<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div class="" style=""><span class="" style="">Dear all Charter members,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;" class=""><span class="" style="">this method of electing Charter members looks good to experiment with.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;" class=""><span class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;
font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;" class=""><span class="" style="">Yes No and Abstain..</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;" class=""><span class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;" class=""><span class="" style="">I have seen quite a few mails supporting candidates. As a Charter member I go by the recommendations, as it is impossible to really know each 'charter member to be elected'. </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;
font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;" class=""><span class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;" class=""><span class="" style="">But.. 'No and Abstain', if these are going to be used then some explanation is also due, before the election process begins. Because personally I believe, many of us will vote 'YES' (hopefully) to every </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">'charter member to be elected'. So it is likely they may find a place on the charter inspite of an </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"
class="">'Abstain or even a NO' by some who know them. I hope many of the charter members view this as a genuine predicament..</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;" class="">Cheers</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;" class="">Ravi Kumar</div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""> <div dir="ltr" class="" style=""> <font size="2"
face="Arial" class="" style=""> On Saturday, August 2, 2014 4:19 AM, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:<br class="" style=""> </font> </div> <br class="" style=""><br class="" style=""> <div class="" style="">Indeed as I informed the Board privately last night, in another <br clear="none" class="" style="">non-profit software org there is a hostile take-over trying to <br clear="none" class="" style="">happen...so our bylaws on elections are very important.<br clear="none" class="" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style="">But if Venka and other Charter members want changes in the bylaws it <br clear="none" class="" style="">should be made possible, and considered strongly by the Board.<br clear="none" class="" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style="">-jeff<br clear="none" class="" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""><br clear="none" class="" style=""><div class="" id="yqtfd42908" style=""><br clear="none" class=""
style="">On 2014-08-01 7:40 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:<br clear="none" class="" style="">> Venka,<br clear="none" class="" style="">> Further to Jorge's email, the reason we need to vote in charter members<br clear="none" class="" style="">> (rather than accepting everyone who applies) is to meet OSGeo bylaws<br clear="none" class="" style="">> which state that we need to vote in new charter members every year.<br clear="none" class="" style="">> The reason for the bylaws is to avoid hostile take-over. Admittedly very<br clear="none" class="" style="">> unlikely, but still possible.<br clear="none" class="" style="">><br clear="none" class="" style="">> So we have changed our voting processes to try and be as inclusive as<br clear="none" class="" style="">> possible, basically aiming to ensure that everyone who is interested,<br clear="none" class="" style="">> and actively contributing toward OSGeo should be voted in for
charter<br clear="none" class="" style="">> membership.<br clear="none" class="" style="">><br clear="none" class="" style="">> On 2/08/2014 2:30 am, Jorge Sanz wrote:<br clear="none" class="" style="">>> 2014-08-01 15:23 GMT+02:00 Venkatesh Raghavan<br clear="none" class="" style="">>> <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:raghavan@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp" href="mailto:raghavan@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp" class="" style="">raghavan@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp</a>>:<br clear="none" class="" style="">>>><br clear="none" class="" style="">>>> What is the "voting" for, I though all the nominated members would be<br clear="none" class="" style="">>>> automatically<br clear="none" class="" style="">>>> elected. Perhaps I am the only one not aware of the new election rules.<br clear="none" class="" style="">>>> Can you clarify please.<br clear="none" class="" style="">>>><br clear="none"
class="" style="">>>> Venka<br clear="none" class="" style="">>> Hi Venka, thanks for raising the question.<br clear="none" class="" style="">>><br clear="none" class="" style="">>> On previous years the Board allocated a number of seats and if there<br clear="none" class="" style="">>> were more nominations than seats then elections were conducted, so<br clear="none" class="" style="">>> some people could not get the membership if they were at the end of<br clear="none" class="" style="">>> the ranking. Other years no election was needed because there were<br clear="none" class="" style="">>> less nominations than seats, so everyone was automatically accepted.<br clear="none" class="" style="">>><br clear="none" class="" style="">>> As was discussed in June[1], a new procedure was designed[2]. On this<br clear="none" class="" style="">>> new procedure, there is no limit of seats for
new charter members, the<br clear="none" class="" style="">>> nominations are carried as every year but instead of having a number<br clear="none" class="" style="">>> of seats, we will have a different criteria for accepting new members.<br clear="none" class="" style="">>> Another difference is that instead of voting by e-mail, with 180<br clear="none" class="" style="">>> members, we will use an electronic voting system.<br clear="none" class="" style="">>><br clear="none" class="" style="">>> For every nominee, current Charter Members will have to decide say<br clear="none" class="" style="">>> "Yes", "No" or "Abstain" for their acceptance. This way we assure that<br clear="none" class="" style="">>> supported nominees are accepted. The criteria will be:<br clear="none" class="" style="">>><br clear="none" class="" style="">>> - The nominee needs to have more Yes than No<br clear="none"
class="" style="">>> - The nominee needs to have more than 5% of Yes of voting members.<br clear="none" class="" style="">>><br clear="none" class="" style="">>><br clear="none" class="" style="">>> And then we arrive to one VERY important point in my opinion. For me,<br clear="none" class="" style="">>> the +1 and seconds on discuss mean a LOT, because maybe a I don't know<br clear="none" class="" style="">>> the nominee, but I know many of the nominators and seconders, and I<br clear="none" class="" style="">>> trust their criteria so they add points for me to vote a *Yes* instead<br clear="none" class="" style="">>> of an *Abstain*.<br clear="none" class="" style="">>><br clear="none" class="" style="">>> There are more than 60 nominations, so checking every nominee<br clear="none" class="" style="">>> discussion will take a while for Charter Members, but it's a very<br clear="none"
class="" style="">>> important excercise to be responsible on our vote on who will be<br clear="none" class="" style="">>> accepted.<br clear="none" class="" style="">>><br clear="none" class="" style="">>> Sorry for the long mail, I hope it makes sense!!<br clear="none" class="" style="">>><br clear="none" class="" style="">>> Cheers<br clear="none" class="" style="">>><br clear="none" class="" style="">>> [1] <a shape="rect" href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2014-June/thread.html" target="_blank" class="" style="">http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2014-June/thread.html</a><br clear="none" class="" style="">>> [2] <a shape="rect" href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process" target="_blank" class="" style="">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process</a><br clear="none" class="" style="">>><br clear="none" class="" style="">>><br clear="none" class=""
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