[Board] Board meeting 2014-07-17: Motions

[Jachym Cepicky]

Bart, sorry, when I wrote "you",  I did not meant you personally, but was
reacting to some people in this thread.

You are right, it can be interpreted as answering to you personally, sorry
for that.

J

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On Jul 21, 2014 5:18 PM, "Bart van den Eijnden" <bartvde at osgis.nl> wrote:

> Hey Jachym,
>
> if you read my next e-mail (after the one your replied to), you'll find
> that I'm not in favour of making any changes at all in this regard ;-) I
> should have made sure that I sent a single e-mail on the subject to be more
> clear, sorry about that.
>
> And very good to point out that this happened in your case actually.
>
> Best regards,
> Bart
>
> On 21 Jul 2014, at 17:14, Jachym Cepicky <jachym.cepicky at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Just noting: i was elected the year, i became charter member and nobody
> seemed to have problem with it. Yes, it could happen, that some fresh
> charter member could not be good choice, but look, how many charter members
> are inactive for years. I think again: community worked till now, why do
> you not trust it any further and why are you thinking of new rules?
>
> Jachym
>
> Send from cellphone
> On Jul 21, 2014 4:04 PM, "Bart van den Eijnden" <bartvde at osgis.nl> wrote:
>
>> If we honestly think this an issue, I think the solution should be
>> different.
>>
>> We should then state that in order to become board member we expect
>> people to have been charter member for at least X years. Not base ourselves
>> on the sequence of elections.
>>
>> My 2 cents.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Bart
>>
>> On 21 Jul 2014, at 15:55, nicolas bozon <nicolas.bozon at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Board,
>> I agree that the elections order should be inverted, from next year.
>> Someone who just becomes a Charter Member should not be able to be
>> nominated/elected as a Board Member just a few days later. It would be way
>> to fast IMHO.
>> This may lead to a situation where a newly elected director may not be
>> ready for the job or may not be fully aware of related responsibilities and
>> ethos.
>> If it is too fast and easy to become director, then this role may also be
>> depreciated in future, and i don't think anybody wants that.
>>
>> My 0,02 EURO
>>
>> Nick
>>
>>
>> 2014-07-20 19:30 GMT+02:00 Jachym Cepicky <jachym.cepicky at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> +0 for all, since abstain
>>>
>>>
>>> Jachym
>>>
>>> P.S. interesting and important topics, indeed
>>>
>>> 2014-07-18 12:47 GMT+02:00 Anne Ghisla <a.ghisla at gmail.com>:
>>> > Hi Board,
>>> >
>>> > here are the minutes of last meeting:
>>> >
>>> > * MOTION: adopt minutes of 2014-06-12 meeting:
>>> >   http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2014-06-12
>>> >
>>> > * MOTION: launch charter member election followed by board election
>>> >   ASAP, with the goal of completing both before FOSS4G, with Jorge Sanz
>>> >   as CRO
>>> >
>>> > * MOTION: authorize Jeff to use money out of the strategic travel
>>> >   budget for representing OSGeo as president in FOSS4G Portland
>>> >   (estimated to 3250$USD approx, to be reimbursed after upon presenting
>>> >   receipts)
>>> >
>>> > * MOTION: to make it formal policy of OSGeo to allow president to
>>> >   use 'strategic travel' budget to represent OSGeo at FOSS4G,
>>> >   within the limits of strategic travel budget for current year and in
>>> >   light of other expected travel requirements
>>> >
>>> > Best,
>>> >
>>> > Anne
>>> > --
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>>> >
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