[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Board Election Results

[Landon Blake]

I wanted to add my agreement with a couple of the statements made on
this topic.

First of all, I agree with Gary, I don't think the benefit of releasing
the tallies outweighs the harmful side effects.

Secondly, I think it would be a great idea to release a map showing the
location of the board members that voted.

Thirdly, I know that I voted for the members that I was the most
familiar with. Perhaps an interesting approach at the next election
would be to have the nominees answer a set of questions selected from
the charter members. We could post each nominee's answer to the
questions on the wiki.

For example, we might ask the nominee what the GIS free software
community's greatest challenge is, and what role they think the OSGeo
should have in overcoming this challenge.

The Sunburned Surveyor

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Gary Sherman
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 6:50 PM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Board Election Results

What purpose is served by displaying the results in this way? I see
absolutely no benefit, other than to create an ad-hoc popularity  
contest to see who beat out whom.

What lessons can be learned from having the tally known? How can it  
benefit
OSGeo in future elections? Will it deter people from running in the  
future?

The votes were not posted publicly, we know who won, leave it at that.

If the final tally by person is made public, will we next ask to see  
how each charter member voted?

This is beyond openness.

-gary

(Yes I was a candidate, yes I was not elected, no this has nothing to  
do with my position on this issue)


On Aug 9, 2007, at 11:20 AM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:

> P Kishor wrote:
>> In the spirit of openness, it would be worthwhile seeing where the
>> charter members thought it best to cast their votes. While
>> embarrassment is a possible consequence, I believe if I were running
>> for a Board member, and if I lost, I would still like to see the
>> votes... I am not interested in seeing who voted for who... I am more
>> interested in seeing the voting pattern as a reflection of the  
>> pattern
>> of interest, awareness, and even a need for doing more.
>
> Puneet (and Tamas, Bart, ...)
>
> I don't have a strong opinion on this.  If someone would like to take
> this issue formally to the board I would encourage you to write up a
> position in the wiki and add it as a topic for the next board meeting
> agenda at:
>
>   http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Twenty_Eighth_Board_Meeting
>
> If so, I'd ask that you be available to speak on behalf of the issue
> for the next board meeting.  Alternatively, the topic could be  
> discussed
> at the AGM at FOSS4G (planned for late on the Monday I believe).  I
> can't seem to find a wiki page about the AGM, though I think one  
> exists.
>
> Of course, discussing here is fine too, but ultimately for action it
> is helpful for someone to "carry the ball".  I'm not going to be that
> person given a lack of enthusiasm about the idea.
>
> Best regards,
> -- 
> --------------------------------------- 
> +--------------------------------------
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