[Oceania-Board] Round of membership review required

[Edoardo Neerhut]

Thanks Emma!

On November 29, 2020, Emma Hain <emmahain at gmail.com> wrote:
> done


> On Sat, Nov 28, 2020 at 11:25 PM Emma Hain <emmahain at gmail.com
> <mailto:emmahain at gmail.com>> wrote:

> On it!
>
> On Sat, Nov 28, 2020 at 3:19 PM Edoardo Neerhut <eneerhut at hey.com
> <mailto: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
> > <mailto: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
> > > <mailto: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
> > > > <mailto:oceania-board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>>
> > > > Date: Monday, 23 November 2020 at 9:03 am
> > > > To: David Garcia <mapmakerdavid at gmail.com
> > > > <mailto:mapmakerdavid at gmail.com>>, Daniel Silk <dwsilk at gmail.com
> > > > <mailto:dwsilk at gmail.com>>, Emma Hain <emmahain at gmail.com
> > > > <mailto:emmahain at gmail.com>>
> > > > Cc: oceania-board at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:oceania-
> > > > board at lists.osgeo.org> <oceania-board at lists.osgeo.org
> > > > <mailto: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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