[Board] MOTION: Approve schedule for the 2012 OSGeo elections

[Eli Adam]

On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Tim Schaub <tschaub at opengeo.org> wrote:
> Doc looks good to me.  I agree with Daniel's suggestions and added a
> section on nominee self-promotion.

The nominators could also share this burden by providing specific
details in support of the person they nominate..  There seems to be a
perennial debate on this topic.  It seems that some cultural
differences are such that some people are less likely to self-promote
than others.

Using Tim as an example, one could include ohloh stats,
https://www.ohloh.net/accounts/tschaub?ref=Detailed  Nabble number of
posts (which are often spread over several 'accounts'),
http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=user_nodes&user=190935
 and at least apparently,
http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=user_nodes&user=197545
 Also any websites or blogs,
http://opengeo.org/about/team/tim.schaub/.  OSGeo wiki edits,
http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=Special%3AContributions&tagfilter=&contribs=user&target=tschaub&namespace=&year=&month=-1
 Conferences presented at, etc.  Plus lots of other stuff that Tim
contributes (and he has been a long time Charter member already).

Hopefully this is already the type of stuff that Charter Members do
before voting.  Of course not all contributions a person makes to
OSGeo have a link for them but it is a start.  Even if not required to
provide specific details, it might be a nice thing to do when
nominating someone.

Bests, Eli

>
> I also edited the doc to indicate that I will not be standing for
> re-election in August.  I'm hoping that someone with more volunteer
> time and energy can take my place.
>
> Tim
>
> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Daniel Morissette
> <dmorissette at mapgears.com> wrote:
>> I believe your proposal is fine, it follows all the rules that I am aware
>> of.
>>
>> However here are a few notes/comments from last year's CRO after my review
>> of your proposal for the benefit of those who are less familiar with the
>> process and the way it used to be held:
>>
>> 1- We are coming back to holding the charter member election first, followed
>> by the board election. This is perfectly fine as this is the way things used
>> to be in the first years of the foundation, and we had reversed the order in
>> the last 2-3 years due to poor timing (i.e. we started the election process
>> too late)
>>
>> 2- I note that the proposed charter member nomination period is 7 days which
>> is slightly shorter than the 13-14 days nomination period that we had in
>> 2011 and 2010, but then the proposed voting period of ~14 days is longer
>> than what it used to be. This is fine and respects our rules which require 1
>> week for both. However, I used to like a longer nomination period to keep
>> time for nominees to be contacted and provide feedback. My suggestion would
>> be to adjust your proposal to have ~12 days nominations and ~8 days voting
>> for the charter member election. The gap of 1 week between nominations and
>> voting is great to leave time to nominees to send out a little speech.
>>
>> 3- I am fine with the proposed number of 20 new charter members (and hope
>> that nobody will reopen that endless debate on the number of charter members
>> to add each year).
>>
>> 4- Nothing to add/change on the board election part of the proposal
>>
>> 5- Should we start the practice of putting the name of the CRO in the
>> Elections wiki page... just to keep track of who played the role when
>> without having to dig out in the mailing list archives?
>>
>> Thank you for taking the lead on this
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12-06-13 11:11 AM, Arnulf Christl (OSGeo) wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear Board,
>>> we are ready to start the Elections 2012. I have created the Wiki pages
>>> and added a schedule. As in previous years the board should approve of
>>> the election schedule and procedure. I suggest to stick with 20 new
>>> members but am open for suggestions.
>>>
>>> Please don't jut rubber stamp this but check whether I got it all right
>>> or suggest changes if something is really wrong.
>>>
>>> If everything looks OK, please proceed to second and vote so that we can
>>> get going before the next board meeting.
>>>
>>>
>>> MOTION: Approve schedule for the 2012 OSGeo elections as specified on [1].
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Arnulf
>>>
>>> [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2012
>>>
>>
>>
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>>
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