[CAVO] Congrats... now get to work ;-)

[Brent Turner]

Hi Patrick--

We have attempted to intro to your buddy Sean but he appears to be
unavailable

We are hoping to find another way to hook -up--   Maybe he doesn't do email
?

Suggestions ?

BT



On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 6:56 AM Patrick Masson <masson at opensource.org>
wrote:

> Hi Sean,
>
> I just heard the great news of your hire with San Francisco City/County to
> lead the development of their open source voting system,
> congratulations! Does Deb know? Hopefully you two can use some of your
> upcoming experience to help re-ignite / build on the Public Policy work you
> two were working on. SO happy you're the hire, it really shows SF is taking
> open source and open source voting seriously!
>
> I'm not sure if you are aware, but the OSI has been involved a bit in
> awareness efforts (promoting news, connecting communities, blog posts,
> etc.), and offering advice--wanted or not--with not only with SF's efforts,
> but Los Angeles' as well.
>
> I'm coping a few of the folks we've been working with, many of whom I
> expect you may already know, but I think they could be a resource for you.
>
> 1. CAVO is an OSI Affiliate Member and very active in open source voting
> (they also sparked a national effort, NAVO). Lots of good discussions there.
> 2. Brent Turner is CAVO president, and very active in California open
> source voting / elections systems.
> 3. Chris Jerdonek is a member of the San Francisco Elections Commission.
> 4. Tony Wasserman is a former OSI Board Director and serving on SF's open
> source elections advisory board.
> 5. Aaron Nevarez is Division Manager of Governmental & Legislative Affairs
> with LA County.
> 6. Kenneth Bennett is the Program Manager for LA's Voting Solutions for
> All People.
>
> That's a lot of people and connections, but I'm just trying to live up to
> the OSI mission, "to educate about and advocate for the benefits of open
> source and *to build bridges among different constituencies in the open
> source community*."
>
> Let me know if I or the OSI can help in any way and again,
> congratulations... now get to work!
>
> All the best,
> Patrick
>
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