[Board] OSGeo Committee Guidelines Meeting

[Venkatesh Raghavan]

Hi Cameron,

Thanks for your interest in this topic and your offer to help in
tweaking our Committee Guidelines.

At the first instance, I think, it would be better for board members
to have a discussion and come up with some points to be taken up
with the broader community including Committee Chairs and interested
members.

The variant of the text proposed by you can also be taken up at the
upcoming board meeting to discuss on this topic.

Maria and myself will be summarizing points to be discussed at
the board meeting. So, if anyone has any other suggestions, please
write to the board list in the next 24 hours.

Does that sound OK to you?

Best

Venka

On 10/21/2016 5:18 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> I'm interested in this topic (as community rather than a board 
> member), but live in an awkward timezone, and a relatively inflexible 
> schedule. So please continue without me.
>
> However, I'd be happy to offer my services to help facilitate the 
> editing of the guidelines:
>
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Committee_Guidelines
>
> I also think this discussion should be opened to the greater OSGeo 
> communities to capture their practical advise.
>
> I think current text is actually pretty good, but could be tweaked 
> slightly to ensure it is workable within both active and relatively 
> inactive communities, and work for big and small decisions.
>
> Here is a variant of text which I think could be used as a starting 
> point:
>
> /For most decisions, a motion is raised within one of the OSGeo-Live 
> open forums (IRC, email list, etc) and those present vote and decide. 
> Should there be contention in deciding, and after discussion at least 
> one member is still strongly against the motion, by continuing to vote 
> -1, the motion should be referred to the PSC.//
> //
> //For motions presented to the PSC, a motion is considered passed when 
> there are more PSC +1 votes than -1 votes, and either all PSC members 
> have voted, or 4 days have passed. In the case of a tie, the PSC chair 
> shall have 1.5 votes./
>
> Source: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Management
>
> On 21/10/2016 2:48 AM, Anita Graser wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> We're planning a dedicated meeting on committee guidelines.
>>
>> Please pick your preferred date before Saturday night: 
>> http://doodle.com/poll/gu8gdqzwrvtx2e3u
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Anita
>>
>>
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