<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">IMO:</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Dear OSGeo Board members,</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">We are in the process of incorporating
the Aust-NZ Chapter of OSGeo as a not for profit organisation in Australia.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">We're aiming to vote for the position
of director in this organisation at the end of the week.</font>
<br>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">We'd like to nominate a 'trusted' person
to receive and collate the votes and pass the results back to the Aust-NZ
list.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Would one of you like to volunteer for
this role?</font>
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<br>
<br>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Tyler was to undertake the role but
has had to regretfully withdraw.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Details of the current proposal is below.</font>
<br>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Bruce Bannerman</font>
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<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Sent by: aust-nz-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</font>
<p><font size=1 face="sans-serif">08/04/2008 06:23 PM</font>
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<div align=right><font size=1 face="sans-serif">To</font></div>
<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Aust-NZ OSGeo <Aust-NZ@lists.osgeo.org></font>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">[Aust-NZ] Take 2 - Incorporation
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<br><font size=2><tt>Well, we've had four or five days, with no real alternate
suggestions on<br>
how to proceed with the incorporation of the Aust-NZ chapter of OSGeo as<br>
a not for profit organisation.<br>
<br>
Therefore I think that we should proceed along these lines<br>
(incorporating suggestions from our previous attempt). All timings are<br>
Australian Eastern Standard time:<br>
<br>
<br>
_NZ Involvement_<br>
<br>
- NZ involvement in the executive of the new organisation is a<br>
prerequisite. Therefore if we find that the proposal to incorporate in<br>
WA does not allow this, then we should adopt the ASIC structure that<br>
does. To meet ASIC requirements, we will need at least 3 Australians on<br>
the board. See:<br>
<br>
http://www.asic.gov.au/asic/ASIC.NSF/byHeadline/Starting%20a%20company%<br>
20or%20business#step_4<br>
<br>
http://www.asic.gov.au/asic/asic.nsf/byheadline/Registering<br>
+not-for-profit+or+charitable+organisations?openDocument<br>
<br>
<br>
**_Process_**<br>
<br>
<br>
_Nominations_<br>
<br>
- Reopen nominations for the position of Director of the new 'not for<br>
profit' organisation. A suggestion from Cameron is that we allow<br>
self-nomination to cater for a situation where a person believes
that<br>
they can commit time and are able to undertake the role. <br>
<br>
- There is no need to re-nominate those who were nominated last week.<br>
They will be accepted as nominations for this vote.<br>
<br>
- Nominations will need to be made in public and posted to<br>
Aust-NZ@lists.osgeo.org to be considered valid.<br>
<br>
- Nominations close Thursday 10 April 2008 at 5pm.<br>
<br>
- Nominees accept or decline the nomination by Thursday 10 April 2008 at<br>
5pm. If no email is received on Aust-NZ@lists.osgeo.org by 5pm it
is<br>
assumed that the nominees have accepted the nomination.<br>
<br>
- Nominees who accept the nomination post a 'brief' introduction of<br>
themselves and say a few words about their background, FOSS<br>
qualifications, and ideas for the project. This can also be done
by<br>
5pm on the 10th April.<br>
<br>
<br>
Cameron, can you please post the URL to the FOSS4G-2009 wiki that<br>
contains the bios of a number of the current nominees.<br>
<br>
<br>
- email summarising nominations and voting process sent out after 5pm on<br>
the 10th April.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
_Voting_<br>
<br>
- We are voting for five directors of the to be established<br>
not-for-profit organisation 'Open Source GeoSpatial Foundation -<br>
Aust-NZ'. <br>
<br>
- Each member of the Aust-NZ@lists.osgeo.org is eligible to vote.<br>
<br>
- Voting is open from 8am on Friday 11th April.<br>
<br>
- Voting closes at 5pm Tuesday 15 April.<br>
<br>
- The vote is a private vote as per OSGeo precedence.<br>
<br>
- We vote for our preferred candidates by placing a +1 next to their<br>
name. Only 5 candidates will need to be numbered.<br>
<br>
- We each send our vote to a single trusted person to tally the results.<br>
This person is Tyler Mitchell, Executive Director of the Open Source<br>
Geospatial Foundation. Tyler has kindly accepted this role.<br>
<br>
- Final say of what is an invalid vote rests with Tyler.<br>
<br>
- The five people with the most number of votes make up the new board<br>
(bearing in mind ASIC requirements).<br>
<br>
- The new board can use the preference results to help allocate office<br>
holders once the elections have been completed.<br>
<br>
- Actual voting instructions will be sent out on Thursday 10th April.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Nominations for additional candidates are now open.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Bruce Bannerman<br>
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_______________________________________________<br>
Aust-NZ mailing list<br>
Aust-NZ@lists.osgeo.org<br>
http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/aust-nz<br>
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