[OSGeo Oceania] Oceania Digest, Vol 12, Issue 1
Eterna Pesadilla
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Mon Jan 6 04:05:17 PST 2020
Wasn't this magazine supposed to be about exploring? Caves? And unexplored
terrain on the planet?
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> 1. 2020 board directors: 1 & 2 year terms (John Bryant)
> 2. Re: 2020 board directors: 1 & 2 year terms (adam steer)
> 3. Re: 2020 board directors: 1 & 2 year terms (Martin Tomko)
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> Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2020 12:01:32 +1100
> From: John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com>
> To: oceania at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: [OSGeo Oceania] 2020 board directors: 1 & 2 year terms
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> Hi OSGeo Oceania board,
>
> Our Constitution says:
>
> *In order to implement staggered terms [...] half of the newly-elected
> > Directors will be appointed to a half term of one year. These Directors
> > will volunteer or be chosen by random selection.*
> >
>
> The purpose of this is to make sure that in future, annual board elections
> will only be for half the positions, to make sure there's continuity across
> years.
>
> By way of a process, I propose this:
>
> 1. Directors volunteer for 1 year terms (with 2 years being the
> default).
> 2. If needed to re-balance, we draw straws
> <https://www.dsrw.org/~dlg/web/straws.php> to ensure we have half for
> each of 1 & 2 year terms. Since we have 9 directors this will be 4/5 or
> 5/4. We can draw straws at our board meeting this coming Thursday.
>
> For example:
>
> - 2 directors volunteer for a 1 year term: draw 2 straws from the
> remaining 7 directors, and the short straws take a 1 year term -> 5 @ 2
> years, 4 @ 1 year
> - 6 directors volunteer for a 1 year term: draw 1 straw from those 6
> directors, and the short straw takes a 2 year term -> 4 @ 2 years, 5 @ 1
> year
>
> Sound fair?
>
> I'm happy to volunteer for a 1 year term.
>
> Cheers
> John
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> Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2020 12:58:24 +1100
> From: adam steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com>
> To: John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com>
> Cc: Oceania at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo Oceania] 2020 board directors: 1 & 2 year terms
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> Hey all
>
> I am also happy to volunteer for one year.
>
> +1 for John's process.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> On Mon, 6 Jan 2020, 12:02 pm John Bryant, <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi OSGeo Oceania board,
> >
> > Our Constitution says:
> >
> > *In order to implement staggered terms [...] half of the newly-elected
> >> Directors will be appointed to a half term of one year. These Directors
> >> will volunteer or be chosen by random selection.*
> >>
> >
> > The purpose of this is to make sure that in future, annual board
> elections
> > will only be for half the positions, to make sure there's continuity
> across
> > years.
> >
> > By way of a process, I propose this:
> >
> > 1. Directors volunteer for 1 year terms (with 2 years being the
> > default).
> > 2. If needed to re-balance, we draw straws
> > <https://www.dsrw.org/~dlg/web/straws.php> to ensure we have half for
> > each of 1 & 2 year terms. Since we have 9 directors this will be 4/5
> or
> > 5/4. We can draw straws at our board meeting this coming Thursday.
> >
> > For example:
> >
> > - 2 directors volunteer for a 1 year term: draw 2 straws from the
> > remaining 7 directors, and the short straws take a 1 year term -> 5 @
> 2
> > years, 4 @ 1 year
> > - 6 directors volunteer for a 1 year term: draw 1 straw from those 6
> > directors, and the short straw takes a 2 year term -> 4 @ 2 years, 5
> @ 1
> > year
> >
> > Sound fair?
> >
> > I'm happy to volunteer for a 1 year term.
> >
> > Cheers
> > John
> > _______________________________________________
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> Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2020 02:31:26 +0000
> From: Martin Tomko <tomkom at unimelb.edu.au>
> To: adam steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com>, John Bryant
> <johnwbryant at gmail.com>
> Cc: "Oceania at lists.osgeo.org" <Oceania at lists.osgeo.org>
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo Oceania] 2020 board directors: 1 & 2 year terms
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> Same here,
> +1 for process, and volunteering for 1 year.
> M.
>
> From: Oceania <oceania-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of adam steer <
> adam.d.steer at gmail.com>
> Date: Monday, 6 January 2020 at 12:58 pm
> To: John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com>
> Cc: "Oceania at lists.osgeo.org" <Oceania at lists.osgeo.org>
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo Oceania] 2020 board directors: 1 & 2 year terms
>
> Hey all
>
> I am also happy to volunteer for one year.
>
> +1 for John's process.
>
> Cheers,
>
> On Mon, 6 Jan 2020, 12:02 pm John Bryant, <johnwbryant at gmail.com<mailto:
> johnwbryant at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Hi OSGeo Oceania board,
>
> Our Constitution says:
>
> In order to implement staggered terms [...] half of the newly-elected
> Directors will be appointed to a half term of one year. These Directors
> will volunteer or be chosen by random selection.
>
> The purpose of this is to make sure that in future, annual board elections
> will only be for half the positions, to make sure there's continuity across
> years.
>
> By way of a process, I propose this:
>
> 1. Directors volunteer for 1 year terms (with 2 years being the
> default).
> 2. If needed to re-balance, we draw straws<
> https://www.dsrw.org/~dlg/web/straws.php> to ensure we have half for each
> of 1 & 2 year terms. Since we have 9 directors this will be 4/5 or 5/4. We
> can draw straws at our board meeting this coming Thursday.
> For example:
>
> * 2 directors volunteer for a 1 year term: draw 2 straws from the
> remaining 7 directors, and the short straws take a 1 year term -> 5 @ 2
> years, 4 @ 1 year
> * 6 directors volunteer for a 1 year term: draw 1 straw from those 6
> directors, and the short straw takes a 2 year term -> 4 @ 2 years, 5 @ 1
> year
> Sound fair?
>
> I'm happy to volunteer for a 1 year term.
>
> Cheers
> John
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