[Board] Motion: Board election procedure

[Bart van den Eijnden]

I’m unsure if it’s a good idea to have the CRO be part of the voting process. There have been concerns in the past, and I share them to be honest:

http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2012-August/010802.html

Best regards,
Bart

On 07 Jul 2014, at 11:13, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:

> OSGeo Board,
> I propose the Board Election Procedure be changed to the following, at:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Election_Procedure_2014
> 
> The non-trivial change I've made is to add a tie-breaker process:
> In case of a tied vote for board member positions, the CRO's vote will count as 1.5 times a normal vote, in order to resolve the tie break.
> 
> +1 for the change, Cameron
> 
> If the board agrees to this change, I'll move the text across to: 
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Election_Procedure
> 
> Jorge, can you please unlock this page so I can edit it too.
> -- 
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