[Board] Consider extending deadline for board voting

[Massimiliano Cannata]

good point.. I voted when no manifesto was in place ;-)

maxi

2015-09-25 14:54 GMT+02:00 Bart van den Eijnden <bartvde at osgis.nl>:

> If we would extend, can people actually revote or is this not possible?
>
> Best regards,
> Bart
>
> > On 25 Sep 2015, at 14:49, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I agree with Steve's recommendation to extend the voting deadline.  I
> suggest next Friday, 2 October, end of day.  It is your call Vasile, as you
> know the amount of votes remaining.
> >
> > -jeff
> >
> >
> >
> > On 2015-09-25 6:57 AM, Vasile Craciunescu wrote:
> >> Forwarding you a message from Stephen Woodbridge.
> >>
> >> Best,
> >> Vasile
> >>
> >>
> >> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> >> Subject: Fwd: Consider extending deadline for board voting
> >> Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 21:52:42 -0400
> >> From: Stephen Woodbridge <woodbri at swoodbridge.com>
> >> To: Vasile Craciunescu <vasile at geo-spatial.org>
> >>
> >> Vasile,
> >>
> >> I tried sending this to the board list, but I guess only board members
> >> are subscribed to that list or maybe I have to sub to the list if it is
> >> open. Anyway please feel free to forward this to the board.
> >>
> >> I already looked that the candidates and voted so maybe it is not that
> >> big of a deal, but I think it would make sense to to consider these
> >> ideas for the future to improve our overall voting process. I think this
> >> year went pretty smoothly overall, so excellent job on your part.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>   -Steve
> >>
> >> On 9/24/2015 5:33 PM, Mail Delivery System wrote:
> >>> Subject: Consider extending deadline for board voting
> >>> From: Stephen Woodbridge <woodbri at swoodbridge.com>
> >>> Date: 9/24/2015 5:19 PM
> >>>
> >>> To: board at lists.osgeo.org
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>> I'm sure you have already considered this but I think it might be a
> good
> >>> idea to consider extending the deadline for board voting because a lot
> >>> of the candidates have been at FOSSG and/or other conferences and I
> >>> think it would be good to get the candidates to respond to these
> >>> questions. Vasile already mention that about 1/2 the members have
> >>> already voted, so maybe it is moot at this point.
> >>>
> >>> Regardless of whether this does or does not happen this year, I think
> >>> that it would be a good idea to make it part of the planning from
> future
> >>> elections. You might have a schedule like:
> >>>
> >>> * cut-off date for nominations
> >>> * 1 week for candidates to answers a fix set of questions
> >>> * then the elections
> >>>
> >>> You might even consider putting in place something where any candidate
> >>> that does not answer the questionnaire would get dropped from the
> voting
> >>> because if they can not make time to post answers, then you might want
> >>> to consider that they also might not have time for spending on board
> >>> related activities. While I understand that schedule conflicts for that
> >>> week might occur having a schedule and know the plan should allow them
> >>> to work around that. And maybe they would have more time in a future
> >>> election.
> >>>
> >>> Anyway, thanks for all you have done to keep OSGeo running!
> >>>
> >>> Best regards,
> >>>   -Steve W
> >>
> >>
> >>
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