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Dear OSGeo Board members,</font><font size="3"> <br>
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We are in the process of incorporating the Aust-NZ Chapter of OSGeo as
a not for profit organisation in Australia.</font><font size="3"> <br>
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We're aiming to vote for the position of director in this organisation
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We'd like to nominate a 'trusted' person to receive and collate the
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Would one of you like to volunteer for this role?</font><font size="3">
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Tyler was to undertake the role but has had to regretfully withdraw.</font><font
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Details of the current proposal is below.</font><font size="3"> <br>
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Bruce Bannerman</font><font size="3"> </font><font face="sans-serif"
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<p><font face="sans-serif" size="1">08/04/2008 06:23 PM</font><font
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<td><font face="sans-serif" size="1">[Aust-NZ] Take 2 -
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Well, we've had four or five days, with no real alternate suggestions on<br>
how to proceed with the incorporation of the Aust-NZ chapter of OSGeo as<br>
a not for profit organisation.<br>
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Therefore I think that we should proceed along these lines<br>
(incorporating suggestions from our previous attempt). All timings are<br>
Australian Eastern Standard time:<br>
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_NZ Involvement_<br>
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- NZ involvement in the executive of the new organisation is a<br>
prerequisite. Therefore if we find that the proposal to incorporate in<br>
WA does not allow this, then we should adopt the ASIC structure that<br>
does. To meet ASIC requirements, we will need at least 3 Australians on<br>
the board. See:<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.asic.gov.au/asic/ASIC.NSF/byHeadline/Starting%20a%20company%">http://www.asic.gov.au/asic/ASIC.NSF/byHeadline/Starting%20a%20company%</a><br>
20or%20business#step_4<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.asic.gov.au/asic/asic.nsf/byheadline/Registering">http://www.asic.gov.au/asic/asic.nsf/byheadline/Registering</a><br>
+not-for-profit+or+charitable+organisations?openDocument<br>
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**_Process_**<br>
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_Nominations_<br>
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- Reopen nominations for the position of Director of the new 'not for<br>
profit' organisation. A suggestion from Cameron is that we allow<br>
self-nomination to cater for a situation where a person believes that<br>
they can commit time and are able to undertake the role. <br>
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- There is no need to re-nominate those who were nominated last week.<br>
They will be accepted as nominations for this vote.<br>
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- Nominations will need to be made in public and posted to<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Aust-NZ@lists.osgeo.org">Aust-NZ@lists.osgeo.org</a> to be considered valid.<br>
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- Nominations close Thursday 10 April 2008 at 5pm.<br>
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- Nominees accept or decline the nomination by Thursday 10 April 2008 at<br>
5pm. If no email is received on <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Aust-NZ@lists.osgeo.org">Aust-NZ@lists.osgeo.org</a> by 5pm it is<br>
assumed that the nominees have accepted the nomination.<br>
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- Nominees who accept the nomination post a 'brief' introduction of<br>
themselves and say a few words about their background, FOSS<br>
qualifications, and ideas for the project. This can also be done by<br>
5pm on the 10th April.<br>
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<br>
Cameron, can you please post the URL to the FOSS4G-2009 wiki that<br>
contains the bios of a number of the current nominees.<br>
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- email summarising nominations and voting process sent out after 5pm on<br>
the 10th April.<br>
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_Voting_<br>
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- We are voting for five directors of the to be established<br>
not-for-profit organisation 'Open Source GeoSpatial Foundation -<br>
Aust-NZ'. <br>
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- Each member of the <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Aust-NZ@lists.osgeo.org">Aust-NZ@lists.osgeo.org</a> is eligible to vote.<br>
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- Voting is open from 8am on Friday 11th April.<br>
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- Voting closes at 5pm Tuesday 15 April.<br>
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- The vote is a private vote as per OSGeo precedence.<br>
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- We vote for our preferred candidates by placing a +1 next to their<br>
name. Only 5 candidates will need to be numbered.<br>
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- We each send our vote to a single trusted person to tally the results.<br>
This person is Tyler Mitchell, Executive Director of the Open Source<br>
Geospatial Foundation. Tyler has kindly accepted this role.<br>
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- Final say of what is an invalid vote rests with Tyler.<br>
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- The five people with the most number of votes make up the new board<br>
(bearing in mind ASIC requirements).<br>
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- The new board can use the preference results to help allocate office<br>
holders once the elections have been completed.<br>
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- Actual voting instructions will be sent out on Thursday 10th April.<br>
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Nominations for additional candidates are now open.<br>
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Bruce Bannerman<br>
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Aust-NZ mailing list<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/aust-nz">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/aust-nz</a></tt></font>
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