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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/9/19 6:32 pm, John Bryant wrote:<br>
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<div>A couple of questions on this model:</div>
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<li>I can see how it works well once established, but how
might it work initially? Would we suggest that interested
people ask to be nominated? Would they need to explain why
they should be a member?<br>
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<p>Point people at the "Positive attributes" which basically means
active participation.</p>
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href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=Membership_Process_2018&redirect=no">https://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=Membership_Process_2018&redirect=no</a>
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<p>If someone is actively participating on a volunteer basis, they
are almost certainly have the best interests of OSGeo at hand.
This should be enough criteria to join.<br>
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<li>How to keep membership list fresh? Maybe if a member
doesn't fulfill their duties (eg. doesn't vote for 2 or 3
consecutive years), their membership is suspended?</li>
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<p>OSGeo has half heartedly tried to remove inactive people in the
past. It hasn't worked very well. There are lots of inactive
people as OSGeo charter members, but that doesn't really matter.</p>
<p>It only becomes an issue if we set a criteria that x % of members
need to vote.</p>
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Cameron Shorter
Technology Demystifier
Open Technologies and Geospatial Consultant
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