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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi all,<br>
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According to our bylaws:<br>
"Section 5.1 Number and Qualifications. The officers of the
corporation shall consist of a Chair of the Board, a President, a
Secretary, and a Treasurer. Officers must be natural persons that
the Board of Directors elects or appoints. Officers need not be
Directors of the corporation and shall hold office at the
discretion of the Board of Directors. Subject to these Bylaws, the
Board of Directors may also elect or appoint one or more
additional
officers or assistant officers as it may deem convenient or
necessary. Except as provided in these Bylaws, the Board of
Directors shall fix the powers and duties of all officers."<br>
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Based on the above and also the fact that none of the motions were
passed in the current discussions, I propose we move on as the
bylaws state, with no further delays, accept the nomination of
Dirk for VP (I second the nomination of Dirk) and move on with a
vote.<br>
In my opinion, if there is no consensus for a change, then we must
make sure that the bylaws are followed. After reading the bylaws
very carefully, I don't actually find points where current or
previous board decisions diverted from the bylaws (besides the
fact that we elect our board through electronic means and not
during the AGM)<br>
I believe that our Members are not enjoying this discussion and
want to see the board moving forward to more important issues for
our Organization.<br>
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Best regards,<br>
Angelos <br>
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On 11/09/2016 01:50 AM, Jody Garnett wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Current board members Helena, Angelos and Anita were nominated as regional
Vice-President at our last board meeting. Anita had declined. Therefore,
I would like to propose the following new motions.
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We also had Dirk nominated.
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I was treating the role of "President and Vice-President" more as covering
the responsibilities of "Executive officer" in keeping with our by-laws
(see Section 5.6). This is distinct from the role of "Chair of the
Board"(section 5.5) although we seem to be combining them.
Thank you for considering the role of charter members for other committees,
while I see what you are getting at it leaves me with some confusion:
a) the foundation lists "officers of the corporation": Chair of the Board,
a President, a Secretary, and a Treasurer
b) we have recognized additional officers over time (
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/board_and_officers.html">http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/board_and_officers.html</a> ). These
represents officers of our corporation (covered under our liability
insurance). By recognizing these individuals, in this capacity, they are
able to act in an official capacity for our organization (this save the
time/trouble of working through the board monthly meetings).
I think this is where we (me and you) are getting stuck on setting
a precedent. It does no good to ask me to rewrite the bylaws, as we would
just put off the conversation one level removed, and still be stuck on the
current task of electing officers. I am of course willing to rewrite bylaws
if it is of benefit.
End of the day:
- I want our officers recognized (and protected) equally
- I would like future boards to have a chance to cast a wide net when
recurituing volunteers
- I do not want the board members to be over taxed as volunteers
- I do not want the board to overreach in terms of responsibility
If the current board (or a future board) is more conformable having
officers that have can vote in the decision making process then it can
consider this when evaluating nominations any given year. There is of
course other ways to allow officers a say in what goes on ... setting up a
working group to tackle an issue on behalf of a board is an approach I
favour.
I do not want to trade a short term awkwardness with competing nominations
(as a board we are compelled to make the tough choices) for a long term
precedent that stifles growth.
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Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
OSGeo Charter Member
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos">http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos</a></pre>
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