[Board] vice president discussion

[Venkatesh Raghavan]

Dear Dirk and Board,

I am sorry for the confusion inadvertently caused due to
insufficient understanding and recollection of the earlier
board decision on my part.

I was under the impression that the board decision at f2f in Jan 2016
was for having term of present President and Vice President same as
the tenure they will be serving on the board. As per the notes that Jody
has quoted below, my understanding was incorrect and the board needed to
select our President and Vice Presidents at our last meeting held on
20 Oct. 2016.

The selection needs to be made urgently as there are several matters
to be taken up by our President and Vice-President. I suggest that
we take this up at our next board meeting scheduled for  3 November
2016.

Best

Venka

P.S. I have also responded to Dirk's mail on related topic privately, as
per his request.

On 2016/10/25 9:36, Jody Garnett wrote:
> Dirk I was able to get some answers by digging into notes for
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Face_to_Face_Meeting_2016
>
> *President and Vice President Election*
>
>
>     - *HM nominated VR as president*
>        - *VR accepted nomination*
>        - *All in favour*
>        - *VR elected as OSGeo President*
>        - *HM and DF nominated as Vice President*
>        - *All in favour*
>        - *Term of this President/VP:Until the next board initial meeting
>        after new board election.*
>        - *DF(Suggestion): need to change board members 2 yrs term to 3 yrs.
>        This is a part of strategic plan of OSGeo.(JG)*
>
> It looks like the term for the President and Vice Presidents has elapsed,
> and this meeting on Oct 20th was the intended time to choose new
> officers.... and since I was away those present pushed this conversation
> off to an email discussion.
>
>
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 24 October 2016 at 17:33, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> aside: taking this into a seperate thread, since it is a change of topic.
>>
>> Looking into this Dirk, sorry I was working and could not attend the
>> meeting:
>>
>> *14:26:06 venka: Agenda 6: Selecting OSGeo Vice-President*
>> *14:26:55 helena_: it would be good to have somebody with industry
>> contacts for the second vice-president*
>> *14:26:56 vcraciunescu: this should also be postponed for a meeting when
>> all board members will attend*
>> *14:27:06 kalxas: vcraciunescu, +1*
>> *14:27:09 maria: +1*
>> *14:27:11 helena_: yes, I think it would be good to have Jody*
>> *14:27:16 venka: I suggest we start a thread on loomio and select our new
>> VP*
>>
>> Checking Loomio there is indeed a discussion / motion
>>
>> *https://www.loomio.org/d/jWiY2zLA/vice-president
>> <https://www.loomio.org/d/jWiY2zLA/vice-president>*
>>
>> So yeah I confess myself confused on this one, we have no requirement for
>> our officers to be board members - and I feel you are fulfilling your role
>> very well (and had some activities scheduled as our vice-president that I
>> would hate to interrupt).
>>
>> Let us assume that this was an assumption each vice-president had to be a
>> board member; rather than any reflection on your capabilities or commitment.
>>
>> While our organization does not have a director we tend to lean on the
>> office of president to pick up activities. Backing Venka up with two
>> vice-presidents is one way of picking up the strain (since we would like
>> Venka to remain cheerful).
>> --
>> Jody Garnett
>>
>> On 24 October 2016 at 00:03, Dirk Frigne <dirk.frigne at geosparc.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Venka,
>>>
>>> I see on the committees page that my Offices role as Vice president is
>>> erased, and today I see on loomino a nomination for a new Vice President.
>>> I didn't see a motion in the board to dismiss me as an OSGeo Officer.
>>> If you did, and of course the board has the right to do this, it is
>>> polite to let me know. Maybe in advance if possible.
>>>
>>> In an organisation where these positions are paid, this is obligated. I
>>> think it hows at least some respect when the position was executed
>>> voluntarly to act in the same way.
>>>
>>> Can I also knwo (in private please) the reason why I was dismissed from
>>> my function?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>
>>> Dirk Frigne
>>> Vice president OSGeo
>>>
>>>
>
>
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