[OSGeo-Discuss] Board and Representational tasks

[Daniel Morissette]

Tim,

I'm in agreement with most of your comments except this one:

Tim Bowden wrote:
>  Personally I think charter membership should be
> opened up to anyone who who wants to apply and can find an existing
> member or two to second their application.  I realise part of the
> rationale for the current structure was to avoid the organisation being
> hijacked, but it would seem that OSGeo has a healthy enough community
> that the risk of that is practically non-existent.  In the (very)
> unlikely event that happened, the exodus of projects, members and
> sponsors from the org would make it nothing but a hollow meaningless
> shell worth nothing to the hijackers.
> 

If all the hijacker wants is to see OSGeo's coordinated efforts fall 
apart then the "exodus of projects, members and sponsors" would give 
them exactly what they wanted.

I think the current system of charter membership is a necessary 
protection that OSGeo needs to maintain, even if it's not perfect.

Daniel
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Daniel Morissette
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