[OSGeo-Conf] MOTION: Clarify Criteria for CC membership

[María Arias de Reyna]

Hi,

As a watcher, I think it makes sense. Specially for a critical
committee like this one, who makes such an important yearly decision.

On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 8:44 AM Till Adams <till.adams at fossgis.de> wrote:
>
> Hi Venka,
>
> up now the procedure is as follows: Anybody can propose any person to
> become member of CC. After that the voing members of CC vote on this person.
>
> In the WIKI [1] it is said, that former chairs of global conferences are
> invited, but still voted and that at least 50% of the members should
> consist of former global chairs.
>
> As far as I remember, there was a proposal from you on Gerald Fenoy and
> there has been a vote, but the result was not clear - I think it was in
> my very early times as member of this committee, so I can't remember really.
>
> I'd suggest the following:
>
> 1. I'd like to officially take in the 2018 chairs, the voting period
> ends today.
>
> 2. In parallel I will send out a call to CC and ask whether other people
> will be proposed to become members. If people are proposed I will call
> for a secret vote on them, looking for two independent CRO's.
>
> We can follow this rule every year after a global F4G is over, call the
> former chair(s) to become members and in parallel call for other persons
> to be proposed.
>
> Any issues on that?
> Till
>
>
>
> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee
>
>
>
> Am 10.09.2018 um 08:26 schrieb Venka:
> > Dear All,
> >
> > I would like to table a motion as below;
> >
> > MOTION: Clarify criteria for CC membership
> >
> > There is no clear rule for CC membership.
> > I see Chair of Global FOSS4G being nominated
> > for CC membership. However, the CC still
> > comprises of members who have not still not
> > chaired global FOSS4G but have very successfully
> > organized large regional FOSS4G conferences.
> >
> > Best
> >
> > Venka
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