OSGeo-Board Motion: 'Trustees and Members'

[Arnulf Christl (CCGIS)]

> Board Members,
>
> I move that the existing 21 "members", and the 24 to be selected be
> henceforth called Trustees.  Trustees shall be privileged members
> authorized to vote for the board, and who may in the future have other
> special responsibilities within the foundation.  Trustees may only be
> added to the foundation with the agreement of the board or membership
> via a process yet to be full established.
>
> "Members" shall designate anyone else who requests membership.  Members
> do not get to vote for the board, but may participate in committees,
> participate in projects and so forth.  A membership process will be
> established in the future, but membership will be open to anyone in the
> public wishing to demonstrate an interest in, and support for the aims of
> the foundation.
>
> "Trustees" are implicitly also "members", but "members" are not
> necessarily
> "Trustees".
>
> -----
>
> PS. I think the idea of prefixing formal motions with "Motion: " is a
> great
> idea and will help to find stuff in our growing pile of email.
>
> PPS. Unless they indicate otherwise, I will assume that the +1 from me,
> Chris Holmes and Gary Lang still apply.
>
> Best regards,
> --

+1 from Arnulf