[Board] Motion: 2016 Elections calendar

[Massimiliano Cannata]

+1
Maxi
Il 16/Giu/2016 15:57, "Helena Mitasova" <hmitaso at ncsu.edu> ha scritto:

> +1 Helena
>
> > On Jun 16, 2016, at 9:46 AM, Anita Graser <anitagraser at gmx.at> wrote:
> >
> > +1 Anita
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 1:01 PM, Michael Smith <
> michael.smith.erdc at gmail.com> wrote:
> > +1 Mike
> >
> >
> > > On Jun 16, 2016, at 6:56 AM, Vasile Craciunescu <
> 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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> > > Vasile Crăciunescu
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> Helena Mitasova
> Professor at the Department of Marine,
> Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences
> and Center for Geospatial Analytics
> North Carolina State University
> Raleigh, NC 27695-8208
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