[Board] Nomination for new Charter Members has ended

Thu Jul 25 02:25:26 PDT 2013

Hi Arnulf and others,
My reference was to what is written in the bylaws (I re-read them after Adrian referred to them) and noticed that members of OSGeo should be nominated by existing members: article 7.1, http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/incorporation/bylaws.html

My 2 cents, ciao,
Jeroen

GeoCat Bridge for ArcGIS allows instant publishing of data and metadata on GeoServer, MapServer, PostGIS and GeoNetwork. Visit http://geocat.net for details. 
_________________________
Jeroen Ticheler
GeoCat bv
Veenderweg 13
6721 WD Bennekom
Tel: +31 (0)6 81286572
http://geocat.net

Op 25 jul. 2013 om 08:49 heeft "Arnulf Christl (OSGeo)" <arnulf at osgeo.org> het volgende geschreven:

> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
> 
> Cameron,
> I have added Maria as nominator to Phils nomination (although I still
> believe that a self nomination is perfectly in order).
> 
> The page is sort of an official document so I have write protected it
> after the end of the nomination period to avoid having it spammed. Any
> SysOp (the list is linked from the page) can edit the page or remove the
> write protection. I have now *removed* the write protection because
> nominees  might still want to modify the content of this page. I'll add
> write protection after the process is completely closed.
> 
> Thanks,
> Arnulf
> 
> On 24.07.2013 22:59, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>> Arnulf,
>> To avoid more people having concerns about self nomination, would you
>> mind updating the wiki to note Maria as the nominator. (I don't seem to
>> have write access to do this myself).
>> 
>> On 25/07/2013 4:42 AM, Suchith Anand wrote:
>>> I am happy to second this nomination. Phil is contributing actively to
>>> the Education Committee efforts.
>>> 
>>> Suchith
>>> ________________________________________
>>> From: board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On
>>> Behalf Of Maria Brovelli [maria.brovelli at polimi.it]
>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 6:52 PM
>>> To: arnulf at osgeo.org; Jeroen Ticheler
>>> Cc: board at lists.osgeo.org
>>> Subject: Re: [Board] Nomination for new Charter Members has ended
>>> 
>>> In case it is needed I can nominate Phil for his important activity in
>>> the Education  Commitee....
>>> 
>>> Maria
>>> 
>>> La Prorettrice Delegata
>>> del Polo Territoriale di Como
>>> Prof.ssa Maria Antonia Brovelli
>>> 
>>> Politecnico di Milano
>>> Via Natta, 12/14 - 22100 Como (ITALIA)
>>> Tel. +39-031-3327336
>>> Fax. +39-031-3327321
>>> e-mail: prorettrice at como.polimi.it
>>> 
>>> Questo messaggio è ad uso esclusivo di colui al quale è indirizzato,
>>> potrebbe contenere informazioni riservate.
>>> Se avete ricevuto questa mail per errore, ci scusiamo per l'accaduto e
>>> vi invitiamo cortesemente a darcene notizia e a distruggere il
>>> messaggio ricevuto.
>>> Vi ricordiamo che la diffusione, l'utilizzo e/o la conservazione dei
>>> dati ricevuti per errore costituiscono violazioni alle disposizioni
>>> del Decreto Legislativo n. 196/2003 Codice in materia di protezione
>>> dei dati personali.
>>> 
>>> This communicatin is intended only for use by addresses.
>>> It may contain confidential and privileged information.
>>> If you received this communication unintentionally, please inform us
>>> immediatelly and please destroy this document.
>>> Thank you.
>>> 
>>> On Jul 24, 2013, at 6:31 PM, "Arnulf Christl (OSGeo)"
>>> <arnulf at osgeo.org> wrote:
>> Jeroen,
>> actually self nomination is allowed plus we are explicit that
>> *everybody* can nominate candidates (so "self" would be no exception).
>> Charter Members are the only ones allowed to *vote* but nomination is
>> open.
>> 
>> FYI: The single self nominated person is Phillip Davis (second in the
>> list) and I know at least three others besides myself who would second
>> / endorse him.  (I refrained from seconding anyone because of my role
>> as CRO).
>> 
>> Hope this helps.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Arnulf
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 24.07.2013 16:13, Jeroen Ticheler wrote:
>>>>>> Hi all, I remember one self nomination in the list. Irrespective
>>>>>> of who that was, self nomination is not part of the way we have
>>>>>> described guidelines for charter member nominations and I think we
>>>>>> should not have a precedent by silently accepting this. Nominees
>>>>>> are proposed by charter members and we should stick to that in my
>>>>>> opinion. Cheers, Jeroen
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Op 24 jul. 2013 om 10:55 heeft "Arnulf Christl (OSGeo)"
>>>>>> <arnulf at osgeo.org> het volgende geschreven:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Board, the nomination for new Charter Members has ended. We have
>>>>>> 35 nominees, please find all the details here:
>>>>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2013
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> As per board motion from 2013-07-11 [1] we limit the influx of new
>>>>>> member to 30. This (arbitrary) decision was taken because 30 is a
>>>>>> nice compromise between 10% and one third of the number of the
>>>>>> existing membership (14 and 48 new members) which are the limits
>>>>>> as per our bylaws.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I propose to not have a (s)election and accept all nominees into
>>>>>> Charter membership. I can see no reason that would justify
>>>>>> excluding anybody from this great list of nominees and we are still
>>>>>> well in scope of our bylaws. If you firmly believe that an election
>>>>>> is crucial to our mission and goal I will duly follow your advice
>>>>>> and start the elections tomorrow (2013-07-25). I am sorry that this
>>>>>> is a very short notice to change something so important.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I suggest that one of you starts a motion stating something along
>>>>>> the lines of: "I motion to accept all 35 nominees into Charter
>>>>>> Membership and override the decision taken in the last board
>>>>>> meeting."
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Ideally we will be able to get +1 votes from all board members
>>>>>> asap. In case of strong objection please answer with a veto (-1)
>>>>>> immediately in which case I will take a deep breath, sigh and
>>>>>> continue with the elections.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Best regards, Arnulf
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ Board mailing
>>>>>>> list Board at lists.osgeo.org
>>>>>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Board mailing list
>>>> Board at lists.osgeo.org
>>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Board mailing list
>>> Board at lists.osgeo.org
>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/boardThis message and any
>>> attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain
>>> confidential information. If you have received this message in error,
>>> please send it back to me, and immediately delete it.   Please do not
>>> use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in
>>> any attachment.  Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this
>>> email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of
>>> Nottingham.
>>> 
>>> This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an
>>> attachment
>>> may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer
>>> system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email
>>> communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as
>>> permitted by UK legislation.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Board mailing list
>>> Board at lists.osgeo.org
>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board
> 
> - -- 
> Arnulf Christl
> OSGeo Charter Member
> http://www.osgeo.org
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
> Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux)
> Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/
> 
> iEYEARECAAYFAlHwypUACgkQXmFKW+BJ1b3f/QCfVH2xSURzN6PHiWJKHxMTTwOZ
> 0SQAn2/9TloZ/W1cD+wqjwIcSl5Ie9pP
> =X0rG
> -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/attachments/20130725/ce927888/attachment.htm>