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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello HOTties,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We had another productive Governance Working Group meeting today, a big thank you to those who participated! On the meeting’s wiki-page[1] you’ll find more detailed minutes as well as the full IRC Log, but to keep this email short, here are the key outcomes:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1) There was no objection on the final language of the Quorum Amendment to the HOT Bylaws, this will now go to the Voting Members for a vote (details on that meeting will be coming soon).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2) The draft Proxy Rules that Jaakko and I drafted were discussed and amended to a final version that will now be brought to the Board of Directors for approval.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>These are both greatly beneficial steps toward fixing an issue that has stalled our membership from being able to conduct the business necessary to grow HOT; thank you again for contributing to the progress.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>[1] <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Working_groups/Governance/2014-09-19">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Working_groups/Governance/2014-09-19</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Russell Deffner<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:Russell.Deffner@hotosm.org">Russell.Deffner@hotosm.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://hot.openstreetmap.org/">http://hot.openstreetmap.org/</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>