[Talk-us] OSM US Nominations Open

Ian Dees ian.dees at gmail.com
Tue Sep 20 22:08:19 BST 2011


I don't think the OSMF manifesto was mandatory, but I agree: if you are a
nominated candidate (or are nominating a candidate) it would be very helpful
to see some description of why someone might vote for that person over other
candidates listed.

On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Martijn van Exel <m at rtijn.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> As part of the OSMF board election process, the nominees had to (I
> don't actually know if it was mandatory) put up a manifesto. For the
> US election, I see only names. This makes it hard to decide who to
> vote for - I am new to the US and to OSM US and don't know any of the
> people currently on the nominations list. I think it would be a good
> idea to have nominees give a brief statement on the Wiki about:
> * Themselves,
> * Why they are running,
> * What they intend to focus on once on the US board.
> Do you agree?
>
> Martijn
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Ian Dees <ian.dees at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello!
> > Nominations for 2011-2012 OpenStreetMap US boardmembers are open until
> > midnight on October 3rd. If you're interested in running, please fill in
> > your name on this wiki page (under the "Nominations" header):
> >
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/United_States/Elections#2011-2012
> > Elections will be held October 4th - 11th.
> > Thanks!
> > Ian
>
>
>
> --
> martijn van exel
> schaaltreinen.nl
>
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