<div dir="ltr">Vicky we were asked to write down how we operate here: <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/incubator">http://www.osgeo.org/incubator</a><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><i><font size="1"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The incubation committee operates within the OSGeo </span><a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Committee_Guidelines" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(102,51,102);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">committee guidelines</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">, operating in a close working relationship with the OSGeo board as reflected in our responsibilities above.</span></font></i></div></blockquote><div><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><ul><li><i><font size="1">Voting members: Voting members are maintained on this page as outlined below. This committee is volunteer based with committee member ship driven by email request to be added or removed. Inactive members (see below) are removed as needed to preserve committee function.</font></i></li><li><i><font size="1">Project mentors: Have volunteered to represent our organization at a personal level as a guest on the projects email list and meetings. Project mentors are responsible for recommending when a project is ready for graduation based on this first hand experience. For more information see <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/process/mentor.html" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(102,51,102)">mentor guidelines</a>.</font></i></li><li><i><font size="1">Committee chair: Committee chair appointed by motion, result forward to the board for approval and recognition as an officer of the foundation. Committee chair is responsible for operation of the committee.</font></i></li><li><i><font size="1">Communication: This committee operates on the <a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(102,51,102)">incubator</a> mailing list. With the occasional breakout IRC meeting, hangout, or phone call to explore specific issues.</font></i></li><li><i><font size="1">Decision making: Decision making is performed by email motion. Motions are held open for a two week period. Each motion requires a 50% quorum within the two week period. Voting consists of +1 (approval), +0 (slight agreement), -0 (slight disagreement), -1 (against). The committee chair is responsible for replying to the email thread with voting results and motion resolution.</font></i></li><ul><li><i><font size="1">Email motions should be clearly worded and have a subject line "Motion:".</font></i></li><li><i><font size="1">Motions are held open for a two week period to give everyone a chance to respond, this accounts for volunteers that are only available on weekends.</font></i></li><li><i><font size="1">At discretion of the chair a motion may be held open longer than two weeks</font></i></li><li><i><font size="1">If a motion does not gather a 50% response within a two week period we may need to revisit our active member list - removing members that have not voted within the last year.</font></i></li><li><i><font size="1">Voting +0 and -0 are a good way to reach quorum for volunteers that have not had a chance to follow the discussion</font></i></li><li><i><font size="1">There is no veto in the incubation committee, but we tend to respect -1 votes and withdraw motions that are divisive. It is noted that when reviewing graduation checklists -1 votes tend to track outstanding issues that are then addressed within the voting period.</font></i></li></ul><li><i><font size="1">Independence: Our mandate is focused on providing to the OSGeo board as outlined above.</font></i><br></li></ul></ul></div><div><div>I would like it if we could make a motion to revise this information in order to answer your question in a consistent fashion, we could consider one of the following options:</div><div><br></div><div>- Avoid Response: 'Voting +0 is a good way for a committee member, who is effected by the decision being made, to offer a response without contributing to the overall vote"</div><div>- Soft Response: "Voting +0 and -0 or is good way for a volunteer to avoid holding up the decision, when they would otherwise feel uncomfortable voting due to a conflict of interest"</div><div>- Incubation Priority: Voting "+1 project member" or similar is a good way for a volunteer to participate while noting a relationship with the matter under discussion. Committee members are trusted to respecting incubation priorities when considering any motion before the committee.</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>--</div><div>Jody Garnett</div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 12 October 2017 at 06:17, Vicky Vergara <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vicky@georepublic.de" target="_blank">vicky@georepublic.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Just asking:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">"juez y parte" is the term in Spanish when a "judge" also belongs to the "party" that is being judged.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Are there policies on incubator committee that considers this kind of situation?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">If not, there are some possibilities, like:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">When a "judge" is also a "party", the "judge" can use +0, -0</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">When a "judge" is also a "party", the "judge" can not vote on motions referencing the "party"</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I
must say that who ever rose my attention to this, is a straight person
making it clear that also belongs to the "party" that is being judged.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div>Vicky</div><br>-- <br><div class="m_1275067996632554707gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><pre>Georepublic UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
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