[Board] New rules for OSGeo committees

[Venkatesh Raghavan]

Dear All,

I think the proposal for CC guidelines was voted and passed
in 9 Feb., 2017 and both Maria and myself vote +1 for
it.

Best

Venka

[1] 
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee_Policy_Discussions#Motion_3:_adjusted_based_on_feedback_by_Cameron_Shorter

On 9/18/2017 3:08 AM, Jody Garnett wrote:
> The board discussed the topic last year after the events you describe.
>
> - https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2016-11-03
> - https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2016-11-25
>
> The action was taken to ask committees to write down how they operate as a
> formal document for the website (giving the board an opportunity to review
> as required).
>
> As an example the incubation committee has responded here
> http://www.osgeo.org/incubator (see "Committee Operation").
>
> Not all committees have responded, and were not asked for an update during
> the AGM.
>
> You know my own take on this, it is worth negotiation with committee
> members to see what will work. The incubation committee has gradually
> relaxed from IRC meeting to the email procedures you see now.
>
> I personally like the GeoServer requirement that -1 votes carry the
> responsibility of providing an alternative. It is worth noting that even
> when the veto requests that things remain the same  is awkward when the
> request is for things to stay the same, since it does not carry the same
> burden of responsibility to negotiate
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 17 September 2017 at 09:07, Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Almost a year ago the conference list had an extensive discussion on
>> proposals to introduce new rules on membership of the conference committee
>> and updating the voting procedure and quorum to reflect the size of the
>> committee.
>>
>> A proposal got almost unanimous support (10 or 12 votes in favour) but was
>> vetoed by 2 committee members (Venka and Maria). Subsequent discussions on
>> counter proposals from Venka and Maria failed to gain support and the whole
>> topic lapsed.
>>
>> I recall that Venka and Maria undertook to take the matter to the board
>> for further discussion with the intention of proposing new guidelines on
>> membership and voting for ALL committees. Has the board discussed this
>> topic?
>>
>> Steven
>> 07958 924 101
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