[Board] Kicking off Elections 2015 process

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Dear Vasile,
thanks for the work done, this reflect what has been discussed.

I would invert the questions: at the beginning the general indication on
role and rules, and then the selection of one of the options.


@Jeff: I disagree to propose such a generic question without any previous
discussion and without presenting concrete options.
Here just some silly questions that came in my mind regarding this proposal:
- What does it means represented by local chapters: nation wide, region
wise or continental wise?
- If a Boston local chapter exists and then there is North America local
chapter also, both shall be represented?

In my opinion the board (as government) is there to discuss solutions and
when a consensus is not reached or the theme is particularly important it
shall present proposals/options to be voted by the community.

Best,
Maxi


2015-07-27 15:40 GMT+02:00 Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>:

> Hi Vasile,
>
> Well done!  Like you said, this has never been done before, so I give you
> a huge pat on the back.
>
> The only major change I would make is to remove the "prestige" question
> fully from the poll:
>
>   "Charter membership should not be used as an honor or mark of prestige
> instead those should be addressed by:"
>
> I would remove that whole question, as the options don't really make sense.
>
> I also am tempted to add one more question, that I really would like to
> ask the OSGeo Charter Members directly;
>
> ***
> Regarding how the OSGeo Board should represent the community, would you
> support a new structure of the Board where each recognized local chapter
> chair is given a seat on the OSGeo Board.  Therefore, public elections for
> Board members would no longer occur; instead, Board members would be local
> chapter chairs.
>
> Yes/No
>
> ***
>
>
> My logic is to ask this to the Charter members directly (instead of a long
> discussion at the Board level).
>
> Thanks again Vasile!
>
> -jeff
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 2015-07-27 9:26 AM, Vasile Craciunescu wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Please accept my apologies for all the delays related to this survey.
>>
>> You can all check the actual structure of the survey at
>>
>>
>> https://survey.des.ucdavis.edu/osgeo/index.php/survey/index/sid/879386/newtest/Y/lang/en
>>
>>
>> *Please do not execute the survey!* Separate invitations will be sent to
>> all our charter members as soon as we agree with the survey structure.
>>
>> I have tried to include help text, comments and references for all the
>> important question, especially the one related to the charter member
>> election mechanism - this part may look a little bit bureaucratic, any
>> suggestions fore improvement more than welcome. A simple application was
>> created to allow you to understand the impact of the selected formula
>> and threshold using the last year votes. You can access the application at
>>
>> http://geo-spatial.org/charter2014-sim/
>>
>> A link was included in the survey too.
>>
>> Any comments, requests for change or to include additional questions are
>> welcome. Please respond ASAP as the time is running fast.
>>
>> Best,
>> Vasile
>>
>> OSGeo 2015 CRO
>>
>>
>> On 7/26/15 8:36 PM, Bart van den Eijnden wrote:
>>
>>> So is there a proposal for the survey questions already somewhere?
>>>
>>> Bart
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
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*Massimiliano Cannata*

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