[Board] Motion to accept all 37 nominees into Charter Membership (was: Re: Nomination for new Charter Members has ended)

Fri Jul 26 07:08:55 PDT 2013

+1

On Jul 26, 2013, at 3:32 AM, "Seven (aka Arnulf)" <seven at arnulf.us> wrote:

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> Board,
> sorry to bother you again but can you please answer to this motion (see
> full text below)? Unfortunately we are already behind schedule for the
> New Member (s)elections (my schedule was apparently too tight).
> 
> Management Summary:
> So far all (Charter Members and regular OSGeo members) have supported to
> accept all 37 nominees into Charter Membership, there have been no
> vetoes so far.
> 
> Cameron tends towards sticking with the decision taken by the board
> (partly motivated by upholding the uniqueness of Charter Membership and
> to prevent it from becoming and arbitrary thing). It does not appear to
> be a veto though.
> 
> Jeroen questioned the self nomination of one nominee as per our bylaws
> [0]. Our Membership Rules [1] (officially motioned and accepted by the
> board) allow this. I added that this inconsistency be addressed after
> the current elections to the Wiki [2]. Maria additionally offered to
> retrospectively nominate Phillip David [3] (but I don't know whether
> this is "allowed" by our rules either).
> 
> Can you please send a +1 if you are fine to go forward with this or make
> a veto so that we can proceed with the regular elections?
> 
> 
> Thanks, Arnulf
> (CRO on behalf of OSGeo)
> 
> PS:
> I volunteer to be part of a group to clean up the elections processes
> [2] and corresponding parts of our bylaws [0] after FOSS4G in October 2013.
> 
> [0] http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/incorporation/bylaws.html
> [1] http://www.osgeo.org/membership
> [2] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Category_talk:Elections
> [3] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2013
> 
> 
> 
> On 25.07.2013 11:26, Anne Ghisla wrote:
>> Hello all and sorry for top posting,
>> 
>> 
>> I motion to accept all 37 nominees into Charter Membership and
>> override the decision taken in the last board meeting.
>> 
>> 
>> My previous vote for 30 new members was not forecasting so many great
>> nominations - I thought that we would have 20ish nominations like last
>> year. I am impressed by the great contributions made by all 37
>> nominees, and wish to accept them all as Charter members.
>> 
>> I know it could be the second year we skip the election process, but I
>> take it as a friendly suggestion that the process needs to be
>> re-evaluated.
>> 
>> 
>> Kind regards,
>> Anne
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, 25 Jul 2013 08:49:57 +0200
>> "Arnulf Christl (OSGeo)" <arnulf at osgeo.org> wrote:
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>>> 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
>>>>> 
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>>>>> 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
>>>>>>>> 
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