I was looking in our bylaws and it actually has the language written down. So charter member -> member.<br><br>Not sure why we got in the habit of not using this publicly. I guess the website maybe a chance to change our language publicly.<br><br>See: <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/incorporation/bylaws.html">http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/incorporation/bylaws.html</a><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 3:53 AM Tom Chadwin <<a href="mailto:tom.chadwin@nnpa.org.uk">tom.chadwin@nnpa.org.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">> Good point. Perhaps a website account holder should be a "user"? If<br>
> not, then "voting member" might be the least bad option.<br>
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> >> The bylaws use the term "member". Less is more.<br>
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> >>> Of course we should still rename charter members (since that term<br>
> >>> means people who signed the original charter<br>
> >>> <<a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/charter%20member" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/charter%20member</a>>). I<br>
> >>> know "voting member" does not sound quite as fun.<br>
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I suppose "elected member" is an option.<br>
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Tom<br>
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