<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;" class="">Good suggestion Maxi, I agree<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We might also want to consider whether the Charter Members should have a significant role in the governance of OSGeo beyond electing the board and being some kind of backstop in the event of a “hostile takeover”<br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 18 Sep 2017, at 13:17, Massimiliano Cannata <<a href="mailto:massimiliano.cannata@supsi.ch" class="">massimiliano.cannata@supsi.ch</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Dear All,<div class="">now that the official nomination period is concluded I would like to rise a question about the opportunity of having Charter member nomination just before of the Board Election with the intend of opening a discussion for the coming years.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Personally I think that this is very inappropriate. I would propose to run the Charter member election only after the Board member election.</div><div class="">Even if I'm sure that nobody did it, there is a risk of 'election' for the purpose of 'election'. </div><div class="">e.g.: I could virtually nominate 20 people and likely expecting they will vote form me or second all the nominations to get the favor of new members.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This is a potential flaws in the system from my point of view.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers,</div><div class="">maxi</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div>-- <br class=""><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px" class="">Massimiliano Cannata</b><br class=""><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="color:gray;font-size:9pt" class="">Professore SUPSI in ingegneria Geomatica</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="color:gray;font-size:9pt" class="">Responsabile settore Geomatica</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="color:gray;font-size:9pt" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="color:gray;font-size:9pt" class="">Istituto scienze della Terra</span></div><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class=""></p><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span lang="IT" style="font-size:9pt;color:gray" class="">Dipartimento ambiente costruzione e design</span></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; margin: 0px;" class=""><span lang="IT" style="font-size:12px" class=""><font color="#808080" face="arial, sans-serif" class="">Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana</font></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="color:gray;font-size:9pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif" class="">Campus Trevano, </span><span style="color:gray;font-size:9pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif" class="">CH - 6952 Canobbio</span></div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span lang="IT" style="font-size:9pt;color:gray" class="">Tel. +41 (0)58 666 62 14<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt;color:gray" class="">Fax +41 (0)58 666 62 09<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt" class=""><a href="mailto:massimiliano.cannata@supsi.ch" target="_blank" class="">massimiliano.cannata@supsi.ch</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><u class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt;color:blue" class=""><span style="color:blue" class=""><a href="http://www.supsi.ch/ist" target="_blank" class="">www.supsi.ch/ist</a></span></span></u></div></div></div>
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