<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Sorry, I'm not quite following this - just to be clear - is Arnulf proposing we accept all 22 names as new charter members and skip the normal election process which would be for 20 new members?</div><div><br></div><div>As a practical matter that seems reasonable, but I always worry about changing the rules as we go along and setting bad precedents. Have we done this before?<br><br>.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.231373); ">mpg</span></div><div><br>On Jul 7, 2012, at 9:19 AM, Mark Lucas <<a href="mailto:mlucas17@mac.com">mlucas17@mac.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii">+1<div><br></div><div>Arnulf, good call, approve all 22</div><div><br></div><div>Mark</div><div><br><div><div>On Jul 7, 2012, at 3:20 AM, "Arnulf Christl (OSGeo)" <<a href="mailto:arnulf@osgeo.org">arnulf@osgeo.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Board,<br>I motion to accept all nominees listed on the nomination page on<br>2012-07-06 [1] as new OSGeo Charter Members.<br><br><br>Please someone second this motion so that we can proceed to vote.<br><br><br>Thank you,<br>Arnulf<br><br>[1]<br><a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=New_Member_Nominations_2012&oldid=64378">http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=New_Member_Nominations_2012&oldid=64378</a><br><br><br>-- <br>The Open Source Geospatial Foundation<br>Arnulf Christl, President<br><a href="http://www.osgeo.org">http://www.osgeo.org</a><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Board mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Board@lists.osgeo.org">Board@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board</a><br></blockquote></div><br></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Board mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Board@lists.osgeo.org">Board@lists.osgeo.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>