<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Yes Venkatesh, you read it right.</span></div><div><span>The charter members are just waiting to be tapped, by BOD, for the gain of OSGeo.</span></div><div><span>Ravi</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Venkatesh Raghavan <raghavan@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> board@lists.osgeo.org <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, December 19, 2011 7:12 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Board] Support from Charter<br> </font> <br>
On 2011/12/14 15:05, Frank Warmerdam wrote:<br>> On 11-12-13 02:57 AM, Ravi Kumar wrote:<br>>> Dear Board,<br>>> a few points for consideration.<br>>> <br>>> The charter members, are a learned lot and the OSGeo can benefit from their<br>>> collective wisdom<br>>> They can participate and tilt the result of<br>....<br>> <br>>> 3. Expenditure beyond a certain limit.. Say (only an example) 10 k USD<br>> <br>> Are you suggesting that any charter member should be able to authorize<br>> $10000.00 expenditures regardless of budget, etc? This could easily get<br>> way out of hand! Generally speaking we budget money to committees and<br>> the committees can decide how, within reason, to spend that money. But<br>> with limited resources and the risk of haphazard spending I am not keen on<br>> some sort of blanket spending authorization for the 100 charter members<br>> much
less the 9 board members (as individuals)!<br><br>Think that what Ravi is trying to say is that any "expenditure beyond<br>a certain limit" could seek for a broader consensus form CM's and rather than<br>decision by the OSGeo BOD alone.<br><br>Ravi, can correct me if I am wrong.<br><br>I consider OSGeo to be an evolving organism led by Board of Directors (BOD)<br>who are elected by Charter Members (CM). Positive attribute CM is being a "do-er"<br>whose accomplishments are recognized by the entire of the OSGeo community.<br>OSGeo do-ocracy (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Do-ocracy) states "Responsibilities<br>attach to people who do the work, rather than elected or selected officials".<br>So, I think CM's are expected to do more than electing the OSGeo BOD and new CM's.<br>Since CM's have the responsibility for the sustainable growth of OSGeo, they might<br>as well have a more say on how OSGeo is governed and how the OSGeo funds
are<br>used.<br><br>Best<br><br>Venka<br>_______________________________________________<br>Board mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Board@lists.osgeo.org" href="mailto:Board@lists.osgeo.org">Board@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board<br><br><br> </div> </div> <input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div></div></body></html>