<div dir="ltr">Arnulf (and all),<div><br></div><div style>It seemed odd to me that there were 3 of the 9 directors up for re-election, I thought it should have been either 4 or 5 (since we have a two year term).</div><div style>
<br></div><div style>Checking back, what happened was that Jo stood down after a year and Jáchym was elected with a one year term to complete Jo's term - see <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/node/1308">http://www.osgeo.org/node/1308</a></div>
<div style><br></div><div style>So Jáchym is up for re-election too.</div><div style><br></div><div style>Cheers,</div><div style> Peter.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 3:40 AM, Arnulf Christl <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arnulf.christl@metaspatial.net" target="_blank">arnulf.christl@metaspatial.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Board,<br>
please double check the timetable for the upcoming elections at:<br>
<a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2013" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2013</a><br>
<br>
I basically copied the page from last year and adjusted the dates so<br>
that they align with my availability. If the dates need to be changed<br>
I might not be able to be CRO because I am off grid for two weeks in<br>
August. Hopefully there is general consent that we can go ahead as<br>
proposed.<br>
<br>
<br>
Please note that I have checked some (probably not all) pages related<br>
to elections and have come across some inconsistencies. On our web<br>
site at: <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/membership" target="_blank">http://www.osgeo.org/membership</a> it said that "Participants"<br>
have no "Nominating Rights" which is incorrect. Anybody can nominate<br>
new Charter Members, this explicitly includes "outsiders" who are not<br>
registered on the OSGeo Wiki or web site. Plus I appended "data" and<br>
"education" as positives in "contributions to open source software".<br>
<br>
All changes here:<br>
<a href="http://www.osgeo.org/node/357/revisions/view/814/3245" target="_blank">http://www.osgeo.org/node/357/revisions/view/814/3245</a><br>
<br>
*After* the nominations and elections I suggest that we flesh out all<br>
pages related to elections, remove ambiguous and contradictory terms<br>
and then run them through a board motion. We should obviously have<br>
done this right after the last elections. My bad - but hey, we are all<br>
volunteers. :-) So this year we will again run with "proposed" and<br>
"new" processes (which are not all that new anymore).<br>
<br>
We can again expect some discussions around our processes which we<br>
should carefully collect and consider as input to update out pages. We<br>
are not changing processes for the upcoming elections though.<br>
<br>
On: <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Membership_Process" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Membership_Process</a> it says that<br>
"Nominations for charter membership should be sent to the CRO (at<br>
<a href="mailto:cro@osgeo.org">cro@osgeo.org</a>)." and then that "The CRO should verify with the nominee<br>
that they are willing to stand for the election." The nominator should<br>
obviously do this up front. The CRO will additionally ask the nominees<br>
for a confirmation for the records.<br>
<br>
Should we also encourage endorsements/recommendations for new<br>
directors on the discuss list? Last year some suggested that for new<br>
charter members this is fine but that during board elections this<br>
should not be done. I forgot the reasoning. Not sure what you think is<br>
better? I suggest that the board elections should be quiet.<br>
<br>
Please also let me know how many directors are going to be added this<br>
year. My current count is three due to lapse and re-election of board<br>
members last year. Not sure if any of the current members wishes to<br>
not continue. But we can work that out in the coming weeks, first off<br>
is the charter nomination which I would really like to get off the<br>
ground asap.<br>
<br>
Anything else I forgot please let me know so that we can get started.<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
Arnulf<br>
<br>
- --<br>
Arnulf Christl<br>
<a href="http://metaspatial.net" target="_blank">http://metaspatial.net</a><br>
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