<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">+1 Anita</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 1:01 PM, Michael Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michael.smith.erdc@gmail.com" target="_blank">michael.smith.erdc@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">+1 Mike<br>
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> On Jun 16, 2016, at 6:56 AM, Vasile Craciunescu <<a href="mailto:vasile@geo-spatial.org">vasile@geo-spatial.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Dear board members,<br>
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> Following the discussions from the last board meeting, I forward this motion to you:<br>
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> Organize the 2016 OSGeo charter and board members elections with the following calendar:<br>
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> — 2016-07-04 to 2016-07-24 for new charter members;<br>
> — 2016-09-05 to 2016-09-25 for board open positions.<br>
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> My reasons for starting a motion and not a discussion for the calendar are listed bellow:<br>
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> - Elections in August is not a very good idea due to vacation time (especially in Europe);<br>
> - Reversing the order of elections is also not a good idea as the new charter members will have to wait for an entire year in order to be able to vote;<br>
> - The time is too short for newly elected members to really plan a trip to Bonn. More, some of the continuing members will not attend the conference. I think is better to have our annual face-to-face meeting announced well ahead, at a time where all the directors can go, like the meeting we had in January. Even if this is more expensive for the foundation. A meeting is still possible in Bonn for the attending directors, with skype/hangout connections for the others.<br>
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> Best,<br>
> Vasile<br>
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