[Board] About 2018 Board Election results

[Vasile Craciunescu]

Dear Gérald,

Until the board will officially present a position on the issue raised 
by you, please let me express CRO point of you, as CRO position was 
involved in this matter.

1. CRO initiated the deadline extension. This was done in good faith, 
taken in consideration the best interest of OSGeo. In this case, we 
consider that OSGeo credibility and the credibility of the entire voting 
process was in risk, having elections with 4 nominations for 4 
vacancies. Deadline were extend in past elections (also this year), by 
CRO decision, due to technical problems or just to allow more people to 
vote. Nobody complained about this. We also do not see this terms to be 
so strict. To quote the Board Election Procedure[1] "The nomination 
period should be approximately 1 week long.". In well justified 
situations, CRO should be able to change the deadlines.

2. OSGeo board was privately consulted (board-priv mailing list) on the 
deadline extension. It's true, no formal votes were recorded but nobody 
from the board expressed a different opinion.

Best,
Vasile

[1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Election_Procedure


On 12/8/18 7:01 AM, 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
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Djay
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