<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>HI Kate, thank you very much for all your dedication. <br><br></div>The first time I really understood the potential of HOT was viewing your video right after the Haiti earthquake. Your efforts to build the organization and support the community have been inspiring. HOT has become a successful digital humanitarian community and organization under your leadership. We have humanitarian and technology partners. The community and membership are strong and talented. Staff hired are doing great work. We are established with successful programmes and partnerships in many places, including, to name just one, the long standing Indonesia project. <br><br></div><div>There will always be more to do - more activities to improve, more conversations to have, more decisions to collaborate, more plans to create and more maps to make. But now we have the basis to grow. Thank you for your determination to make a difference and for constantly being an advocate for HOT's mission around the world. <br><br></div><div>You will be missed. But you leave us in a position to grow. Truly I want to congratulate you on your new role. They are lucky to have you. And, I'm delighted that you will be active in HOT to mentor, share and create in the future. <br></div><div><br><br>****<br><br></div><div>For my fellow members, I am consulting with my fellow board members and membership chair. We will be respond soon on plans and ask for help.<br><br><br></div><div>Thanks again,<br><br></div><div>Heather <br></div><div> <br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Heather Leson<br><a href="mailto:heatherleson@gmail.com" target="_blank">heatherleson@gmail.com</a><br>Twitter: HeatherLeson <br>Blog: <a href="http://textontechs.com" target="_blank">textontechs.com</a><br></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 7:36 AM, Kate Chapman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kate.chapman@hotosm.org" target="_blank">kate.chapman@hotosm.org</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">Hi All,<div><br></div><div>Something that was pointed out to me is I did not put the date this change is effective in my previous email. My last day working full-time for HOT will be April 10th. </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>-Kate</div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 8:59 PM, Kate Chapman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kate.chapman@hotosm.org" target="_blank">kate.chapman@hotosm.org</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"><span><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Dear HOT community</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">In January 2010 HOT came to me during a transition period in my life. As I look back over the past 5 years I can’t even imagine where I’d be today without the HOT community. With this in mind it is now time for me to transition again into a different role within HOT. It is time for my time as a paid staff member to end, though I will still be contributing as a volunteer. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">I have accepted a position with a new organization (so new it is currently nameless) as their Chief Technology Officer, I’ll be working to build an open-source land rights mapping system. This mean I am stepping down from my Executive Director role at HOT. I will be remaining a participant in the HOT community as both a Voting Member, administrator for the Outreachy internship program, and within the Missing Maps Project and OpenAerialMap. I hope to see many of you at the HOT Summit as well. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">I will assist the Board of Directors of HOT in both a handover plan and documentation of my role at the organization. The Board will be following up with instructions and next steps in the next day. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">If you have any questions or just even want to talk please contact me directly. The Board is also available to answer questions as needed, they can be reached at </span><a href="mailto:board@hotosm.org" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">board@hotosm.org</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">. To keep in touch with me personally, please update your address book for </span><a href="mailto:kate@maploser.com" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">kate@maploser.com</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">The HOT community is strong and I can’t wait to see what we will do in the future.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Thank you,</span></p><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">-Kate</span></span><span><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Kate Chapman</span><div><font color="#888888">Executive Director<br></font><div><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">email: <a href="mailto:kate.chapman@hotosm.org" target="_blank">kate.chapman@hotosm.org</a><br>U.S. mobile: <a value="+17036738834" style="color:rgb(0,0,204)">+1 703 673 8834</a><br>Indonesian mobile: <a value="+6282123068370" style="color:rgb(0,0,204)">+62 82123068370</a></span></div><div><div><div><div><b style="color:rgb(204,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></b></div><div><b style="color:rgb(204,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team </b><br></div></div></div><div><font size="1"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#666666"><b><div style="display:inline!important">Using OpenStreetMap </div><div style="display:inline!important">for Humanitarian Response </div>& Economic Development</b></font></font><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small"> </span></div><div><font size="1"><a href="http://hot.openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">web</a> | <a href="http://twitter.com/hotosm" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">twitter</a> | <a href="http://facebook.com/hotosm" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">facebook</a> | <a href="http://hot.openstreetmap.org/donate" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">donate</a></font></div></div></div></div></div>
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