[Board] Motion: 2016 Elections calendar

[Dirk Frigne]

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On 17-06-16 01:29, 신상희 wrote:
> +1
> 
> Sanghee
> 
> 2016. 6. 17. 오전 7:57에 "Venkatesh Raghavan" <venka.osgeo at gmail.com
> <mailto:venka.osgeo at gmail.com>>님이 작성:
> 
>     On 6/17/2016 1:13 AM, Jody Garnett wrote:
> 
>         +1
> 
> 
>     +1
> 
>     Venka
> 
> 
>         --
>         Jody Garnett
> 
>         On 16 June 2016 at 03:56, Vasile Craciunescu
>         <vasile at geo-spatial.org <mailto:vasile at geo-spatial.org>> wrote:
> 
>             Dear board members,
> 
>             Following the discussions from the last board meeting, I
>             forward this
>             motion to you:
> 
>             Organize the 2016 OSGeo charter and board members elections
>             with the
>             following calendar:
> 
>             — 2016-07-04 to 2016-07-24 for new charter members;
>             — 2016-09-05 to 2016-09-25 for board open positions.
> 
>             My reasons for starting a motion and not a discussion for
>             the calendar are
>             listed bellow:
> 
>             - Elections in August is not a very good idea due to
>             vacation time
>             (especially in Europe);
>             - Reversing the order of elections is also not a good idea
>             as the new
>             charter members will have to wait for an entire year in
>             order to be able to
>             vote;
>             - The time is too short for newly elected members to really
>             plan a trip to
>             Bonn. More, some of the continuing members will not attend
>             the conference.
>             I think is better to have our annual face-to-face meeting
>             announced well
>             ahead, at a time where all the directors can go, like the
>             meeting we had in
>             January. Even if this is more expensive for the foundation.
>             A meeting is
>             still possible in Bonn for the attending directors, with
>             skype/hangout
>             connections for the others.
> 
>             Best,
>             Vasile
> 
> 
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