[FOSS4G-Oceania] appoint OSGeo Oceania board

[adam steer]

oops 3 ‘executive’ roles :D - chair, secretary, treasurer.

On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 at 11:38, adam steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey John, all - thanks for keeping the ball rolling.
>
> I think it’s reasonable, what about others who really are winding up for
> holidays right now?
>
> Do we want to ask people to make a really short statement of why they want
> to nominate for the 4 executive roles?
>
> Cheers
>
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> On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 at 10:31, John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all, following on the establishment of a new Terms of Reference for a
>> new organisation (OSGeo Oceania), the next step of the process is to
>> appoint an inaugural board of directors. From the ToR:
>>
>> *The inaugural board will be appointed by (and will replace) the existing
>>> FOSS4G SotM Oceania 2018 organising committee.*
>>
>>
>> In the long run, a large committee for this group may prove unwieldy, but
>> for now, my feeling is that we should open it up for self-nomination by all
>> 16 current FOSS4G SotM Oceania 2018 committee members and advisors, and
>> allow it to evolve to the right size over time. Anyone self-nominating
>> should ensure they understand (and are willing to meet) the expectations
>> for participation as described in the ToR - we need an active board of
>> people willing to put in time & energy.
>>
>> Also from the ToR:
>>
>>
>>> *The board aims to be diverse and inclusive, and as such, should make an
>>> effort to have equalrepresentation of genders and be inclusive of
>>> representation from Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands nations, and
>>> OSGeo & OSMF communities.*
>>
>>
>> As such, we may need to add new people to the board, to work towards
>> meeting these objectives. This could probably happen at the board's
>> discretion in the new year.
>>
>> So, to be specific, here's what I'm proposing we do over the remainder of
>> this week:
>>
>>    - Next 48 hours to Thursday: discuss this process, as needed, and
>>    express our individual interest in being on the inaugural board.
>>    - Thursday: raise a motion to form a new board subject to the ToR,
>>    thus replacing the current committee.
>>
>> If & when such a motion is passed, any further business would be
>> conducted by the new board. Given the timing, I suspect this 'any further
>> business' business would be in the new year.
>>
>> Thoughts? Does this seem like a reasonable approach? I don't want to rush
>> things, just trying to strike a balance between an undemanding pace, and
>> getting things to a tidy state before the Christmas break.
>>
>> Cheers
>> John
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