[OSGeo-Board] The next round of board members

[Chris Holmes]

This texted is posted to wiki: 
http://www.fossgis.de/osgeo/index.php/Proposed_Board_Election_Procedure 
  Feel free to tinker with it directly there.

On that text I changed the vote at board.osgeo.org list to be readable only 
by the secretary and designated board member(s), as it was noted that a 
closed voting is a bit more comfortable for those worried about 
offending people they didn't vote for.

Chris

Chris Holmes wrote:
> 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.
> 
> ---
> 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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