[Board] About 2018 Board Election results

[Cameron Shorter]

Hi Gerald,

I'm confident many, if not all of the unsuccessful nominees will 
continue to be a positive influence within the OSGeo community. Leaders 
need not hold official titles such as board membership in order to lead 
within a do-ochracy. Lets not stir up devisive debates which result is 
community members silently dropping off our email lists. I'm hopeful 
that you might consider retracting your statement. If not, I'm hopeful 
that the OSGeo board will decide that acting according to community 
opinion is more important than invoking a legal loophole.

While I accept that you have a valid concern about the breaking of 
process, I feel that if you wished to raise your concern you should have 
done so at the time the CROs announced the changes. Not now. The CROs 
were open in their decision to change the process, and they provided 
valid reasons for changing the process which I trust was based on their 
best assessment of the situation. Our community has voted and selected 
the candidates they want.

Regards, Cameron

On 8/12/18 4:01 pm, Gérald Fenoy wrote:
> Dear OSGeo Board of Directors,
> I would like to express my afraid about the validity of the recent board election and also make suggestion to ensure that democratic (aspect) sanctity of the election process is maintained.
>
> 1) Did the board authorize the decision to extend the nomination period? Even if this was authorized, I think it is highly improper to extend nomination deadline once the nomination process has already started.
>
> 2) Was the decision to extend nomination period only made by the CRO's? If that was the case, this is also grossly improper since CROs are only mandated to conduct the voting process and not change the rules of the election especially after the election process started. At least this is my understanding.
>
> Considering the two points raised above, I strongly suggest that the people nominated after the initial deadline should not be counted. Their votes should be divided among the four candidates who were nominated before the initial nomination deadline and the new board members should be declared from among the four nominees. The other option is to cancel the board election and start the voting process again including only the people that were nominated in time.
>
>
> Gérald Fenoy
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