<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;">If we honestly think this an issue, I think the solution should be different.<div><br></div><div>We should then state that in order to become board member we expect people to have been charter member for at least X years. Not base ourselves on the sequence of elections.</div><div><br></div><div>My 2 cents.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div>Bart</div><div><br></div><div><div>On 21 Jul 2014, at 15:55, nicolas bozon <<a href="mailto:nicolas.bozon@gmail.com">nicolas.bozon@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hello Board,</div><div>I agree that the elections order should be inverted, from next year.</div><div>Someone who just becomes a Charter Member should not be able to be nominated/elected as a Board Member just a few days later. It would be way to fast IMHO.</div>
<div>This may lead to a situation where a newly elected director may not be ready for the job or may not be fully aware of related responsibilities and ethos.</div><div>If it is too fast and easy to become director, then this role may also be depreciated in future, and i don't think anybody wants that.</div>
<div><br></div><div>My 0,02€</div><div><br></div><div>Nick</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2014-07-20 19:30 GMT+02:00 Jachym Cepicky <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jachym.cepicky@gmail.com" target="_blank">jachym.cepicky@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
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+0 for all, since abstain<br>
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Jachym<br>
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P.S. interesting and important topics, indeed<br>
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2014-07-18 12:47 GMT+02:00 Anne Ghisla <<a href="mailto:a.ghisla@gmail.com">a.ghisla@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
</div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">> Hi Board,<br>
><br>
> here are the minutes of last meeting:<br>
><br>
> * MOTION: adopt minutes of 2014-06-12 meeting:<br>
> <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2014-06-12" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2014-06-12</a><br>
><br>
> * MOTION: launch charter member election followed by board election<br>
> ASAP, with the goal of completing both before FOSS4G, with Jorge Sanz<br>
> as CRO<br>
><br>
> * MOTION: authorize Jeff to use money out of the strategic travel<br>
> budget for representing OSGeo as president in FOSS4G Portland<br>
> (estimated to 3250$USD approx, to be reimbursed after upon presenting<br>
> receipts)<br>
><br>
> * MOTION: to make it formal policy of OSGeo to allow president to<br>
> use 'strategic travel' budget to represent OSGeo at FOSS4G,<br>
> within the limits of strategic travel budget for current year and in<br>
> light of other expected travel requirements<br>
><br>
> Best,<br>
><br>
> Anne<br>
> --<br>
> <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Aghisla" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Aghisla</a><br>
><br>
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