<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Board,<br><br>We have two extremely time sensitive motions on the table, in two<br>separate threads. This will combine them here.<br><br>MOTIONS<br>-------<br><br>I, Arnulf Christl, motion to accept all 37 nominees into Charter<br>Membership and<br>override the decision taken in the last board meeting.<br><br>+1 Mark<br><br>I, Jeff McKenna, motion to follow a custom voting procedure[1] by the<br>Board, in order<br>to decide the tie breaker for the hosting location of the FOSS4G 2014 event.<br><br>[1] <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2014_Bid_Process_Board_Voting">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2014_Bid_Process_Board_Voting</a><br><br>-1 Mark<div><br></div><div>I feel there is no conflict of interest, I simply volunteered to help out in promoting what I thought was best for the organization. Normally I'd shrug it off. However, I suspect that the vote is close enough that this vote could swing one way or the other based on someone else's incorrect assessment that I have a conflict of interest. The custom voting instructions essentially says that Mark Lucas can't vote. and yes, now were in a situation where we can be criticized either way given a close vote….</div><div><br></div><div>Mark</div><div><br><br></div></body></html>