Election 2013

The 2013 OSGeo the Charter Members election will take place in July 2013, followed by the Board nominations and elections in August so that new board members have a chance to meet face-to-face at FOSS4G in Nottingham, UK in September. 
== Charter Member Election ==
As every year we are electing new Charter Members into the Foundation. 
* See the official list of Charter Members as of 2012.
* Full details of the Membership Process.
* The New Member Nominations 2012 provide an illustration.
* The role of the Chief Returning Officer.
=== Nominate new Charter Members: 2013-07-09 to 2013-07-23 (2 weeks) === 
* Please confirm with the nominated person first! 
* Please email cro@osgeo.org with their name, contact email and paragraph describing why you are recommending this person as a Charter Member 
* Please also feel free to cc: the nomination to the OSGeo discussion list - discuss@lists.osgeo.org - so the community can be nudged along and have a sense of what is going on. 
* The list of nominees will be compiled at: New Member Nominations 2013
=== Nominated Member Introductions ===
* During the period between a nomination and the start of the election, charter member nominees are encouraged to introduce themselves on the OSGeo discussion list (discuss@lists.osgeo.org).
=== Vote for new Charter Members: 2013-07-25 to 2013-08-01 (1 week) ===
All 2013 nominees were accepted into Charter Membership by common consent (see results below).
=== Final Status: 2013-08-02 ===
* As per OSGeo bylaws we are free to add between 10% and one third of the existing charter membership. With 144 existing members in 2012 this means between 14 and 48 new members. Update: During Board_Meeting_2013-07-11 the OSGeo Board decided to accept 30 new Charter Members for 2013; however on 2013-07-29 the Board decided to accept all 37 nominations.
* The new charter members for 2013 are (in alphabetical order):
*#Sergio Acosta y Lara (Uruguay)	
*#Eli Adam (USA)
*#Till Adams (Germany)	
*#Dan Ames (USA)	
*#Peter Baumann (Germany)	
*#Just van den Broecke (The Netherlands)
*#Yann Chemin (Sri Lanka)	
*#Silvana Comboin (Brazil)
*#Paolo Corti (Italy)	
*#Phillip Davis (USA)
*#Maxim Dubinin (Russia) 	
*#Ian Edwards (United Kingdom)
*#Dirk Frigne (Belgium)
*#Alessandro Furieri (Italy)
*#Taichi FURUHASHI (Japan)
*#Micho García (Spain)
*#Codrina Maria Ilie (Romania)
*#Nobusuke IWASAKI (Japan)
*#Marc Jansen (Germany)
*#Borys Jurgiel (Poland)
*#Daniel Kastl (Germany)
*#Helmut Kudrnovsky (Austria) 	
*#Harish Kumar Solanki (India)
*#Marco Lechner (Germany)
*#Minpa Lee (Korea)
*#Mark,Leslie (Australia)	
*#Daniel McInerney (Ireland)
*#Volker Mische (Germany)
*#Sarawut NINSAWAT (Thailand)
*#Vincent Picavet (France)
*#François Prunayre (France)	
*#Maria Arias de Reyna (Spain)
*#Pekka Sarkola (Finland)	
*#Yoichi SEINO (Japan)
*#Tuong Thuy VU (Malaysia)
*#Nikos Ves (Greece)
*#Nathan Woodrow (Australia)
* The full list of nominees is at New Member Nominations 2013
== Board Election ==
* Following the Board Election Procedure there are 4 seats up for election this year.
* Peter Batty, Michael Gerlek, and Mark Lucas have reached the end of their 2-year term, Jáchym Čepický has reached the end of his 1 year interim term. Board members wishing to stand in the 2013 election must receive a nomination, like any other candidate. 
** Michael Gerlek is not standing for re-election.
** Peter Batty is not standing for re-election.
** Mark Lucas is not standing for re-election.
** Jáchym Čepický is standing for re-election.
* Continuing Board members who have another year to serve are 
** Anne Ghisla
** Jeff McKenna
** Daniel Morissette
** Cameron Shorter
** Frank Warmerdam
=== Nominate new Board Members - 2013-08-05 - 2012-08-20 (2 weeks) ===
* Please confirm with the person that they would like to stand for election as a Board member. 
* Email a nomination, consisting of name, current country of residence and a paragraph describing why you think this person would make a good Board member, to cro@osgeo.org by 23:59 (your time zone) on Tuesday 20 August 2013
* Remember that only the Charter Members are eligible for a seat on the Board and voting but that anybody can nominate a board member. 
* The final list will be collected at Board Member Nominations 2013
=== Vote for new Board Members - 2013-08-23 - 2013-09-06 ===
* Only Charter Members are eligible to vote.
* Choose from Board Member Nominations 2013 list.
* Email cro@osgeo.org with a list of names up to 4 lines long (one vote per board slot).
* You can cast up to 4 votes, for 4 different people. Multiple votes for one person will be counted as one vote!
* Voting closes at 23:59 (your timezone) 6 September 2013.
* Results will be posted at Board Election 2013 Results on 7 September 2013.
* Contact cro@osgeo.org with questions.
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