[Oceania-Board] Round of membership review required

[Edoardo Neerhut]

Hey Em,

Just two applications to review and we'll be up to date for the
election. 

Thanks,

Ed

On November 27, 2020, Edoardo Neerhut <eneerhut at hey.com> wrote:
> Just for posterity, the elections officer discussed this and we will
> make sure to process membership applications right up to the day
> before voting opens. This will ensure everyone who wants to vote gets
> the chance to.
>
> We have tried to inform as many in our community as possible about
> this so they have an opportunity to apply. As you say Martin, no need
> to pause memberships, but anyone who wants to vote needs to apply by
> Friday, November 27th at 23:59 AEST.
>
> On November 23, 2020, Martin Tomko <tomkom at unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
> > I can express my opinion, but I do not know whether this is support
> > in the constitution/procedures.
> >
> >  
> >
> > So, personally, I would agree with the proposed plan, Ed. That said,
> > I do not know whether we can “formally” pause approvals. The simpler
> > way to deal with this would be to state that approvals can take up
> > to X weeks (2, or a month?), as a general procedure. Then, we would
> > have this flexibility always, and without any caveat. We went for
> > ongoing membership approvals, as this is the sensible and fair thing
> > to do and to encourage membership. But I agree that having a “pause”
> > around the elections is sensible.
> >
> >  
> >
> > Martin
> >
> >  
> >
> > From: Oceania-Board <oceania-board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>
> > Date: Monday, 23 November 2020 at 9:03 am
> > To: David Garcia <mapmakerdavid at gmail.com>, Daniel Silk
> > <dwsilk at gmail.com>, Emma Hain <emmahain at gmail.com>
> > Cc: oceania-board at lists.osgeo.org <oceania-board at lists.osgeo.org>
> > Subject: [Oceania-Board] Round of membership review required
> >
> > Hi MWG,
> >
> >  We have had a few more applications come in which require review
> > <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1onxfXWUfNTiwRsBk4o5hl5oowOwsPxxDH8JsmtXs_p4/edit#gid=1493423798>.
> > With the lead up to the election, it would be great if we could
> > check this every few days.
> >
> >  Voting opens on the 29th of November and closes on the 6th of
> > November.
> >
> >  Question for you all (board included): Should we have a pause on
> > membership approvals when voting opens? Perhaps we could make sure
> > to review all applications that were submitted before the 29th of
> > November so that they have a chance to vote.
> >
> >  We would then wait until after the 6th of November to continue
> > processing applications.
> >
> >  What are your thoughts?
> >
> >  Ed
> >
>
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