[Oceania-Board] Round of membership review required

[Emma Hain]

On it!

On Sat, Nov 28, 2020 at 3:19 PM Edoardo Neerhut <eneerhut at hey.com> wrote:

> 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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