[HOT] Membership nominations and board elections for 2012-13

[Schuyler Erle]

Hello HOTties!

The end of the year means it's time for the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team's annual membership nominations and board elections!

So, please, read through this email carefully, and please act where requested. Any questions or concerns, fire away. Thanks!

* Membership

All current members of the team need to confirm continued interest. Do you still want to be a member of HOT? Some individuals have been more active than others, and we understand if you don’t have the time.

The current membership list is posted to http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Members

To confirm your membership, please fill out this brief form.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGJzRjBVb25LRzI1OFVseC1kOWNIamc6MQ

Please confirm your membership by end of day PST, December 9, 2012. The form will literally take you two minutes to complete, and you have nearly two weeks. Please don't put it off.

* Member Nominations

HOT membership works similarly to Apache. New members are invited by  current members. The nominations are published, and if there are no objections, the new members are accepted.

Nominated members before have come from all sorts of places, those who have worked with us in the field, remote volunteers that have really made a difference in responses and partners that have really helped. 

Nominations can be made in the form below. Please be sure that your nominee would be like to become a member of HOT. :) If you’d like to be nominated, don’t hesitate to contact HOT members individually to discuss.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFNsWG1EdTRfWGR3aVJudWdIUnRiSFE6MQ

Please make nominations by end of day PST, December 9, 2012. Nominations will be published on December 10, and new members will be formally announced, barring objections, on December 17.

* Elections

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. Board members are expected to spend a minimum of five hours per month on strategic issues related to the team, over and above the usual member volunteer commitment.

Nominations can be made on this wiki page:

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Board_Elections_2012

Nominations will be open until end of day, December 9, 2012.  We will send instructions on how to cast your vote by email on or before December 9, and we’ll have the election the following week, with completion by December 17. We will announce your collective selections for the team's 2013 Board of Directors on December 18.

To reiterate: If you neither fill out the survey above *nor* cast a vote in the Board election, we will assume that you wish to resign your membership in HOT (and we will be sad to see you go).

* That’s it

Thanks for reading through all of this. We greatly appreciate your continued support and contributions to HOT.

With best wishes from your Board,

Kate Chapman
Nicolas Chavent
John Crowley
Schuyler Erle
Mikel Maron
Dane Springmeyer
Harry Wood