The next round of board members

[Chris Holmes]

Frank has tagged me to shepard the next round of board elections. 
Thanks so much for taking the lead on the members Frank.  I'm going to 
write up a proposal for the process here, we can refine the details, and 
hopefully get it passed by the board on Monday.

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The nomination process will open Thursday, March 2nd.  The votes of 
members are due on Monday, so the announcement should go out Tuesday. 
We'll leave wednesday in case something goes wrong, and to give the new 
members a chance to be notified and the like.

Nominations should be sent directly to the discuss at osgeo.org list.  This 
is to make the process more open, and so that everyone knows who else 
has been nominated.  This also can open the door for a bit of discussion 
about people's merits and qualifications by members of the list.

Nominators must get approval from their nominee before sending their 
name to the discuss list.  The board (me) will check with them to 
confirm that they do accept the nomination, to avoid having to turn it 
down in a public forum.  I will also confirm that they are willing to 
take on a workload of 8 hrs/week (which will also be made clear in the 
initial email, I'll work on drafting it soon).

Non-voting members (nvms) should be encouraged to contribute to the 
discuss list, make their voice heard on the list.  Being a voting member 
just means you get to actually vote, but the process of nomination and 
discussion should be open to all, nvms can get a say in the process by 
publicly saying who they would support.

The nomination period will last until Tuesday, March 7th.  I will 
compile a html document of all candidates, and include relevant 
discussion on merits from the discuss list.  This list will be posted by 
Wednesday, March 8th

Votes will be due Monday, March 13th.  Each member will have four votes 
that they can distribute, from all to one candidate to one per each 
candidates.  Votes will be sent to a vote at board.osgeo.org, where Rich 
Steele (as secretary) and I will tally.  This will be an open list, 
though only voting members may post to it.

The first full board meeting will hopefully occur Monday, March 20th. 
This should give the new board members to read through the archive, and 
for all of us to sync up the best time to meet.

Thoughts?

Chris



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Chris Holmes
The Open Planning Project
thoughts at: http://cholmes.wordpress.com
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