<div dir="ltr">Hi, Malcolm - I'm on the board (up for re-election), as well as being a member; I think there's no lack of interest from the board and from OSHWA itself in members getting involved. We are, however, an all-volunteer group, so our capacity is finite. I think communication's gotten better with Aileen posting things in the past year or so, but we're open to suggestions. Personally, I focused my comm. energies this year on outreach for the summit, much of it in the Public Lab, Cambridge/Somerville, MA and MIT networks. <div><br></div><div>As I'm sure you're aware, the blog (<a href="http://oshwa.org">oshwa.org</a>) is a great place to keep up with OSHWA priorities -- as you can see there, a lot has been focused on the certification, although there was a post about the Dec-Jan membership drive as well. Any help in getting the word out about these projects is appreciated!</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div>Jeff<br><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 1:45 PM, Malcolm Stanley <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:a.malcolm.stanley@gmail.com" target="_blank">a.malcolm.stanley@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div>Is it wrong if I express that I have thought more than a few times in the past year that I did not really understand what was happening with OSHWA?</div><div>Earlier this year there was (I think) a bit of a push by the board members to attract new members, which I saw in a flurry of twitter messages;</div><div>I had a thought then that I would have liked to help with that, but there was no real indication in advance that this would be happening, </div><div>If there were notifications a membership drive would be happening, I guess I missed them… </div><div><br></div><div>so I can’t figure out if the comms plan is really undeveloped and needs help, </div><div>or if I am simply not ‘in the know’ in some unknowable way. </div><div>either way, in a high touch world, it makes me question why I would renew when I am not engaged in a meaningful way.</div><div><br></div><div>not trying to be negative: just feeling really out of touch...</div><div>
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<br><div><div>On Sep 30, 2015, at 12:56, Hal Gottfried <<a href="mailto:hal@kcohg.org" target="_blank">hal@kcohg.org</a>> wrote:</div><br><div>
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On Sep 30, 2015, 11:04 AM -0500, Drew Fustini <<a href="mailto:pdp7pdp7@gmail.com" target="_blank">pdp7pdp7@gmail.com</a>>, wrote:<br>
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yet so just a heads up...<br>
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Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA) Board Nominees<br>
<a href="http://www.oshwa.org/2015/09/29/ohswa-board-nominees/" target="_blank">http://www.oshwa.org/2015/09/29/ohswa-board-nominees/</a><br>
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"Become a member to vote on board members today! The vote will go out<br>
by email 9/29 and be open for 48 hours"<br>
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cheers,<br>
drew<br>
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