[HOT] HOT New Member Nominations - CLOSING THIS WEEK

Tue Nov 3 21:12:10 UTC 2015

Hi all,

I just want to remind everyone the nomination period for new HOT
Voting Members closes 6 November 2015 23:59 UTC.

If you are interested in becoming a voting member of our organization
please contact one of the current voting members you know from this
list:

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

Or contact Russ Deffnerr (cc'd on this email) or myself and we will
help get things started.

All the details of the process are available in this document, new
member nominees should read it all the way through and the Membership
Code link in it ( direct link to Membership Code also pasted in
below).

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-83ZQvgXLentCAMS37gOPe1Lhmzs1UsqliohxfogJWk/

https://hotosm.org/sites/default/files/HOT_Membership_Code.pdf

Cheers,
Blake
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Blake Girardot
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
Vice President, HOT Board of Directors
skype: jblakegirardot
HOT Core Team Contact: info at hotosm.org

On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 10:21 PM, Blake Girardot
<blake.girardot at hotosm.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I want to welcome all the people who will be considering becoming a
> voting member of HOT.
>
> HOT is a diverse community with a shared goal: Working together to
> serve people through collaboration and open data.
>
> Becoming a voting member is a very public declaration of your
> commitment that goal.
>
> The HOT/OSM community works on the ground in many places and HOT the
> organization does everything it can to support and build those
> efforts.  Becoming a voting member is another way you can increase
> your participation in and commitment to HOT's projects. The worldwide
> HOT/OSM community has accomplished amazing work over the past 5 years
> and I am honored to be a peer in that community and a voting member of
> HOT US Inc.
>
> I also wish to amplify Russ's mention of the importance of diversity
> to HOT. HOT is committed to making our community a safe space for
> people of any background.
>
> If anyone has any questions about HOT or about becoming a voting
> member, please just contact me whatever way is most convenient for
> you:
>
> blake.girardot at hotosm.org
> skype:jblakegirardot
> US: +1 734 330 8989
> HOT's mumble server (search in the OSM wiki for mumble)
>
> I love to quote Heather Leson, HOT US Inc.'s President: "Lets be
> awesome together."
> I look forward to working with everyone in the HOT/OSM community in
> the future (how great is it to be able to say that?)
>
> Cheers,
> Blake
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> Blake Girardot
> Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
> Vice President, HOT Board of Directors
> skype: jblakegirardot
> HOT Core Team Contact: info at hotosm.org
>
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 8:01 PM, Russell Deffner
> <russell.deffner at hotosm.org> wrote:
>> Greetings Global Community of HOT,
>>
>>
>>
>> (my apologies, I meant to send this on Monday but was focused on our
>> Activations)
>>
>>
>>
>> There are never enough ways to thank you for all that you have done and
>> continue to do for HOT. It is my pleasure to announce that the Voting
>> Members of HOT have launched the nomination period for a New Member
>> Election. Voting Members are our ‘core team’ that handle governance such as
>> Bylaws, Board Member Elections, and of course - electing additional Voting
>> Members.
>>
>>
>>
>> The short-story of the way it works is, each existing member can nominate
>> one person, and if elected, that nominator mentors the nominee as they
>> navigate HOT/OSM and achieve their goals. Those of you who love what we are
>> doing and accept the long and grueling challenge of ensuring effective
>> governance of the organization as well as strengthening and growing it, I
>> welcome you to contact myself or any of the wonderful people you may have
>> worked with here: http://hotosm.org/voting-members - rights and
>> responsibilities are also defined in the Membership Code linked/attached to
>> that page.
>>
>>
>>
>> New Member Nominees are not required to campaign in any way, but are
>> encouraged to document their aspirations somewhere that will be linked to
>> the ballot (or otherwise work with their nominator to provide links/text for
>> the ballot). It is not easy to be elected as our existing membership takes
>> many things into account, including diversity. To be elected, a nominee must
>> gain written consent from ⅔ of the existing membership, in other word 57 of
>> the 86 current Voting Members must approve their nomination via ballot
>> (think of it as a petition requiring a certain number of signatures).
>>
>>
>>
>> Detailed procedures are documented here:
>> https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-83ZQvgXLentCAMS37gOPe1Lhmzs1UsqliohxfogJWk
>>
>>
>>
>> The nomination period ends November 6th; at which point nominees, their
>> nominator and/or supports will have until basically the end of November
>> (28th) to introduce themselves via the membership mailing list and/or
>> IRC/Mumble/etc. Results will be ratified at a Special Meeting of the Voting
>> Members, tentatively between December 12th and 20th  and announced shortly
>> after.
>>
>>
>>
>> Any questions regarding membership or this election process, please don’t
>> hesitate to contact me directly.
>>
>>
>>
>> On behalf of the Voting Members, we cannot wait to meet the nominees!
>>
>> =Russ
>>
>>
>>
>> Russell Deffner
>>
>> Chairperson for the Voting Members
>>
>> Email: Russell.Deffner at hotosm.org
>>
>> OSM/Skype: russdeffner
>>
>> Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)
>>
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