[Board] Motion: Accept all 22 Nominees of 2012 as new OSGeo Charter Members

[Seven (aka Arnulf)]

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On 07.07.2012 12:09, Ari Jolma wrote:
> On 07/07/2012 10:20 AM, Arnulf Christl (OSGeo) wrote:
>> Board, I motion to accept all nominees listed on the nomination
>> page on 2012-07-06 [1] as new OSGeo Charter Members.
>> 
>> 
>> Please someone second this motion so that we can proceed to
>> vote.
> 
> I'm in favor, but isn't it that new members can only be admitted
> by existing members (not board - this is the board list)?
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Ari

Ari,
thanks for favoring this proposal.

You are right, the existing Charter Members elect new members. The
question here is just how many.

On 2007-03-23 the board approved the New Membership Process [0] which
defines how many new charter members are accepted each year. There it
says at least 10% and no more than one third of the existing Charter
Membership. This year that would mean between 13 and 42 new members.

How many new members are added each year has always been decided by
the board. This year the CRO proposed to add 20 new members like last
year and this was approved by the board in an electronic vote [1].

Now we are in the situation that we have 22 candidates and it would be
silly to not add them all to Charter Membership. But to make this all
official and follow our own rules we will have to make a motion and
approve it by the board. Charter Members only elect new Members, that
is their only formal role.

I hope this clarifies things.

Best regards,
Arnulf

PS:
As president Arnulf might even take this decision on his own because
the president is the only executive in OSGeo who could actually do
this (as per our bylaws [3]). But this is not how we normally operate.

[0] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Membership_Process
[1] http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2012-June/009745.html
[2] http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/incorporation/bylaws.html
    see ARTICLE V Officers Section 5.6 President

>> Thank you, Arnulf
>> 
>> [1] 
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=New_Member_Nominations_2012&oldid=64378
>>
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