[Board] Fwd: Fwd: Consider extending deadline for board voting

[Daniel Morissette]

I agree with the suggestion of a longer schedule FOR FUTURE YEARS, but 
for this year, the usual "let's not change the rules after the voting 
has started" should apply.

It's unfortunate but since some people have already voted, etc. It's too 
late to change the voting deadline. We'll have to vote with the info 
that's currently in our hands.

My 0.02$

Daniel


On 2015-09-25 5:57 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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