[Board] Current election cycle discussion

[Jody Garnett]

Agreed Sanghee individuals must be respected in our organization. Venka the
board has focused primarily on option (a) - so that was kind of our opinion
was it not?

I understand we are stuck between two different options, a request for the
board to act, and the wishes expressed here to not interfere with the CRO
performing their office.




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Jody Garnett

On 21 October 2017 at 20:49, Sanghee Shin <shshin at gaia3d.com> wrote:

> I think both CRO and board do not have the right not to accept the request
> of withdrawal from any nominees at least that is based on free will.
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> Cheers,
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> 신상희
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> Shin, Sanghee
> Gaia3D, Inc. - The GeoSpatial Company
> www.gaia3d.com
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> *보낸 사람: *Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
> *보낸 날짜: *2017년 10월 22일 일요일 오후 12:35
> *받는 사람: *Venkatesh Raghavan <raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp>
> *참조: *board at lists.osgeo.org
> *제목: *Re: [Board] Current election cycle discussion
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> Thanks Venka, that agrees with my own understanding and thoughts.
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> Jody Garnett
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> On 21 October 2017 at 20:27, Venkatesh Raghavan <
> raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp> wrote:
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> Comments are inline.
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> On 10/22/2017 12:12 PM, Jody Garnett wrote:
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> Thanks everyone:
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>    - Maria Brovelli: A
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>    - Vasile Craciunescu: n/a
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>    - Jody Garnett: A
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>    - Anita Graser: -
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>    - Helena Mitasova: A
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>    - Venkatesh Raghavan: A
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>    - Sanghee Shin: A
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>    - Michael Smith: B publicly, C privately, A agree
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>    - Angelos Tzotsos: consider meeting with 24th hours or C
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> I also note that Maxi has made a request for the board take responsibility
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> and not accept Jeff's withdrawal as a candidate. Venka your email to
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> discuss indicated support for this idea, can you elaborate on your thinking?
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> It is not for the board to accept or not accept.
> It is for the CRO to accept or not accept, I think.
> The CRO can, perhaps announce that candidates
> are not allowed to withdraw mid-way of the election
> process.
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> Board can take responsibility to request the CRO to
> make an announcement that candidates cannot withdraw
> mid-way of election.
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> How to handle matter related to Jeff's can be taken up by the
> new board after the election process in over.
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> Venka
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> Jody Garnett
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> On 21 October 2017 at 10:38, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Early I spoke up when I was concerned our delay on recognizing new members
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> would disrupt the ongoing election. This was explicitly the responsibility
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> of the board and I was careful to ask the CRO and follow their lead.
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> I would like to ask the board if we should extend any kind of support to
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> our CRO this week. This election has had hit a number of bumps on the road
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> and I feel bad that so much is being asked if our CRO.
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> A) Do nothing, understanding that our CRO is handling things well and has
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> our trust (this is of course assumed)
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> B) Explicitly state to reaffirm for our members that the CRO is doing a
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> difficult job and has our trust.
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> C) Ask if the CRO wishes any assistance, even if our capacity is reduced.
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> This is not that fun a discussion, and only half our board is
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> realistically available.  We have also accepted the CRO’s comittment and
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> balance our respect for their integrity and our concern for this election
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> placing more responsibility and attention on their role then usual.
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> I thought it would be better to start this email thread here, rather than
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> subject the CRO and board members to another round of questions on discuss.
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> I suspect some of the questions arise from a misunderstanding of the
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> influence that board has, especially in the case of elections which very
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> carefully a hands off affair.
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> Jody Garnett
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