[OSGeo-Discuss] withdrawal from Board election

[Barry Rowlingson]

My proposal to the Board and the OSGeo charter members is to leave the
> list as it is and make sure that the people that did not vote yet are
> aware of Jeff's request to withdraw from the Board elections.


No, this is completely off. If a candidate withdraws during an election,
you should declare the current ballot void and start a new one without the
withdrawn candidate.

Leaving the ballot running, but telling people who have not voted yet that
one candidate has withdrawn is *unfair* to those who already voted.

I would hope that running a ballot is low-enough cost that this doesn't
have a cost impact, unlike a paper election!

If Jeff had been elected to the board and then resigned the day after the
election then I assume there's regulations for having new by-elections for
vacant seats, but this situation is not the same.

Barry




I can
> insert the information in the reminder mail that I'm planing to submit
> tonight/Monday morning.
>
> Best,
> Vasile
> CRO 2017
>
>
> [1] http://www.geo-spatial.org/osgeo/bucuresti2017
>
>
> On 10/21/17 3:34 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote:
> > Dear CRO,
> >
> > Please accept my withdrawal from the Board election.  I am sorry to
> > cause all of the problems so clearly explained by so many here publicly
> > this election.
> >
> > I wish to take the time now to thank all of the candidates for
> > volunteering their time for the OSGeo community.
> >
> > Yours,
> >
> > -Jeff McKenna
> >
> >
> >
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