[OSGeo-Discuss] *Nominations: New Charter Members*

Allan Doyle adoyle at eogeo.org
Wed Jun 6 07:43:53 PDT 2007


Is there (or will there be) a page that has the short paragraph of  
why someone's been nominated? Some of us may not know everyone on the  
list of confirmed nominees.

	Allan

On Jun 6, 2007, at 10:37, Dave McIlhagga wrote:

> Tyler,
>
> Is voting started now on new Charter Members? My understanding was  
> that this was to begin right after nominations were completed.
>
> Could you send an update to the discuss list on next steps?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>
>
>
> On 25-May-07, at 12:26 PM, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo CRO) wrote:
>
>> * Nominations for new Charter Members is now open *
>>
>> The Board of Directors has asked me to coordinate the election of  
>> up to 15 new Charter Members[1].  The process they have approved  
>> is described here:
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/New_Membership_Process.
>> I am filling the Chief Returning Officer (CRO) role.
>>
>> Charter Members are the legal/official voting members of the  
>> organisation.  Because OSGeo is an incorporated legal entity,  
>> these positions are important because they elect the Board that  
>> manages the organisation.  Vacant board positions can only be  
>> filled by Charter Members.  Therefore, the board has decided to  
>> first increase the number of Charter Members and then to proceed  
>> with Board elections.
>>
>> This is the official notice announcing that nominations for new  
>> Charter Members is now open.  Nominations must be sent to the  
>> Chief Returning Office address: cro at osgeo.org
>> Please include:
>>  * full name of the nominee
>>  * email address and phone number of nominee, if known
>>  * short paragraph describing why you are nominating them.  Please  
>> refer to [2] for a list of Positive Attributes for new charter  
>> members.
>>  * you are allowed to nominate yourself
>>
>> Nominations will be accepted from May 25 - June 3.  Anyone can  
>> submit a nomination.  I will contact the nominees directly to  
>> verify their willingness to be nominated.  When this confirmation  
>> process is complete, a list of nominees will be posted and the 10  
>> day voting process started.  Voting will be done by current  
>> Charter Members.  During the voting period, there will be time for  
>> discussing nominees and their contributions using this OSGeo  
>> mailing list.
>>
>> Multiple nominations for the same person are welcome.  I will  
>> update this page as I receive nominations:
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/New_Member_Nominations
>>
>> [1] Current charter Members: http://www.osgeo.org/content/ 
>> foundation/members/voting_members.html
>> [2] http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/New_Membership_Process
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Tyler
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