[Board] [OSGeo-Discuss] Elections 2017 - grammar issues and ambiguity with nomination process

[Jody Garnett]

Cameron the membership process page should be a bit easier to follow.

* https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process

I took a couple laps through the membership process page, storing the 2014
procedure as a seperate page, sorry if I dropped your section on member
profiles.

And as indicated earlier these pages were not updated after the motion in
2016, your review / feedback / clarification is appreciated.
--
Jody Garnett

On 24 August 2017 at 13:53, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> OSGeo Board and CROs,
>
> Firstly, I think a simplified voting process is positive. Good idea.
> However the current statement for nominating charter members seems rushed
> as it has some grammar issues and ambiguity. The current statement is:
>
> *To be elected a charter member need a nomination by a current charter
> member and at least one other charter member seconding the nomination. Only
> veto can be raised by sending a private e-mail to the CRO that has to
> inform the board for an anonymous review. If the veto is accepted by the
> board, then the CRO shall make it public and the charter member is not
> elected. [1] *
> Questions:
> * Where are people to send nominations? I assume to OSGeo-Discuss list. If
> so, I suggest stating so above.
>
> * Our referenced Membership Process describes "Nominees should meet the
> Positive Attributes for Charter Members" [2]. I assume we would still want
> reference to this from the cover statement above?
> * Can we please expand on the veto process, and the level of
> transparency/privacy involved.
> ** Will the nominated person who has been vetoed be publicly named (this
> might be seen as insensitive and might be best to inform them privately).
> ** Will the person sending the veto be named?
> ** Will the board members votes be made public?
> ** Will the reasons someone has been excluded be made public?
> * I suggest we publish reasons someone might be vetoed in advance.
> Referencing the Positive Attributes [2] should suffice.
>
> Our voting process has dropped:
> "The CRO will invite new charter members to update (or create) their OSGeo
> Advocate profile, as per: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSG
> eo_Advocate#Process_for_becoming_an_OSGeo_Advocate" [3].
> I assume that is an oversight which we can put back.
>
> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2017
> [2] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process#Positive_Attr
> ibutes_Positive_Attributes
> [3] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process_2014#Voting
>
> On 24/8/17 9:43 am, Vasile Craciunescu wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> This year OSGeo elections started on Monday with the nomination period for
> new Charter Members. The nomination period is open for the next two weeks.
> Please help our Foundation grow and nominate new Charter Members by
> 2017-09-07.
>
> Elections page:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2017
>
> Please help spread the word and also reach out to communities who have
> not yet been connected with OSGeo.
>
> Yours,
> Vasile & Jeff (2017 CRO)
>
>
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