<div dir="ltr">+1<div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Rajat<div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Feb 3, 2023 at 9:58 PM Howard Butler <<a href="mailto:howard@hobu.co">howard@hobu.co</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>I am also -0. Anything controversial is going to attract attention and discussion, and anything that is inert or procedural ends up requiring chasing people to meet quorum requirements (I think I have resigned from the Incubation committee three different times as a result of people chasing votes).<div><br></div><div>Howard<br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Feb 3, 2023, at 10:21 AM, Even Rouault <<a href="mailto:even.rouault@spatialys.com" target="_blank">even.rouault@spatialys.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><div>
<div><p>I'm -0 on the change for a 50% quorum. Other OSGeo committees
have such a quorum rule and struggle with reaching it because some
members over time start become inactive and don't bother formally
resigning, and people have to spend energy chasing for votes. The
2 +1 no -1 is very effective to avoid inactive members to become a
burden for the rest of the group.<br>
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<div>Le 03/02/2023 à 12:25, Tom Kralidis a
écrit :<br>
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<div>Hi Bruce: thanks for the feedback. The voting period has
been extended to one week, with a required 50% quorum.</div>
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<div>Given the change to the ToR, we will need to re-vote.</div>
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<div>I will start with my +1 given the updated ToR.<br>
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<div>Thanks</div>
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<div>..Tom</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 1, 2023 at 8:15 PM
Bruce Bannerman <<a href="mailto:bruce.bannerman.osgeo@gmail.com" target="_blank">bruce.bannerman.osgeo@gmail.com</a>>
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<div>Hi Tom,
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<div>It is good to see this development!</div>
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<div>I’m in broad support of the TOR as at [1] below.</div>
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<div>Two suggestions:</div>
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<ul>
<li>Voting:</li>
<ul>
<li>I think that the two day limit on voting is too
short, based on my experiences with the Incubation
Committee. </li>
<li>Time needs to be allowed for members to find the
proposal, review a proposal, think about it and then
vote. </li>
<li>When committee members are busy, travelling, on
holidays etc, 2 days is too short.</li>
<li>I suggest a one week limit to each vote.</li>
</ul>
</ul>
<div><br>
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<ul>
<li>Quorum [2]</li>
<ul>
<li>I think that a Quorum of two is too small. </li>
<li>Is the committee expecting minimal input from
members? If so then I’d question the raison d'etre
of the committee.</li>
<li>Perhaps set the Quorum at 51% of votes or
something similar?</li>
</ul>
</ul>
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<div>Kind regards,</div>
<div><br>
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<div>Bruce</div>
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<div>[2] <a href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/quorum" target="_blank">https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/quorum</a> </div>
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<div>On 2 Feb 2023, at 01:44, Tom Kralidis <<a href="mailto:tomkralidis@gmail.com" target="_blank">tomkralidis@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:</div>
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<div>Hi all: triggered by our recently updated MOU
with OGC, and as discussed/presented at FOSS4G
Florence, various members of the OSGeo standards
community have been working together to
establish a dedicated OSGeo Standards
Committee. The first order of business is to
put forth a Terms of Reference as part of
bootstrapping.</div>
<div><br>
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<div>The Terms of Reference can be found in [1].</div>
<div><br>
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<div>As part of bootstrapping, the ToR needs to be
agreed upon by the initial Committee
membership. Once consensus is reached, then the
Committee creation can be discussed at the next
OSGeo Board meeting (end February) for Board
approval.<br>
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<div>I will start with my +1.<br>
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<div><br>
</div>
<div>Thanks</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>..Tom</div>
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<div>[1] <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Standards_Committee#Terms_of_Reference" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Standards_Committee#Terms_of_Reference</a></div>
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