<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><span> "important" and "strategic" decisions:<br></span></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><span>I have been emailing to use the Ex Directors and Charter members whenever </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "> '</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">"important" and "strategic" decisions', are in the offing. </span></div><div><span><font size="3">This may not be to create another level by taking their votes; I </font><font size="3">am happy the way the OSGeo is steered.</font></span></div><div><span><font size="3">Ravi Kumar</font></span></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div> <div
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Puneet Kishor <punk.kish@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> arnulf@osgeo.org <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> OSGeo Discussions <discuss@lists.osgeo.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, May 27, 2012 12:23 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Governance<br> </font> </div> <br>
<br>On May 26, 2012, at 1:38 PM, Arnulf Christl (OSGeo) wrote:<br><br>> Dear Members of OSGeo,<br>> we have an important issue on governance coming up again and again. It<br>> suggests that OSGeo Board decisions should be complemented by votes from<br>> the Charter Members when "important" and "strategic" decisions have to<br>> be taken. Something like this:<br>> <br>> [snip]<br>>>> For such important decisions, I think that it would maybe<br>>>> worth making Charter members vote too, just like to get an<br>>>> major orientation decided by 120 people instead of only 8.<br>> [snip]<br>> <br>> Initially this sounded like a good idea to me so we discussed this in<br>> Denver and then again in Seattle at the last f2f board meetings plus on<br>> the list and during regular IRC board meetings. We have come to a<br>> different conclusion and want to explain why and ask for comments.<br>>
..<br><br><br>I don't know if you are asking for input from the charter members, but if you are, I concur with your conclusion. I trust the board to make the right decision on my behalf, and if and when I don't, I will do my little bit to choose a different board.<br><br>Keep up the hard work.<br><br><br>--<br>Puneet Kishor http://punkish.org<br>science http://earth-base.org<br>advocacy http://creativecommons.org_______________________________________________<br>Discuss mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Discuss@lists.osgeo.org" href="mailto:Discuss@lists.osgeo.org">Discuss@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss" target="_blank">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss</a><br><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>