[Board] 2021 Charter member election report

[Astrid Emde (OSGeo)]

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Astrid

Am 24.11.2021 20:27 schrieb Angelos Tzotsos via Board:
> Hi all,
> 
> Motion has now passed on Loomio.
> Welcome to the new charter members!
> 
> Best,
> Angelos
> 
> On 11/22/21 8:49 PM, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
>> Actually this is the motion:
>> 
>> https://www.loomio.org/p/PDvTgkVN/motion-to-approve-new-charter-members-for-2021-based-on-the-recommendation-of-cro 
>> On 11/22/21 8:47 PM, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
>>> Dear Board and CRO,
>>> 
>>> Here is the motion to accept the new charter members, please vote:
>>> https://www.loomio.org/d/8RTygoXf/approve-new-charter-members-for-2021-based-on-the-recommendation-of-cro 
>>> Best,
>>> Angelos
>>> 
>>> On 11/22/21 8:22 PM, Anne Ghisla via Board wrote:
>>>> Dear Board Members,
>>>> 
>>>> The voting period for charter members is over.
>>>> 
>>>> # Nominations
>>>> 
>>>> We had 15 nominations, all nominees created an OSGeo profile and
>>>> sent their confirmation in time.
>>>> 
>>>> # Voting
>>>> 
>>>> The elections went smoothly, only two invitations were sent to 
>>>> invalid
>>>> addresses, which has been fixed. The email addresses were collected
>>>> directly from osgeo.org profiles.
>>>> 
>>>> This year, 230 votes were casted. It was a lower number than last 
>>>> year
>>>> (304 in 2020, then 209 in 2019, 276 in 2018 for comparison). For
>>>> upcoming Board election I will make sure to send more reminders.
>>>> 
>>>> # Results
>>>> 
>>>> The score for each nominee is:
>>>> 
>>>> Nominee    Count
>>>> Enock Seth Nyamador, from Ghana    150
>>>> Maia Williams, from Australia    137
>>>> John Duncan, from Australia    125
>>>> Amin Mobasheri, from Germany    145
>>>> Peter Rushforth, from Canada    136
>>>> Fernando Mino, from Ecuador    136
>>>> Julien Cabièces, from France    127
>>>> Loïc Bartoletti, from France    137
>>>> Ashish Kumar, from India    143
>>>> Stefan F. Keller, from Switzerland    149
>>>> Linda Kladivová, from Czech Republic    145
>>>> Nick Bearman, from UK    141
>>>> Adrien André, from France    104
>>>> Nicolas Rochard, from France    119
>>>> Malika Gunawardana, from Sri Lanka    152
>>>> 
>>>> Results are also attached as PDF.
>>>> 
>>>> The CRO didn't receive any negative feedback about the nominees.
>>>> 
>>>> # Board approval
>>>> 
>>>> Soon as the board approves the nominees, the CRO will update
>>>> www.osgeo.org users, with the charter member flag. They will be 
>>>> added to
>>>> the members database afterwards.
>>>> 
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> 
>>>> Anne Ghisla and Jorge Gustavo Rocha
>>>> (your 2021 OSGeo Elections CROs)
>>>> 
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>>> 
>>> 
>> 
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