[Board] Re: Motion to accept 21 new charter members instead of 20

[Daniel Morissette]

Sorry for the misleading subject... this is not a motion, just an FYI 
and I believe we can go ahead without a motion since what I propose here 
is within the limits of previous board decisions.

Daniel


On 11-11-28 02:37 PM, Daniel Morissette wrote:
> Board,
>
> The Charter Member election voting period has ended, I have compiled the
> vote results and unfortunately we have a tie for the 20th slot. The New
> Membership Process [1] page suggests that in case of a tie the CRO
> should use a random method to break the tie, but I would like to avoid
> that if possible.
>
> The board decided at the Sept. 18 meeting [2] that we'd go with 20% new
> charter members this year, and I (as CRO) had calculated/announced that
> this would mean 20 new members. However since we have a tie for the 20th
> slot and 20% of 104 = 20.8, we could round the number up to 21 and still
> be within the limits set by the board.
>
> So unless I hear objections in the next 24 hours, I plan to announce the
> selection of 21 new charter members based on the above logic.
>
> Any comments/objections?
>
> Daniel, your CRO for 2011
>
> [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Membership_Process
> [2] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Face_to_Face_Meeting_Denver_2011#Minutes


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