<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">This is an excellent update/clarification of the 'maturing' OSGeo<div><div><div><br></div><div>Cameron many thanks for shepherding this thru </div><div><br></div><div>Are their other 'guidelines' that we should be looking at</div><div>for possible modification/clarification as we have gained </div><div>considerable experience and hopefully 'wisdom' in our 8 </div><div>years of being</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div><br></div><div>Norman</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Jul 10, 2014, at 8:18 AM, Cameron Shorter <<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
  
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    Motion passed, charter member voting process now at:<br>
    <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process</a><br>
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    Votes:<br>
    Anne Ghisla +1<br>
    Jeff McKenna +1<br>
    Daniel Morissette +1 <br>
    Cameron Shorter +1 <br>
    Frank Warmerdam +1<br>
    Jáchym Čepický +1<br>
    Jorge Sanz +1 <br>
    Bart van den Eijnden +1 <br>
    Gérald Fenoy +1<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/07/2014 9:52 am, Cameron Shorter
      wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">Thanks for all the cases of bit-beer. I'm getting
        very virtually merry. :)<br>
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        Votes so far, waiting on Jachym:<br>
        Anne Ghisla +1<br>
        Jeff McKenna +1<br>
        Daniel Morissette +1 <br>
        Cameron Shorter +1 <br>
        Frank Warmerdam +1<br>
        Jáchym Čepický <br>
        Jorge Sanz +1 <br>
        Bart van den Eijnden +1 <br>
        Gérald Fenoy +1<br>
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        I've updated the Membership voting process and would appreciate
        a few people to review for readability and to ensure I've copied
        resolutions from email thread accurately:<br>
        <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process_2014">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process_2014</a><br>
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        Once reviewed, this doc should be moved to:<br>
        <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process</a><br>
        This wiki page is currently locked. Anyone know how to unlock
        and edit it?<br>
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          <div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 8:15 PM, Seven
            (aka Arnulf) <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:seven@arnulf.us" target="_blank">seven@arnulf.us</a>></span>
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              ...indeed. Several crates of beer would probably be more
              appropriate,<br>
              plus the odd vodka in between for the really tricky
              questions.<br>
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              You pass the exam for perfect patience with distinction.<br>
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              :-)<br>
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              Thanks Cameron!<br>
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                  On 07/05/2014 12:09 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote:<br>
                  > +1<br>
                  ><br>
                  > Cameron you deserve a beer for working through
                  this with the<br>
                  > community.<br>
                  ><br>
                  > -jeff<br>
                  ><br>
                  ><br>
                  ><br>
                  > On 2014-07-05, 12:11 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote:<br>
                  >> OSGeo Board,<br>
                  >><br>
                  >> Could you all please vote on the following.
                  Following feedback<br>
                  >> from the OSGeo discuss and board email lists,
                  I'm now submitting<br>
                  >> the following proposed updates to the process
                  for selection of<br>
                  >> new OSGeo Charter members.<br>
                  >><br>
                  >> +1 Cameron<br>
                  >><br>
                  >> /1a. Charter member to nominate potential new
                  charter member(s)<br>
                  >> (as before).// // //1b. A person who meets
                  the "Positive<br>
                  >> Attributes for Charter Members" [1]//, may
                  ask a charter member<br>
                  >> who can vouch for the person to nominate
                  them.<br>
                  >><br>
                  >> //2. Charter members then vote
                  (in/out///*abstain*//) nominated<br>
                  >> charter members. This will be different to
                  prior years, as we<br>
                  >> previously voted in a fixed number of members
                  for a larger<br>
                  >> selection pool. (eg vote in 20 people from a
                  list of 30). For<br>
                  >> this year, I propose we have a
                  "Yes/No/*Abstain*" vote. Ie, if we<br>
                  >> have a list of 30 candidates, we will ask all
                  charter members to<br>
                  >> vote Yes or No or Abstain against each
                  candidate. Each candidate<br>
                  >> with //*more YES votes than NO votes, as well
                  as greater than 5%<br>
                  >> of charter members who voted*//will be
                  included as new charter<br>
                  >> members.// // //3. Charter members would be
                  guided to select<br>
                  >> candidates who fit the "Positive Attributes
                  for Charter Members"<br>
                  >> [1] // // //4. There will be no limit to the
                  number of new<br>
                  >> charter members who can be selected. This
                  will require an update<br>
                  >> of <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process//" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process//</a>
                  // //[1]<br>
                  >> <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process#Positive_Attributes/" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process#Positive_Attributes/</a><br>
                  >><br>
                  >><br>
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                Solutions Manager LISAsoft<br>
                >> Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf, 26 - 32 Pirrama Rd,
                Pyrmont NSW 2009<br>
                >><br>
                >> P <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="tel:%2B61%202%209009%205000" value="+61290095000">+61 2 9009 5000</a>,  W <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.lisasoft.com/" target="_blank">www.lisasoft.com</a>,  F <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="tel:%2B61%202%209009%205099" value="+61290095099">+61 2 9009 5099</a><br>
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            <div>Cameron Shorter,</div>
            <div>Software and Data Solutions Manager</div>
            <div>LISAsoft</div>
            <div>Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf,</div>
            <div>26 - 32 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont NSW 2009</div>
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            <div>P +61 2 9009 5000,  W <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.lisasoft.com/" target="_blank">www.lisasoft.com</a>,
               F +61 2 9009 5099</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

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