad.com/HOT-Bylaws-Amendments-D5EU34qgHYu">https://hackpad.com/HOT-Bylaws-Amendments-D5EU34qgHYu</a> - lots of good stuff on these topics that was consolidated from all our other google docs, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If you’d like help moving everything to the wiki, we can do that; but it may be easier to continue using the hackpad.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>=Russ<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Mikel Maron [mailto:mikel_maron@yahoo.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 14, 2014 9:01 AM<br><b>To:</b> Severin Menard; hot@openstreetmap.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [HOT] Nominations for HOT Chair of the voting members and Board are open<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div id="yiv2139229723yui_3_13_0_ym1_11_1392390502077_12"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black'>> Thanks for pointing out these unclear aspects in the bylaws, would be good to modify them so that there is no confusion. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv2139229723yui_3_13_0_ym1_11_1392390502077_12"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv2139229723yui_3_13_0_ym1_11_1392390502077_12"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black'>Yes, definitely, one of the top priorities for this year will be to address the gaps in the bylaws, to clarify and make them more in line for the kind of organization we wish HOT to be. The Membership Code process and other discussions have brought many items to the surface.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv2139229723yui_3_13_0_ym1_11_1392390502077_12"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv2139229723yui_3_13_0_ym1_11_1392390502077_12"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black'>As a start, let's begin by documenting issues in the Bylaws. I've started this wiki page, with some description, and added a single starting issue as a template. Please contribute here!</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv2139229723yui_3_13_0_ym1_11_1392390502077_12"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv2139229723yui_3_13_0_ym1_11_1392390502077_12"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/U.S._Bylaws/2014_Bylaws_Review" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/U.S._Bylaws/2014_Bylaws_Review</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv2139229723yui_3_13_0_ym1_11_1392390502077_12"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv2139229723yui_3_13_0_ym1_11_1392390502077_12"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black'>Cheers</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv2139229723yui_3_13_0_ym1_11_1392390502077_12"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black'>Mikel</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>* Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>