[Board] Motion: 2016 Elections calendar

[Venkatesh Raghavan]

On 6/17/2016 1:13 AM, Jody Garnett wrote:
> +1

+1

Venka

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> Jody Garnett
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> On 16 June 2016 at 03:56, Vasile Craciunescu <vasile at geo-spatial.org> wrote:
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>> 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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