[Board] Current election cycle discussion

[Michael Smith]

B publicly, C privately.

I think the CRO has performed amazingly and deserves all our support. To me,
everything has been handled transparently and above board.

Mike

Michael Smith
OSGeo Foundation Treasurer
Treasurer at osgeo.org


From:  Board <board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Jody Garnett
<jody.garnett at gmail.com>
Date:  Saturday, October 21, 2017 at 1:38 PM
To:  "board at lists.osgeo.org" <board at lists.osgeo.org>
Subject:  [Board] Current election cycle discussion

> Early I spoke up when I was concerned our delay on recognizing new members
> would disrupt the ongoing election. This was explicitly the responsibility of
> the board and I was careful to ask the CRO and follow their lead.
> 
> I would like to ask the board if we should extend any kind of support to our
> CRO this week. This election has had hit a number of bumps on the road and I
> feel bad that so much is being asked if our CRO.
> 
> A) Do nothing, understanding that our CRO is handling things well and has our
> trust (this is of course assumed)
> 
> B) Explicitly state to reaffirm for our members that the CRO is doing a
> difficult job and has our trust.
> 
> C) Ask if the CRO wishes any assistance, even if our capacity is reduced.
> 
> This is not that fun a discussion, and only half our board is realistically
> available.  We have also accepted the CRO¹s comittment and balance our respect
> for their integrity and our concern for this election placing more
> responsibility and attention on their role then usual.
> 
> I thought it would be better to start this email thread here, rather than
> subject the CRO and board members to another round of questions on discuss. I
> suspect some of the questions arise from a misunderstanding of the influence
> that board has, especially in the case of elections which very carefully a
> hands off affair.
> -- 
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> Jody Garnett
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