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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">+1 for option 2, but please extend the
      response period to 3 weeks, to allow for people being on holidays.<br>
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      On 17/09/13 06:50, Bart van den Eijnden wrote:<br>
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      <div>I also vote for option 2)</div>
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      <div>Best regards,</div>
      <div>Bart<br>
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        Sent from my iPhone</div>
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        On Sep 16, 2013, at 9:03 PM, Frank Warmerdam <<a
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          <div dir="ltr">Michael,
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            <div>I'm most comfortable with option (2).  </div>
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            <div>Best regards,</div>
            <div>Frank</div>
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            <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 12:43 PM,
              Michael Gerlek <span dir="ltr"><<a
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                    style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Boarders:</div>
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                    style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It
                    is our policy [citation needed] that members who
                    have not voted in the past two elections are
                    eligible for removal as "inactive". This is the
                    first time we are finally able to act on this
                    policy, due to skipped elections and such.</div>
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                  <div
                    style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The
                    past two elections were the 2013 Board vote and the
                    2012 Board vote. (The 2013 Charter vote was not not
                    held.) These members did not vote in those two
                    elections are are therefore candidates for removal:</div>
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                  <div
                    style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Bob
                    Basque</div>
                  <div
                    style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Chris
                    Holmes</div>
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                    <p
                      style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida
                      Grande'">César Medina</p>
                    <p
                      style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida
                      Grande'">Eric Lemoine</p>
                    <p style="margin:0px">
                    </p>
                    <p
                      style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida
                      Grande'">G.Hanumantha Rao</p>
                    <p
                      style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida
                      Grande'">Gary Sherman</p>
                    <p style="margin:0px">
                    </p>
                    <p
                      style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida
                      Grande'">Geoff Zeiss</p>
                    <p
                      style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida
                      Grande'">Hardeep S. Rai</p>
                    <p style="margin:0px">
                    </p>
                    <p
                      style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida
                      Grande'">Haris Kurtagic</p>
                    <p
                      style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida
                      Grande'">Helton Uchoa</p>
                    <p style="margin:0px">
                    </p>
                    <p
                      style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida
                      Grande'">Jackie Ng</p>
                    <p
                      style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida
                      Grande'">James MacGill</p>
                    <p style="margin:0px">
                    </p>
                    <p
                      style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida
                      Grande'">Jan-Oliver Wagner</p>
                    <p
                      style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida
                      Grande'">Jean-Roc Morreale</p>
                    <p style="margin:0px">
                    </p>
                    <p
                      style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida
                      Grande'">Jo Walsh</p>
                    <p
                      style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida
                      Grande'">John Graham</p>
                    <p style="margin:0px">
                    </p>
                    <p
                      style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida
                      Grande'">Jorge Gustavo Rocha</p>
                    <p
                      style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida
                      Grande'">Justin Bronn</p>
                    <p style="margin:0px">
                    </p>
                    <p
                      style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida
                      Grande'">Lorenzo Becchi</p>
                    <p
                      style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida
                      Grande'">Luis W. Sevilla</p>
                    <p style="margin:0px">
                    </p>
                    <p
                      style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida
                      Grande'">Mark Cave-Ayland</p>
                    <p
                      style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida
                      Grande'">Martin Davis</p>
                    <p style="margin:0px">
                    </p>
                    <p
                      style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida
                      Grande'">Paolo Cavallini</p>
                    <p
                      style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida
                      Grande'">Rafael Medeiros Sperb</p>
                    <p style="margin:0px">
                    </p>
                    <p
                      style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida
                      Grande'">Rich Steele</p>
                    <p
                      style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida
                      Grande'">Rob Atkinson</p>
                    <p style="margin:0px">
                    </p>
                    <p
                      style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida
                      Grande'">Schuyler D. Erle</p>
                    <p
                      style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida
                      Grande'">Tim Sutton</p>
                    <p style="margin:0px">
                    </p>
                    <p
                      style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida
                      Grande'">Wolf Bergenheim</p>
                    <p
                      style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida
                      Grande'"><br>
                    </p>
                    <p style="margin:0px"><font
                        face="Calibri,sans-serif">Note that removal due
                        to inactivity should not be considered a
                        "hostile" act nor should I reflect poorly on the
                        individual removed. Rather, this process is
                        simply intended to keep the set of charter
                        members robust and current. We recognize that
                        people's careers and interests change over time.</font></p>
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                      Grande'"><span
                        style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br>
                      </span></p>
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                      Grande'">
                      As this is the first time we're taking this
                      action, and as I'm no longer technically on the
                      board, I'm going to ask for the board's
                      recommendation on how to proceed. Options are:</p>
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                    <p
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                      Grande'"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>(1)
                       do nothing – keep these members on the active
                      list</p>
                    <p
                      style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida
                      Grande'">
                      <span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>(2)
                       send them emails asking them if they want to be
                      removed or if they want to stay on (response
                      required within 7 days, else default removal)</p>
                    <p
                      style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-family:'Lucida
                      Grande'">
                      <span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>(3)
                       remove them, and send a mail indicating they have
                      been removed due to inactivity</p>
                    <p style="margin:0px">
                      <span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>(4)
                       remove them, without attempt at notification</p>
                    <p style="margin:0px"><span
                        style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>(5)  do
                      nothing for now – board to discuss matter at
                      future meeting</p>
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                    <div>Because it is possible these people were missed
                      for administrative reasons (incorrect email
                      addresses, incorrect vote tabulations) I suggest
                      option 2.</div>
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                    The board with  to deal with this informally by
                    email right now, or wait and take a formal vote at
                    the next meeting.</div>
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                    I serve at the pleasure of the Board, and am happy
                    to act on the above as however the Board in their
                    collective wisdom sees fit to direct me.</div>
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                    <div>-mpg</div>
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