[OSGeo-Conf] [Board] Amended MOTION (items 1-5): Conference Committee - Updating Membership Policies and Process

Steven Feldman shfeldman at gmail.com
Tue Sep 27 07:53:07 PDT 2016 

I am voting -1 

I would prefer that we adopted the Conference Committee Guidelines which allow more flexibility. I am not convinced that there is a case for differentiating the conference committee from all the other committees.

I wish to be clear that I do not want my -1 to constitute a veto, it is an expression of strong disagreement. The current voting scheme does not have a vote that expresses strong disagreement, the Board voting procedures say "A vote of "-0" indicates mild disagreement, but has no effect”. I want my vote to have effect and to be registered as a vote against the motion. 

If there is a majority in favour of the motion I will accept the majority view which I believe is the way that this committee and all OSGeo committees should operate.

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Steven


> On 27 Sep 2016, at 12:07, Venkatesh Raghavan <venka.osgeo at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 9/27/2016 5:50 PM, Maria Antonia Brovelli wrote:
>> +1
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> +1, Venka
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>> Maria
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>> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
>> Vice Rector for Como Campus and GIS Professor
>> Politecnico di Milano
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>> ISPRS WG IV/4"Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)"; OSGeo; ICA-OSGeo-ISPRS Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET
>> Sol Katz Award 2015
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>> Via Natta, 12/14 - 22100 COMO (ITALY)
>> Tel. +39-031-3327336 - Mob. +39-328-0023867 - fax. +39-031-3327321
>> e-mail1: <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>> maria.brovelli at polimi.it <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>
>> e-mail2: prorettrice at como.polimi.it <mailto:prorettrice at como.polimi.it>
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>> ________________________________
>> Da: Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com <mailto:shfeldman at gmail.com>>
>> Inviato: martedì 27 settembre 2016 10.49
>> A: Maria Antonia Brovelli; conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>
>> Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [Board] Amended MOTION (items 1-5): Conference Committee - Updating Membership Policies and Process
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>> We are voting on Maria's 1st amendment to the original motion (note that 4 further amendments may be proposed subsequently)
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>> 1) For the voting procedures of the Conference Committee, the Board Voting procedure made milder with the introduction of a 50 % quorum is  adopted.
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>> For your info the Board Voting procedure is here https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Voting_Procedure <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Voting_Procedure> and the Committee Guidelines are here https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Committee_Guidelines <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Committee_Guidelines> the two are not the same.
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>> The voting will close at 18.00 GMT on Thursday 29th September (2 clear business days as per Committee Guidelines).
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>> Please vote in this thread, if you vote -1 please explain your concern and suggest an alternative
>> ______
>> Steven
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>> On 27 Sep 2016, at 09:24, Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it><mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>> wrote:
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>> Sorry, I don't know why my emails don't arrive when I send them but they take at least one hour (in some cases I noticed some hours).
>> My email was sent before you wrote you voting proposal. I don't want to appear more rude than I am ;-)
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>> However, probably an asynchronous vote, where earlier we decide how we want to vote and then we vote for the other items could be more logic.
>> 
>> Sorry again and I hope that this mail goes faster
>> Thanks Steven for your patience...
>> Maria
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>> ----------------------------------------------------
>> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
>> Vice Rector for Como Campus and GIS Professor
>> Politecnico di Milano
>> 
>> ISPRS WG IV/4"Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)"; OSGeo; ICA-OSGeo-ISPRS Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET
>> Sol Katz Award 2015
>> 
>> Via Natta, 12/14 - 22100 COMO (ITALY)
>> Tel. +39-031-3327336 - Mob. +39-328-0023867 - fax. +39-031-3327321
>> e-mail1: <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>> maria.brovelli at polimi.it <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it><mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
>> e-mail2: prorettrice at como.polimi.it <mailto:prorettrice at como.polimi.it><mailto:prorettrice at como.polimi.it <mailto:prorettrice at como.polimi.it>>
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>> Da: Conference_dev <conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>>> per conto di Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com <mailto:shfeldman at gmail.com><mailto:shfeldman at gmail.com <mailto:shfeldman at gmail.com>>>
>> Inviato: martedì 27 settembre 2016 10.17
>> A: conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>>
>> Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [Board] Amended MOTION (items 1-5): Conference Committee - Updating Membership Policies and Process
>> 
>> Maria
>> 
>> If you insist, we will vote on item 1) of Maria's motion
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>> Maria, how long would you like voting to last?
>> ______
>> Steven
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>> On 27 Sep 2016, at 08:33, Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it><mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>> wrote:
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>> I again propose to vote on 1)
>> We have been discussing for many days and sooner or later we have to take a decision, which will not be the same for all of us.
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>> Please, shall we vote on
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>> 1) For the voting procedures of the Conference Committee the Board . Voting
>> procedure made milder with the introduction of a 50 % quorum is  adopted.
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>>                                 ?
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>> Best.
>> Maria
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