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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/29/14 3:26 PM, Cameron Shorter
wrote:<br>
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OSGeo board,<br>
In the interests of making a decision such that Jorge Salinas (our
CRO) can move forward, I propose the following process be followed
for voting new charter members in 2014:<br>
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1. Charter member to nominate potential new charter member(s) (as
before).<br>
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2. Charter members then vote (in/out) nominated charter members.
This will be different to prior years, as we previously voted in a
fixed number of members for a larger selection pool. (eg vote in
20 people from a list of 30). For this year, I propose we have a
"Yes/No" vote. Ie, if we have a list of 30 candidates, we will ask
all charter members to vote Yes or No against each candidate. Each
candidate with greater than 50% of YES votes will be included as
new charter members.<br>
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All,<br>
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Shouldn't there be an option for abstaining from a vote as well as
Yes/No?<br>
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bobb<br>
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3. Charter members would be guided to select candidates who fit
the "Positive Attributes for Charter Members" as defined here: <a
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href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process#Positive_Attributes">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process#Positive_Attributes</a><br>
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4. There will be no limit to the number of new charter members who
can be selected. This will require an update of <a
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href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process</a><br>
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5. Note: This vote is being put to the board and not to charter
members as I don't wish to complicate this decision by adding a
2nd (positive) idea for change. We can address getting charter
members to vote on issues as a separate motion.<br>
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Board members, can you please all vote on above:<br>
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+1 Cameron</blockquote>
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