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

Tue Sep 27 08:10:34 PDT 2016

I am +1 on Maria's point 1 to have a 50% quorum. Personally, I'd be happy
going down to 25% especially if we keep a larger committee than just 11,
but 50% is reasonable and better than 100% or having the quorum be
undefined.

While the vote on hosting the annual conference is one of the biggest
decisions that OSGeo makes every year, it is important to note that this
committee's vote is *simply a recommendation* to the Board. We can all hope
that the Board takes this recommendation very seriously, but I would rather
only have people who actually are paying attention and reading all the bids
really participate. What we deliver to the Board is not simply a vote, but
we also provide a conversation, recorded on this list, that expresses any
thoughts and concerns we all have based on our experiences running FOSS4G's
and other events.

David

On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 9:53 AM, Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
> ______
> Steven
>
>
> On 27 Sep 2016, at 12:07, Venkatesh Raghavan <venka.osgeo at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> On 9/27/2016 5:50 PM, Maria Antonia Brovelli wrote:
>
> +1
>
>
> +1, Venka
>
>
>
> Maria
>
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> 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 <maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
> maria.brovelli at polimi.it
> e-mail2: prorettrice at como.polimi.it
>
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> ________________________________
> Da: Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com>
> Inviato: martedì 27 settembre 2016 10.49
> A: Maria Antonia Brovelli; conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org
> Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [Board] Amended MOTION (items 1-5): Conference
> Committee - Updating Membership Policies and Process
>
> We are voting on Maria's 1st amendment to the original motion (note that 4
> further amendments may be proposed subsequently)
>
> 1) For the voting procedures of the Conference Committee, the Board Voting
> procedure made milder with the introduction of a 50 % quorum is  adopted.
>
> For your info the Board Voting procedure is here https://wiki.osgeo.org/
> wiki/Board_Voting_Procedure and the Committee Guidelines are here
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Committee_Guidelines the two are not the same.
>
> The voting will close at 18.00 GMT on Thursday 29th September (2 clear
> business days as per Committee Guidelines).
>
> Please vote in this thread, if you vote -1 please explain your concern and
> suggest an alternative
> ______
> Steven
>
>
> On 27 Sep 2016, at 09:24, Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it
> <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it <maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>> wrote:
>
> 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 ;-)
>
> 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
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> 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 <maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
> maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it
> <maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
> e-mail2: prorettrice at como.polimi.it<mailto:prorettrice at como.polimi.it
> <prorettrice at como.polimi.it>>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> Da: Conference_dev <conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<
> mailto:conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> <conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>>> per conto di Steven Feldman <
> shfeldman at gmail.com<mailto:shfeldman at gmail.com <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
> <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
>
> Maria, how long would you like voting to last?
> ______
> Steven
>
>
> On 27 Sep 2016, at 08:33, Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it
> <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it <maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> Please, shall we vote on
>
> 1) For the voting procedures of the Conference Committee the Board . Voting
> procedure made milder with the introduction of a 50 % quorum is  adopted.
>
>                                 ?
>
> Best.
> Maria
>
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