[HOT] suggestion for HOT Board vote

[Kate Chapman]

Actually this was public on the mailing list originally.  After that I
emailed everyone directly to make sure the actual membership was in
contact.

Ballots only went to members since it is a vote.

-Kate

On 7/17/11, Schuyler Erle <schuyler at nocat.net> wrote:
> Okay, I'm responsible for the confusion.
>
> Yes, we have a vacancy on the board of directors of the HOT Foundation; yes,
> the foundation is electing a new board member; however, yes, you must
> already formally be a member of the foundation in order to vote for the
> board.
>
> I didn't realize until I sent my email to the list that the election
> announcement was only sent privately to the 20 or so people who are already
> formal members of the foundation. I am personally of the opinion that this
> kind of announcement and discussion ought to be on the public mailing list,
> but I have not been the one doing the work, so I can't really complain.
>
> I'm sorry if this has thrown anyone for a loop!
>
> SDE
>
> On Jul 17, 2011, at 12:25 PM, Floris Looijesteijn wrote:
>
>> Are we voting for a new board? Where's the announcement of that?
>> I probably missed it but I don't see anything on the HOT website either?
>>
>> Greetings,
>> Floris Looijesteijn
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Schuyler Erle <schuyler at nocat.net>
>> wrote:
>>> Hey gang,
>>>
>>> If you haven't cast your ballot for the HOT Board of Directors yet, I
>>> would like to encourage you to consider this, briefly:
>>>
>>> There is no question whatsoever that all three nominees for board
>>> positions are eminently qualified to represent HOT, and would be valuable
>>> additions to the Board of Directors, however -- our board already has a
>>> preponderance of Americans.
>>>
>>> I mention this primarily because we, as HOT, have to deal with a
>>> humanitarian aid community -- and particularly that part within the UN
>>> system -- that is sometimes suspicious of Americans. We are sometimes
>>> perceived, regrettably, as having a tendency to try to take over and run
>>> the whole show, whatever the show is. Now, you all know as well as I do
>>> that the Americans involved in HOT are sensitive to political nuance, and
>>> do strive to be suitably respectful of our colleagues in other
>>> organizations, regardless of nationality. The problem isn't with the
>>> HOTties -- it's with the possible perception of HOT from *outside* our
>>> group.
>>>
>>> I believe that it is of the utmost importance to the future of the
>>> Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team that the organization is NOT perceived by
>>> others as primarily an American initiative. We are a group with a
>>> genuinely international character, and the rest of the world should see
>>> us as such.
>>>
>>> Therefore I will tell you that I am voting for Harry Wood for the
>>> available directorship. Harry is at least as qualified, as skilled, and
>>> as committed as anyone else who has been nominated -- and he has the
>>> advantage of being from someplace other than the US. I know that he will
>>> continue to be an asset to our organization as a director on our board,
>>> and I hope that you will elect him to this role.
>>>
>>> Yours truly,
>>>
>>> An American.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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