[OSGeo-Discuss] "Hostile Takeover" -- what do we mean by this?

[Frank Warmerdam]

Helmut,

The word "hostile" is a bit unfortunate.  One of the goals of charter
membership early in the organization was to provide a mechanism to
keep us aligned on roughly our original mission and community.  I
personally had a concern that we might get swamped by some other
community and almost accidentally taken over.  For instance one might
have imagined if all the folks interested in OSM joined OSGeo they
might have accidentally swamped "us" and we would potentially have
lost the goals of the organization.

Best regards,
Frank




On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 11:15 AM, Helmut Kudrnovsky <hellik at web.de> wrote:
> sorry, missed the subject
>
>
> Gesendet: Montag, 28. August 2017 um 20:12 Uhr
> Von: "Helmut Kudrnovsky"
> An: discuss at lists.osgeo.org, sara at sarasafavi.com
> Betreff: Kein Betreff
> Sara Safavi:
>>In the notification emails from CRO to new charter member nominees, the
>>following is included (emphasis mine):
>>
>>*"(Charter Members) have the following responsibilities: (1) annually vote
>>for OSGeo Board Members; (2) annually vote for new OSGeo Charter Members
>>and (3) be aware of and protect against a hostile takeover of OSGeo."*
>>
>>I have had more than one nominee of mine contact me asking what exactly
>>this means. I agree with their concerns: this is strange language to use,
>>is not reflected in our bylaws, and frankly does not fit the image I
>>presented when I first contacted them asking if they would accept a
>>nomination.
>
> one may translate it to: being responsible of/taking care for the wealth and integrity of foundation based
> upon the principles and bylaws.
>
>>It may be a language barrier or simply a misunderstanding, but can we
>>clarify what is meant by using this kind of verbiage, and consider a
>>re-wording?
>
> I tend to keep it as it is. rewording would mean involving the charter members as this related to them.
>
> Kind regards
> Helmut
>
> OSGeo charter member
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