<div dir="ltr">I am +1 on Maria's point 1 to have a 50% quorum. Personally, I'd be happy going down to 25% especially if we keep a larger committee than just 11, but 50% is reasonable and better than 100% or having the quorum be undefined.<div><br></div><div>While the vote on hosting the annual conference is one of the biggest decisions that OSGeo makes every year, it is important to note that this committee's vote is <i>simply a recommendation</i> to the Board. We can all hope that the Board takes this recommendation very seriously, but I would rather only have people who actually are paying attention and reading all the bids really participate. What we deliver to the Board is not simply a vote, but we also provide a conversation, recorded on this list, that expresses any thoughts and concerns we all have based on our experiences running FOSS4G's and other events.</div><div><br></div><div>David</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 9:53 AM, Steven Feldman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shfeldman@gmail.com" target="_blank">shfeldman@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">I am voting -1 <div><br></div><div>I would prefer that we adopted the Conference Committee Guidelines which allow more flexibility. I am not convinced that there is a case for differentiating the conference committee from all the other committees.</div><div><br></div><div>I wish to be clear that I do not want my -1 to constitute a veto, it is an expression of strong disagreement. The current voting scheme does not have a vote that expresses strong disagreement, the Board voting procedures say "<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#252525" face="sans-serif">A vote of "-0" indicates mild disagreement, but has no effect”. I want my vote to have effect and to be registered as a vote against the motion. </font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#252525" face="sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#252525" face="sans-serif">If there is a majority in favour of the motion I will accept the majority view which I believe is the way that this committee and all OSGeo committees should operate.</font></span></div><div><br></div><div><div>
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<br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 27 Sep 2016, at 12:07, Venkatesh Raghavan <<a href="mailto:venka.osgeo@gmail.com" target="_blank">venka.osgeo@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important">On 9/27/2016 5:50 PM, Maria Antonia Brovelli wrote:</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">+1<br></blockquote><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important">+1, Venka</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><br><br>Maria<br><br><br><br><br>------------------------------<wbr>----------------------<br>Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli<br>Vice Rector for Como Campus and GIS Professor<br>Politecnico di Milano<br><br>ISPRS WG IV/4"Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)"; OSGeo; ICA-OSGeo-ISPRS Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET<br>Sol Katz Award 2015<br><br>Via Natta, 12/14 - 22100 COMO (ITALY)<br>Tel. <a href="tel:%2B39-031-3327336" value="+390313327336" target="_blank">+39-031-3327336</a> - Mob. <a href="tel:%2B39-328-0023867" value="+393280023867" target="_blank">+39-328-0023867</a> - fax. <a href="tel:%2B39-031-3327321" value="+390313327321" target="_blank">+39-031-3327321</a><br>e-mail1: <<a href="mailto:maria.brovelli@polimi.it" target="_blank">mailto:maria.brovelli@polimi.<wbr>it</a>><span> </span><a href="mailto:maria.brovelli@polimi.it" target="_blank">maria.brovelli@polimi.it</a><br>e-mail2:<span> </span><a href="mailto:prorettrice@como.polimi.it" target="_blank">prorettrice@como.<wbr>polimi.it</a><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>______________________________<wbr>__<br>Da: Steven Feldman <<a href="mailto:shfeldman@gmail.com" target="_blank">shfeldman@gmail.com</a>><br>Inviato: martedì 27 settembre 2016 10.49<br>A: Maria Antonia Brovelli;<span> </span><a href="mailto:conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">conference_dev@<wbr>lists.osgeo.org</a><br>Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [Board] Amended MOTION (items 1-5): Conference Committee - Updating Membership Policies and Process<br><br>We are voting on Maria's 1st amendment to the original motion (note that 4 further amendments may be proposed subsequently)<br><br>1) For the voting procedures of the Conference Committee, the Board Voting procedure made milder with the introduction of a 50 % quorum is adopted.<br><br>For your info the Board Voting procedure is here<span> </span><a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Voting_Procedure" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/<wbr>wiki/Board_Voting_Procedure</a><span> </span>an<wbr>d the Committee Guidelines are here<span> </span><a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Committee_Guidelines" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/<wbr>wiki/Committee_Guidelines</a><span> </span>the two are not the same.<br><br>The voting will close at 18.00 GMT on Thursday 29th September (2 clear business days as per Committee Guidelines).<br><br>Please vote in this thread, if you vote -1 please explain your concern and suggest an alternative<br>______<br>Steven<br><br><br>On 27 Sep 2016, at 09:24, Maria Antonia Brovelli <<a href="mailto:maria.brovelli@polimi.it" target="_blank">maria.brovelli@polimi.it</a><<a href="mailto:maria.brovelli@polimi.it" target="_blank">mail<wbr>to:maria.brovelli@polimi.it</a>>> wrote:<br><br>Sorry, I don't know why my emails don't arrive when I send them but they take at least one hour (in some cases I noticed some hours).<br>My email was sent before you wrote you voting proposal. I don't want to appear more rude than I am ;-)<br><br>However, probably an asynchronous vote, where earlier we decide how we want to vote and then we vote for the other items could be more logic.<br><br>Sorry again and I hope that this mail goes faster<br>Thanks Steven for your patience...<br>Maria<br><br><br><br>------------------------------<wbr>----------------------<br>Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli<br>Vice Rector for Como Campus and GIS Professor<br>Politecnico di Milano<br><br>ISPRS WG IV/4"Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)"; OSGeo; ICA-OSGeo-ISPRS Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET<br>Sol Katz Award 2015<br><br>Via Natta, 12/14 - 22100 COMO (ITALY)<br>Tel. <a href="tel:%2B39-031-3327336" value="+390313327336" target="_blank">+39-031-3327336</a> - Mob. <a href="tel:%2B39-328-0023867" value="+393280023867" target="_blank">+39-328-0023867</a> - fax. <a href="tel:%2B39-031-3327321" value="+390313327321" target="_blank">+39-031-3327321</a><br>e-mail1: <<a href="mailto:maria.brovelli@polimi.it" target="_blank">mailto:maria.brovelli@polimi.<wbr>it</a>><span> </span><a href="mailto:maria.brovelli@polimi.it" target="_blank">maria.brovelli@polimi.it</a><<a href="mailto:maria.brovelli@polimi.it" target="_blank">m<wbr>ailto:maria.brovelli@polimi.it</a><wbr>><br>e-mail2:<span> </span><a href="mailto:prorettrice@como.polimi.it" target="_blank">prorettrice@como.<wbr>polimi.it</a><<a href="mailto:prorettrice@como.polimi.it" target="_blank">mailto:prorettrice@<wbr>como.polimi.it</a>><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>______________________________<wbr>__<br>Da: Conference_dev <<a href="mailto:conference_dev-bounces@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">conference_dev-bounces@lists.<wbr>osgeo.org</a><<a href="mailto:conference_dev-bounces@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">mailto:conference_<wbr>dev-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>>> per conto di Steven Feldman <<a href="mailto:shfeldman@gmail.com" target="_blank">shfeldman@gmail.com</a><<a href="mailto:shfeldman@gmail.com" target="_blank">mailto:<wbr>shfeldman@gmail.com</a>>><br>Inviato: martedì 27 settembre 2016 10.17<br>A:<span> </span><a href="mailto:conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">conference_dev@lists.osgeo.<wbr>org</a><<a href="mailto:conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">mailto:conference_dev@<wbr>lists.osgeo.org</a>><br>Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [Board] Amended MOTION (items 1-5): Conference Committee - Updating Membership Policies and Process<br><br>Maria<br><br>If you insist, we will vote on item 1) of Maria's motion<br><br>Maria, how long would you like voting to last?<br>______<br>Steven<br><br><br>On 27 Sep 2016, at 08:33, Maria Antonia Brovelli <<a href="mailto:maria.brovelli@polimi.it" target="_blank">maria.brovelli@polimi.it</a><<a href="mailto:maria.brovelli@polimi.it" target="_blank">mail<wbr>to:maria.brovelli@polimi.it</a>>> wrote:<br><br>I again propose to vote on 1)<br>We have been discussing for many days and sooner or later we have to take a decision, which will not be the same for all of us.<br><br>Please, shall we vote on<br><br>1) For the voting procedures of the Conference Committee the Board . 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