<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="">Jody<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Do you think that might indicate that Charter Membership is more of an acknowledgement of a member's past contribution rather than an invitation to play active role in the governance of OSGeo?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If that is the case, why would we entrust the important task of electing the board to those who may not be interested in the governance of the organisation?<br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 18 Sep 2017, at 15:39, Jody Garnett <<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" class="">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">I am a little cautious expecting charter members to take on a significant role in the governance of OSGeo without asking first. We have recently tried asking for charter member participation in an OSGeo strategic planning activity ... and were disappointed by lack of response. I continue to recommend building up the working relationship with the committee leadership we do have and promote contributor engagement with committees (osgeo,project,board).<div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div><div class="">Of course we should still rename charter members (since that term means people who <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/charter%20member" class="">signed the original charter</a>). I know "voting member" does not sound quite as fun.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">--</div><div class="">Jody Garnett</div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On 18 September 2017 at 05:23, Steven Feldman <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:shfeldman@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">shfeldman@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word" 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 class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="h5"><div class="">On 18 Sep 2017, at 13:17, Massimiliano Cannata <<a href="mailto:massimiliano.cannata@supsi.ch" target="_blank" class="">massimiliano.cannata@supsi.ch</a><wbr class="">> wrote:</div><br class="m_6278565630110700869Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class="h5"><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="m_6278565630110700869gmail_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="m_6278565630110700869webkit-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. <a href="tel:+41%2058%20666%2062%2014" value="+41586666214" target="_blank" class="">+41 (0)58 666 62 14</a><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 <a href="tel:+41%2058%20666%2062%2009" value="+41586666209" target="_blank" class="">+41 (0)58 666 62 09</a><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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