[OSGeo-Discuss] Proposed process for selecting OSGeo charter members

[Steven Feldman]

Possible reasons for change:
Inclusiveness
Democracy
Growth
Openness
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Steven


On 26 Jun 2014, at 17:21, Michael P. Gerlek <mpg at flaxen.com> wrote:

> Correct: “membership”, by design at the original founding meeting, was designed not to confer ANY rights or distinguishing properties except for the ability to vote for board members.
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> While the election process is pretty messy right now, I view that as a solvable problem: I’m still at a loss to understand why we’d want to change anything more than that.
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> -mpg
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> On Jun 26, 2014, at 2:58 AM, Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> If I have understood this procedure correctly:
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>> The board is voted for by the Charter Members, new Charter Members are proposed and voted for by the existing Charter Members, there may be a limit placed on the number of new Charter Members set by the board.
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>> Membership of OSGeo does not seem to confer any rights on the member.
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>> Do we need to review our foundation docs to find a more inclusive procedure? 
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>> Steven Feldman
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