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<p>Greg, I'm proposing that in a 1 level membership the only barrier
be email list participation or some other OSGeo/OSM activity, and
voting for board. I don't think people will be wanting to self
identify with anything lower.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 24/9/19 6:13 am, Greg Lauer wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">The problem with this proposal is that we have
barrier for general membership. I still support the 2 tier model
and comfortable that we can manage the logistics with out too
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<div>Thanks all for a quite robust discussion on this
important topic, it's really great to see this much
engagement. There seems to be a fair bit of discomfort
with the two tier model proposed, and I agree that it may
introduce more complexity than we really want. To move
forward, I'd like to propose a simplified alternative:</div>
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<li>We have a single type of membership that confers
voting rights.</li>
<li>To ensure a reasonable level of engagement, while
protecting the org against bad actors/hostile
takeover/etc, we roughly follow this process:</li>
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<li>take nominations for new members</li>
<li>use an eligibility threshold that balances
accessibility with genuine engagement<br>
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<li>include a ratification step that could be done by
the board, or a membership working group (TBD)</li>
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<div>This doesn't capture all the detail of how this would
work, but if it's acceptable in broad strokes, I can
update our draft policy and we can work through the
details over next couple of days.</div>
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<div>Any objections?<br>
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