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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hi John, Adam,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I’m not speaking against the opening up to all. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I’m just saying if you can self-nominate, then nomination by someone else seems superfluous red tape.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>If I want to join then I apply.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Why would someone else want to nominate me and then the Membership Working Group have to confirm that I want to be nominated?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I don’t get the purpose of the third party involvement.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Kerry Smyth<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Oceania <oceania-bounces@lists.osgeo.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>adam steer<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, 11 October 2019 10:34 AM<br><b>To:</b> John Bryant <johnwbryant@gmail.com><br><b>Cc:</b> Oceania@lists.osgeo.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSGeo Oceania] membership - elections - AGM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi John, Kerry<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>this model of ‘anyone can sign up’ also fits the broader OSMF and OSGeo models. In OSMF you just pay, in OSGeo you go to a website and create yourself an account.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks everyone for their hard work on this document, I think it is a wonderful result from a series of well considered compromises and thoughtful, experience-based input.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Regards<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, 11 Oct 2019 at 10:21, John Bryant <<a href="mailto:johnwbryant@gmail.com">johnwbryant@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>From Kerry: <o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><i>COMMENT: If anyone can nominate new members - can you self-nominate? In which case isn't this an application for membership? Is the intention that the nominator is already a member, because this is not specified.</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><i>It does seem odd that anybody in the whole world can nominate another person for membership.</i><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks Kerry. This was intentionally introduced on 27 Sep when we attempted to resolve some disagreement by consolidating two membership tiers into a single tier. Since one key idea is to keep a low barrier to entry, while still maintaining some control over the membership process, this was changed from "<i>any member may nominate...</i>" to "<i>anybody can nominate...</i>" so that we're avoiding an "inner circle" situation.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I don't think it's especially odd that anybody in the whole world can nominate (including self-nomination). If someone meets our eligibility criteria, and wishes to become a member, then we should welcome them as members regardless of who they know.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>Oceania mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Oceania@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">Oceania@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/oceania" target="_blank">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/oceania</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dr. Adam Steer<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://spatialised.net" target="_blank">http://spatialised.net</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adam_Steer" target="_blank">https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adam_Steer</a><br><a href="http://au.linkedin.com/in/adamsteer" target="_blank">http://au.linkedin.com/in/adamsteer</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0046-7236" target="_blank">http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0046-7236</a><br>+61 427 091 712 :: @adamdsteer<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Suits are bad for business: <a href="http://www.spatialised.net/business-penguins/" target="_blank">http://www.spatialised.net/business-penguins/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>