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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 23/06/2014 3:51 am, Bart van den
Eijnden wrote:<br>
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Hey Cameron,
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<div>can I ask for one clarification, when you say:</div>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Chair of Official Local
Chapter, where the voting community includes at least <b>3</b> OSGeo
charter members</li>
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<div>does this mean that the local chapter should have at least
3 charter members in it?</div>
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Yes, that is correct.<br>
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<div>PS did I miss the e-mail votes from last meeting or they
have not yet been sent out?</div>
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You are right, it doesn't seem to have been sent out yet.<br>
Looking at logs. Jachym, were you planning to scribe for last
meeting?<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://irclogs.geoapt.com/osgeo/%23osgeo.2014-06-12.log">http://irclogs.geoapt.com/osgeo/%23osgeo.2014-06-12.log</a><br>
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<div>Best regards,</div>
<div>Bart</div>
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<div>On 22 Jun 2014, at 13:34, Cameron Shorter <<a
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> OSGeo Board,<br>
As proposed, we have provided an updated voting process,
which has been refined after discussion on the osgeo
discuss list.<br>
To complete this process, I'm asking the board to vote to
approve the new process (as copied below), and move
forward to voting for OSGeo Advocates.<br>
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Proposal: OSGeo to update the Charter Member voting
process, as per below:<br>
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+1 Cameron<br>
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href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process_2014#Positions_for_recognised_OSGeo_Community_Leaders">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process_2014#Positions_for_recognised_OSGeo_Community_Leaders</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2014#Revised_selection_process">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2014#Revised_selection_process</a><br>
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id="Revised_selection_process">Revised selection
process</span></h3>
<div style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height:
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font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant:
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In previous years
the Charter Member selection process has been a little
contentious. We typically receive numerous nominations
from high caliber members of our community, and
insufficient positions to accept them all. This
typically results in unnecessary disappointment and
dissent.</div>
<div style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height:
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text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto;
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In response, the
OSGeo board<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
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href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2014-06-12"
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style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 102,
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100% 50% no-repeat;">has agreed</a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to trial
tweaking the voting process. The aim is to automatically
accept recognised OSGeo community leaders, while
continuing with our existing process which attracts the
many valuable community members who contribute in other
ways. A week's provided for community comments.</div>
<div style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height:
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Design
guidelines:</div>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">We want a process
which is simple to understand and implement.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">We want a process
which encourages recognised OSGeo community leaders to
become OSGeo charter members, while continuing to
accept members from the many other valuable OSGeo
roles.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">We want a process
which is difficult to abuse.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">For the first
iteration, we should err on being more selective in
our criteria, with potential widening of selection
criteria in future years.</li>
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initial initial;"><span class="mw-headline"
id="Positions_for_recognised_OSGeo_Community_Leaders">Positions
for recognised OSGeo Community Leaders</span></h2>
<div style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height:
19.049999237060547px; font-family: sans-serif;
font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant:
normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal;
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text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">OSGeo aims to
provide OSGeo Charter Membership to all recognised OSGeo
community leaders who are nominated. Hopefully,
sufficient positions are available. If there are more
candidates than available, then membership will be
allocated to the first to be nominated. Remaining
nominees will be automatically offered to go through the
standard voting process.</div>
<div style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height:
19.049999237060547px; font-family: sans-serif;
font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant:
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text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Recognised OSGeo
Community Leaders are defined as people who have been<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>voted</b><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>into a position
of authority within official OSGeo projects and
committees. (This may refer to a current or previously
held position).</div>
<div style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height:
19.049999237060547px; font-family: sans-serif;
font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant:
normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal;
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text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Acceptable roles
are currently limited to:</div>
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padding: 0px; list-style-image:
url(http://wiki.osgeo.org/skins/monobook/bullet.gif);
font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style:
normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align:
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rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Project Steering
Committee member of a Graduated OSGeo Project</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Chair of Official
Local Chapter, where the voting community includes at
least<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>3</b><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>OSGeo charter
members</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Chair of an OSGeo
committee, where the voting community includes at
least<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>3</b><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>OSGeo charter
members</li>
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text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The application
process for recognised OSGeo Community Leaders is the
same as for other nominees.</div>
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Cameron Shorter,
Software and Data Solutions Manager
LISAsoft
Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf,
26 - 32 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont NSW 2009
P +61 2 9009 5000, W <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.lisasoft.com/">www.lisasoft.com</a>, F +61 2 9009 5099</pre>
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Cameron Shorter,
Software and Data Solutions Manager
LISAsoft
Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf,
26 - 32 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont NSW 2009
P +61 2 9009 5000, W <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.lisasoft.com">www.lisasoft.com</a>, F +61 2 9009 5099</pre>
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