[HOT] Nominations for HOT Chair of the voting members and Board are open

Wed Feb 12 15:44:19 UTC 2014

Thanks for that clarification.

=Russ

From: Mikel Maron [mailto:mikel_maron at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 8:44 AM
To: 'Kate Chapman'; 'Heather Leson'; Russell Deffner
Cc: 'HOT at OSM (Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team)'; membership at hotosm.org
Subject: Re: [HOT] Nominations for HOT Chair of the voting members and Board
are open

Russ

The Board determines the number of seats within those limits. We've had 7
board seats since the beginning, and this has been a workable sized board
for us.

No limitation on nominations to board. Unlike membership, there can only be
7 board members.

Mikel

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From: Russell Deffner <russdeffner at gmail.com>; 
To: 'Kate Chapman' <kate at maploser.com>; 'Heather Leson'
<heather at textontechs.com>; 
Cc: 'HOT at OSM (Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team)' <hot at openstreetmap.org>;
<membership at hotosm.org>; 
Subject: Re: [HOT] Nominations for HOT Chair of the voting members and Board
are open 
Sent: Wed, Feb 12, 2014 3:27:19 PM 

Just a few questions/clarifications,

In article 4.2 of the bylaws, it states "The regular Board shall consist of
an odd number of directors of no fewer than three (3) nor more than nine (9)
directors."; so unless I'm missing an amendment or something agreed upon at
a meeting, then there are up to 9 open seats, not necessarily the same 7
with expiring term?

And, that article 4.4 states any voting member, director, or officer can
nominate multiple candidates; so not the same limitation as for nominating a
voting member?

Phrased as questions in case I'm looking at the wrong/old bylaws or
something,
=Russ
russdeffner at gmail.com <javascript:return>  

Russell Deffner
Russell.Deffner at hotosm.org <javascript:return>  

-----Original Message-----
From: Kate Chapman [mailto:kate at maploser.com <javascript:return> ] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 6:41 PM
To: Heather Leson
Cc: HOT at OSM <javascript:return>  (Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team);
membership at hotosm.org <javascript:return> 
Subject: Re: [HOT] Nominations for HOT Chair of the voting members and Board
are open

Hi All,

I put in a sample record for the nominations(1). I didn't want fear of
wiki syntax to get in anyone's way. If you have an issues just let us
know and we can help.

Best,

-Kate

(1)
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Board_Elections_201
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On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 7:05 AM, Heather Leson <heather at textontechs.com
<javascript:return> >
wrote:
> HI Jaakko and HOT Friends,
>
> I've written some thoughts about my first year on the HOT Board. Truly, I
> want to return and keep helping us grow (If you so elect it to be).
>
> As well, I think this is an important time to consider what does HOT need
> from a Board. I've written some thoughts here:
>
> http://textontechs.com/2014/02/on-the-hot-board/
>
> Thank you,
>
> Heather
>
> Heather Leson
> heather at textontechs.com <javascript:return> 
> Twitter: HeatherLeson
> Blog: textontechs.com
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 1:17 AM, Jaakko Helleranta.com
> <jaakko at helleranta.com <javascript:return> > wrote:
>>
>> Dear voting members and the community at large,
>>
>> Nominations for HOT Chair of the voting members and the Board are now
open
>> at
>>
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Board_Elections_201
4
>> .
>>
>> Please see below notes on the role of the Chair and Board (clipped from
>> prior announcement).
>>
>> As for the schedule, we realized that a week slipped through our fingers
>> and that we need to push the schedule with one week accordingly so that
we
>> ensure that we have enough time for especially Board nominations and
>> possible discussions. Also, the nomination and the election of the Chair
and
>> the Board will happen at the same time (to avoid election fatigue). The
>> dates below have been adjusted accordingly.
>>
>> (ii) Election of Chair of Voting Members: Nominations (Weeks of February
>> 10 and 17), Election (Week of February 24)
>>
>> The HOT bylaws section 3.7 note that a Chair shall be elected. This is
the
>> first time that we are selecting one.
>>
>> The role of the Chair (as defined by the bylaws) is to announce voting
>> members meetings and chair them but s/he also has a potential
disciplinary
>> role towards harmfully acting voting members (section 3.6). The term of
the
>> Chair is one year as is that of the Board.
>>
>> (iii) Election of the Board: Nominations (Weeks of February 10 and 17),
>> Election (Week of February 24)
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Nominations are to be made at:
>> http://wiki.osm.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Board_Elections_2014
>>
>> The nomination time of both the Chair and the Board will end at end of
day
>> (midnight) PST, Sunday February 23 (= UTC-8).
>>
>> So, please nominate good people for these HOT positions by writing your
>> nomination on the above-linked wiki page. The date and time of the Annual
>> Meeting will be announced in the coming days.
>>
>> With best wishes from the nominations/elections team,
>> Boris, Jaakko & Kate
>>
>> --
>> jaakko at helleranta.com <javascript:return>  * Skype: jhelleranta * Mobile:
+505-8845-3391
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>> http://about.me/jaakkoh
>
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