[OSGeo-Discuss] 2015 Charter Member elections

Cameron Shorter cameron.shorter at gmail.com
Fri Jul 3 13:59:30 PDT 2015


Hi Maxi and Eli,

I like Maxi's clarification of charter member involvement. I see 
similarities with:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_of_Directors#Suggested_involvement_from_board_members
(I found this list, originally started by Arnulf, to be very useful when 
I was considering involvement with the board)

In discussing OSGeo Roles, I'd suggest also mentioning OSGeo Advocates:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate
"OSGeo Advocates are authoritative OSGeo personalities who have 
volunteered to talk on behalf of the OSGeo foundation." Anyone can add 
themselves.
When calling for OSGeo Charter members, I suggest we should also invite 
people to update their OSGeo Advocate profile, or add themselves if not 
already listed.

Cheers, Cameron

On 3/07/2015 5:47 pm, Massimiliano Cannata wrote:
> Thanks Eli,
> I agree with you about the distinction between "Participants" and 
> "Members".
>
> While participants are those that are working with open source 
> technologies in the geospatial field (I know many people that don't 
> care of OSGeo but follow many list of open source projects or topics 
> because this is the only thing what they look at) members are thos 
> that take care of OSGeo as a fundation and of its ultimate goals 
> (disseminate, build, guarante, etc.).
>
> It is to me like "users" and "committers" of a software project.
>
>
> So the point is what is the role of a member?
> _Again in my opinion_, it should be:
>
> DUTIES:
> * abide the OSGeo code of conduct
> * support OSGeo goals
> * vote when is required
> * ....
>
> RIGHTS
> * vote for the Board
> * vote for any referendum
> * propose new members
> * ....
>
> RULES
> * removed from member if not voted for 3 consecutive time
> * removed from member if a severe infringement of CoC is detected
> * can propose 1 new member a year with 5 support letters of other 
> members (no voting procedure but only verification from a committee to 
> avoid takeover actions
> * ...
>
> And so on....
>
>
> Maxi
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 2015-07-03 8:28 GMT+02:00 Eli Adam <eadam at co.lincoln.or.us 
> <mailto:eadam at co.lincoln.or.us>>:
>
>     Vasile,
>
>     Great work pulling this together.
>
>     We keep calling this discussion things like "Charter member elections"
>     and addressing it during election periods.  I think that topic is
>     really something else, "the nature and types of OSGeo Membership" or
>     something similar.
>
>     If we evaluate our existing structure [1], I think that we can regard
>     "Participants" as a resounding success (there are 10,000+ involved on
>     the email lists, projects, events, etc).  Just as the "Participants"
>     are a success, I think that "Members" are a near complete failure [52]
>     [53] in their current form, I think that "Charter Members" are working
>     well enough in that they seem to be achieving their purpose of being
>     people dedicated to the OSGeo Mission, electing the Board and Charter
>     members, and preventing the unlikely scenario of a takeover.  Charter
>     membership seems to be fraught with all sorts of additional
>     connotation, confusion, differring perspectives, and debate.  Based on
>     this, I think that OSGeo should further our success with
>     "participants", end "membership" since it failed, and refine "Charter"
>     so that is works better.
>
>     What OSGeo membership and Charter membership has been unclear to many.
>     Here is the explanation that I often give to people (some of whom have
>     been using and contributing to OSGeo projects for 5+ years):
>
>     Members simply self identify as members on the wiki.
>
>     Charter members are nominated and elected.  They do what they see fit
>     when they see fit to further/support the goals and mission of OSGeo.
>     It has also historically been a badge of honor for contributing good
>     work.
>
>     What a "Charter Member" is is a matter of endless debate but the very
>     practical purpose is simple: The real practical purpose of Charter
>     Members is to elect the Board of Directors (and more Charter Members).
>     It is to prevent hostile takeover of the organization (or the
>     organization's resources) since OSGeo other than voting for the Board
>     and Charter Members, is open to all who find it, figure out how to
>     participate, are inclined to participate, and feel welcome.
>
>     By offering to nominate you as a Charter Member what I really
>     think is that:
>     1) you support the OSGeo Mission and Goals (promote Open Source GIS
>     software through the world)
>     2) you are sufficiently responsible and care enough to pay minimal
>     attention twice per year to vote for the OSGeo Board of Directors and
>     additional Charter Members
>     3) in the extremely unlikely scenario of a hostile takeover you would
>     first be aware of it and secondly vote to prevent it <--this is
>     really the sole purpose of Charter Members but it is so unlikely that
>     people forget this is the purpose and it is sort of a stupid purpose
>     (even if necessary).
>
>
>
>     In that regard, I think that the survey should include some
>     questions like:
>
>     "OSGeo Membership should be more open/closed"  "Agree or Disagree
>     1-10; 10 is strongly agree, 1 is strongly disagree"
>
>     "The primary purpose of OSGeo Membership is: a) increase participation
>     in OSGeo activities b) recognize substantial OSGeo contributors c)
>     give members a sense of identity and cohesion d)
>     other_________________________"
>
>     "Maintaining some structure to prevent takeover of the organization
>     is: a) a waste of time and effort b) worthwhile even if guarding
>     against an unlikely event c) other_____________"
>
>     "Charter membership should be renamed to a) keep it as Charter b)
>     voting members c) electors d) other _____________"
>
>     "Charter membership should not be used as an honor or mark of prestige
>     instead those should be addressed by a) disagree, charter membership
>     is for prestige b) The Sol Katz Award c) we should have some other
>     badge system d) other ________"
>
>     "The number of Charter members should be a) restricted to some low
>     number b) only be constrained by the number of good candidates
>     available c) other _________"
>
>     and other questions regarding the types and nature of OSGeo membership
>
>     I do believe that Charter members play an important role guarding
>     against the extremely unlikely risk of a takeover.  Other than that
>     very minor role which can be achieved by several methods, I think that
>     all OSGeo activities should be as open as possible to as many people
>     as possible.
>
>     Best regards, Eli
>
>     [1] http://www.osgeo.org/Membership
>     [52] http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=Category:OSGeo_Member --
>     fewer than 1,000 people have bothered to register as "Members"
>     [53] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_member_page_instruction
>
>
>     On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 5:54 AM, Vasile Craciunescu
>     <vasile at geo-spatial.org <mailto:vasile at geo-spatial.org>> wrote:
>     > Dear Cameron, Arnulf, Jeff and Gert-Jan,
>     >
>     > Thank you for your appreciations! It was an interesting exercise
>     of digital
>     > archeology :)
>     >
>     > Dear all,
>     >
>     > I'm waiting until tomorrow for more feedback/ideas. Then I will
>     draft a
>     > survey, I will send you the questions and ask for your opinion
>     and finally,
>     > if all agree, the survey will be sent to all charter members.
>     >
>     > Best,
>     > Vasile
>     >
>     >
>     > On 7/2/15 3:29 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>     >>
>     >> Thanks Vasile for all your excellent research. Great job (and an
>     >> interesting read).
>     >>
>     >> Are you planning to draft sample questions and tick box answers
>     to be
>     >> commented on before being put to the vote?
>     >>
>     >> Cheers Cameron?
>     >>
>     >> On 30/06/2015 10:39 pm, Arnulf Christl (OSGeo) wrote:
>     >>>
>     >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>     >>> Hash: SHA1
>     >>>
>     >>> Vasile,
>     >>> thanks from here too for this very useful recap. I posted it
>     more or
>     >>> less verbatim to the discussion page of the Charter Members
>     article in
>     >>> the Wiki:
>     >>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Talk:Membership_Process
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >>> All,
>     >>> on the OSGeo Wiki we currently have 605 "self categorized"
>     OSGeo members:
>     >>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Category:OSGeo_Member
>     >>>
>     >>> This is the best we can currently do for anybody who is
>     interested in
>     >>> becoming an OSGeo member apart from subscribing to the Discuss
>     mailing
>     >>> list or being nominated as a "Charter Member" to be then
>     elected by an
>     >>> eclectic group of geospatial whizzes.
>     >>>
>     >>> Just to reiterate: "Charter Members" are usually those who set
>     up the
>     >>> charter of an organization:
>     >>> "A charter member of an organization is an original member;
>     that is, one
>     >>> who became a member when the organization received its charter."
>     >>> - From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter
>     >>>
>     >>> After signing the Charter they can continue to participate
>     actively in
>     >>> the organization, go away or even die - without any of this
>     actually
>     >>> changing the Charter.
>     >>>
>     >>> What is OSGeo's Charter? My guess is that the section "About
>     the Open
>     >>> Source Geospatial Foundation" contains what we would consider our
>     >>> Charter.
>     >>>
>     >>> As a legal body incorporated in Delaware, USA we needed to
>     implement how
>     >>> the newly founded organization should support this charter.
>     This has
>     >>> been written into the bylaws:
>     >>> http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/incorporation/bylaws.html
>     >>>
>     >>> In "ARTICLE VII Members" of our bylaws we specify how we plan
>     to manage
>     >>> membership. There is no talk of "Charter Members", just "members".
>     >>> Looking at what we did almost 10 years ago it was probably the
>     right
>     >>> thing to do at that time. But it may be good for an update. My
>     >>> suggestion is to change this section into regular membership
>     and remove
>     >>> the self-pollinating aspect. At the same time we could update our
>     >>> "About" section into a proper Charter and then go ahead and
>     operate as
>     >>> any regular member association.
>     >>>
>     >>> On a personal note: I do not see any danger of a hostile
>     take-over. This
>     >>> was an important catch we put into the DNA of OSGeo when we
>     founded it.
>     >>> There never was a hostile take-over and I cannot really see it
>     coming.
>     >>> We are big enough to not need to fear this anymore. And we
>     would make
>     >>> OSGeo a much more open and welcoming organization if we moved
>     away from
>     >>> this somewhat strange self pollinating system.
>     >>>
>     >>> I am not really passionate about this and only consider it an
>     overdue
>     >>> maintenance patch to how OSGeo functions. If there is no broad
>     interest
>     >>> I am happy to drop the ball, otherwise I am as happy to help
>     build a
>     >>> more appropriate member mechanism.
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >>> Best regards,
>     >>> Seven
>     >>>
>     >>> - -- Arnulf Christl (OSGeo)
>     >>> OSGeo President Emeritus
>     >>> OSGeo Founding and Charter Member
>     >>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Arnulf_Christl
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >>> On 30.06.2015 13:24, Gert-Jan van der Weijden - Stichting
>     OSGeo.nl wrote:
>     >>>>
>     >>>> Vasile: thanks for this very useful recap.
>     >>>>
>     >>>>
>     >>>> A few remarks from a relative newbie as I am ;-)
>     >>>> - the name of the wiki page with the charter members is
>     already called
>     >>>> "voting members" ;-)
>     >>>> - the charter member list grows and grows. Over the year only
>     1 person
>     >>>> retired from the charter member list
>     >>>> - charter membership seems to drift towards a title of honour,
>     >>>> instead of a
>     >>>> mechanism for proper board elections and prevent a hostile
>     take-over
>     >>>> - the voting participant rate for the board elections is low
>     over the
>     >>>> years:
>     >>>> 70% - 85%. I would expect 100%!
>     >>>>
>     >>>>
>     >>>> Therefore, I'd suggest a voting membership with:
>     >>>> - a fixed number of seats (e.g. 72)
>     >>>> - with a certain numbers of seats reserved for each region [51],
>     >>>> (e.g. 6*6,
>     >>>> and thus 36 remaining "wildcard"-seats).
>     >>>> - in case of not enough candidates, or note enough votes for
>     a candidate
>     >>>> from a certain region, seats can remain empty
>     >>>> - a 3 term (instead of a lifetime membership, re-election
>     possible)
>     >>>> - and a mechanism in which not all seats are elected every
>     year, but
>     >>>> one-third every year, and thus all seats once every three years
>     >>>>
>     >>>>
>     >>>> Just my 2 eurocents,
>     >>>>
>     >>>> Gert-Jan
>     >>>>
>     >>>>
>     >>>>
>     >>>> [51] http://bl.ocks.org/jsanz/raw/779f9b9954b92461fa50/
>     >>>>
>     >>>>
>     >>>>
>     >>>>
>     >>>>
>     >>>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>     >>>> Van: discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>     <mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>
>     >>>> [mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>     <mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>] Namens Vasile Craciunescu
>     >>>> Verzonden: maandag 29 juni 2015 15:08
>     >>>> Aan: OSGeo Discussions
>     >>>> Onderwerp: [OSGeo-Discuss] 2015 Charter Member elections
>     >>>>
>     >>>> Dear all,
>     >>>>
>     >>>> First of all, please accept my apologies for the delay in
>     sending this
>     >>>> message to you and, again, apologies for the length of the
>     message.
>     >>>>
>     >>>> Let's start with some basic information about the charter member
>     >>>> elections
>     >>>> followed by a little bit of history. I know that many of you
>     already
>     >>>> know
>     >>>> the details but the community is quite large now and I find
>     this recap
>     >>>> useful.
>     >>>>
>     >>>> OSGeo charter members [1] are the blood of our foundation.
>     They are
>     >>>> voted
>     >>>> into this category by the other charter members. They have
>     the right
>     >>>> to vote
>     >>>> in elections for other charter members and for board members.
>     They are
>     >>>> required to act in accordance with the goals and bylaws [2]
>     of the
>     >>>> Foundation and have the following responsibilities:
>     >>>> (1) annually vote for OSGeo Board members; (2) annually vote
>     for new
>     >>>> OSGeo
>     >>>> Charter members and (3) be aware of and protect against a hostile
>     >>>> takeover
>     >>>> of OSGeo.
>     >>>>
>     >>>> Each year new charter members are nominated (nomination
>     process is
>     >>>> open for
>     >>>> the entire community, not only to the existing charter
>     members) and
>     >>>> elected
>     >>>> by existing OSGeo charter members, in a process supervised by the
>     >>>> board [3]
>     >>>> and operated by the Chief Returning Officer (CRO) [4].
>     >>>> Non-active members can retire or be removed by board decision. An
>     >>>> updated
>     >>>> list with all the current and past charter members is
>     available on OSGEo
>     >>>> website [5]. During the years the charter members selection
>     procedure
>     >>>> suffered minor and major changes as you can see bellow.
>     >>>>
>     >>>> OSGeo was created in early 2006 [7]. One of the main outcomes
>     of the
>     >>>> first
>     >>>> OSGeo meeting (held in Chicago) [7] was a list of 21
>     foundation voting
>     >>>> members (most of them high profile figures of the existing FOSS4G
>     >>>> projects) and 5 interim directors [8]. Later that month, the
>     first real
>     >>>> elections started with a public nomination call [9] followed by a
>     >>>> vote [10]
>     >>>> and the election of new 24 voting members [11]. This was
>     followed by
>     >>>> a new
>     >>>> nomination call [12] for the remaining four open seats in the
>     board.
>     >>>> After a
>     >>>> tight vote, the first four candidates [13] from a list of
>     eight [14]
>     >>>> join
>     >>>> the board.
>     >>>>
>     >>>> In June, after a f2f meeting, the new board redefined the OSGeo
>     >>>> membership
>     >>>> categories as we know today [15]. The voting members are now
>     called
>     >>>> "Charter
>     >>>> Members" and they have the right to vote in elections for
>     other charter
>     >>>> members, and for board members. The other member categories
>     >>>> (participant &
>     >>>> members) have the right to nominate charter board members but
>     they
>     >>>> cannot
>     >>>> cast votes. In March 2007, with the approach of the new
>     charter members
>     >>>> elections, discussion started about the ned for a CRO
>     position, the
>     >>>> number
>     >>>> of new seats (and by who/how the number is decided) and the
>     voting
>     >>>> procedure
>     >>>> (e.g. nomination and voting period extend, right to designate a
>     >>>> proxy, the
>     >>>> number of votes each charter member can submit) [16]. In June
>     2007 the
>     >>>> nomination process [17] started with the aim to elect 15
>     charter members
>     >>>> (the number was arbitrarily selected by the board). During
>     the vote
>     >>>> [18],
>     >>>> each charter member was entitled to cast votes up to 15 names
>     from the
>     >>>> nomination list. It was possible to cast more than one vote
>     to the same
>     >>>> nominee (even all 15 votes).
>     >>>>
>     >>>> The same voting procedure was used for the 2008 charter
>     member elections
>     >>>> (including the number of seats, 15) [19]. However, the
>     nomination list
>     >>>> included 18 great names [20] and people start asking to
>     accept all the
>     >>>> names. Again, the method to pick the number of open seats was
>     questioned
>     >>>> again. Some people ask not to change the rules during the
>     game and to
>     >>>> select
>     >>>> only 15 names. And 15th it was. Ironically, "there was a
>     four-way tie
>     >>>> for
>     >>>> last place. So, the 15th person on the list was selected by a
>     random
>     >>>> process." [21].
>     >>>>
>     >>>> In 2009 the elections [22] followed the same rules but the
>     number of
>     >>>> seats
>     >>>> was raised to 30. Though, as before, the charter members were
>     able to
>     >>>> cast
>     >>>> only 15 votes. All nominated members [23] were elected as the
>     number was
>     >>>> bellow 30.
>     >>>>
>     >>>> 2010 [24], brought an important change. Due to lack of time
>     for proper
>     >>>> organization, it was decided to switch the election order and
>     elect the
>     >>>> charter members after the board elections. This way, the new
>     charter
>     >>>> members
>     >>>> were not able to vote in the same year were elected. Also,
>     the board
>     >>>> decided, in a f2f meeting, to "add 10% of existing members
>     each year
>     >>>> - 10
>     >>>> new members this year." [25]. The charter member were able to
>     cast a
>     >>>> maximum
>     >>>> of 10 votes using the same rules as before. However, a number
>     of voices
>     >>>> noted that the list of nominee [26] had many great names and
>     it was a
>     >>>> pity
>     >>>> to cut down to only 10. Some suggested that is time to make some
>     >>>> changes in
>     >>>> the charter member selection procedure (e.g. [27]).
>     >>>>
>     >>>> In 2011 [28] the elections order remain the same as in 2010.
>     The board
>     >>>> agreed on opening 20 seats (20% - [29]). Each member were
>     able to cast a
>     >>>> maximum of 20 votes using the same rules as before. In the
>     end, 21
>     >>>> members
>     >>>> were elected (all nominees [30]) as it was a tie for the 20th
>     slot
>     >>>> and that
>     >>>> still fits within the limits of 20% new charter members set
>     by the
>     >>>> board.
>     >>>> The voting participating rate was 65% and some voices ask
>     about the
>     >>>> charter
>     >>>> member retirement procedure.
>     >>>>
>     >>>> In 2012 [31] the election schedule return to the initial
>     order: first
>     >>>> charter member and then board. 20 seats were open and the board
>     >>>> decided to
>     >>>> accept all 22 nominations [32] as it was inline with OSGeo
>     bylaws (is
>     >>>> possible to add between 10% and one third of the existing charter
>     >>>> membership).
>     >>>>
>     >>>> 2013 [33] elections followed the 2012 scenario. 30 seats open. 37
>     >>>> nominations received [34]. The board decided to accept all the
>     >>>> nominations.
>     >>>>
>     >>>> 2014 [35], the year of the change for OSGeo charter member
>     elections.
>     >>>> First big change was the implementation of an electronic voting
>     >>>> system [36]
>     >>>> to replace the e-mail voting. The selection process itself
>     was also
>     >>>> revised
>     >>>> from the bottom. Each charter member received an email with a
>     >>>> personalized
>     >>>> url to access the electronic voting system. Each charter
>     member can vote
>     >>>> with Yes/No/Abstain for all nominated charter members.
>     >>>> Each candidate with more YES votes than NO votes, and greater
>     than 5% of
>     >>>> voting charter members voting YES for them, were included as
>     new charter
>     >>>> members. The result was that all 64 nominations [37] were
>     accepted as
>     >>>> Charter members. For the first time, the board decided to
>     publish the
>     >>>> elections results on the internet with detail numbers of
>     >>>> YES/NO/ABSTAIN for
>     >>>> each nominee [38]. Some concerns were raised about the low
>     threshold of
>     >>>> voting charter members voting YES for a nominee.
>     >>>>
>     >>>> Now we are getting to the current year. In 2015 [39], the
>     elections will
>     >>>> follow the same pattern: charter members and then board
>     members. For the
>     >>>> charter members elections, the OSGeo president, Jeff McKenna,
>     propose to
>     >>>> change the the above mentioned threshold from 5% to 50% [40].
>     Jeff did a
>     >>>> simulation on the last year votes with the new threshold and
>     >>>> discovered that
>     >>>> 45 nominations would be accepted, versus all 64 nominations.
>     The item
>     >>>> was
>     >>>> briefly introduced during the board meeting held in June [41].
>     >>>> Due to the lack of time, no detailed discussions or vote
>     follow [42].
>     >>>> However, a motion on the item was introduced to the board via
>     e-mail
>     >>>> [43].
>     >>>> The board was not able to reach an consensus with six votes to
>     >>>> approve, one
>     >>>> abstain and two to reject the motion. Some other charter
>     members join
>     >>>> the
>     >>>> discussion but also with split opinions. Some are pro for a more
>     >>>> exclusive
>     >>>> charter membership and some are for a easy way to join. A
>     >>>> consultation with
>     >>>> the entire community was demanded. For more details see
>     thread "[Board]
>     >>>> motions from June 18 meeting - making OSGeo Charter
>     membership more
>     >>>> exclusive" on the board mailing list [44]. The thread
>     expanded on the
>     >>>> OSGeo-discuss mailing list and more concerns were raised.
>     Like: the
>     >>>> YES/NO/Abstain options should be better explained to the charter
>     >>>> members;
>     >>>> ask the charter members to vote on the threshold; the
>     algorithm to
>     >>>> measure
>     >>>> the support for a nominee should be modified as Abstain votes are
>     >>>> counted
>     >>>> right now as No votes. The "YES / (NO + YES) = percentage
>     support"
>     >>>> [45] and
>     >>>> "(YES-NO) / (YES+NO+ABSTAIN) = percentage support" [46]
>     formulas were
>     >>>> suggested; Arnulf suggested that "charter member" term was
>     misused by
>     >>>> OSGeo
>     >>>> in the past and the foundation should embrace a regular
>     membership
>     >>>> mechanism
>     >>>> and even ask for a low annual membership fee [47].
>     >>>>
>     >>>> I hope I did not make any mistakes and also did not left
>     important
>     >>>> information outside this recap. I so, please correct/add
>     points. Charter
>     >>>> member elections process is vital to OSGeo, therefore we
>     should proceed
>     >>>> further with great care. The time is also not on our side as
>     we need
>     >>>> to do
>     >>>> this before the board elections. Until now we have the following
>     >>>> options:
>     >>>>
>     >>>> a. Go with the unmodified 2014 selection process; b. Change the
>     >>>> threshold
>     >>>> percent; c. Change the algorithm that measure the support for a
>     >>>> nominee; d.
>     >>>> Change both b and c; e. Change the selection process from the
>     ground
>     >>>> (e.g.
>     >>>> move to regular membership); e. Other options not expressed
>     until now.
>     >>>>
>     >>>> Please take some time, think about the existing voting system
>     and if/how
>     >>>> should be improved, and express your opinion here. Thanks to the
>     >>>> electronic
>     >>>> voting system we can put your options into a survey and all
>     vote for the
>     >>>> best solution.
>     >>>>
>     >>>> Warm regards from sunny Bucharest,
>     >>>> Vasile
>     >>>> (your 2015 CRO)
>     >>>>
>     >>>> P.S. Two personal notes after I did some research about the
>     >>>> selection/voting
>     >>>> process in other open source software organizations: 1) all
>     of them
>     >>>> seem to
>     >>>> have difficulties in finding the best solution (apparently
>     such solution
>     >>>> does not exist); 2) OSGeo is a very transparent organization.
>     >>>>
>     >>>> [1] http://www.osgeo.org/Membership
>     >>>> [2]
>     http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/incorporation/bylaws.html
>     >>>> [3] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process
>     >>>> [4] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Chief_Returning_Officer
>     >>>> [5]
>     http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/members/voting_members.html
>     >>>> [6]
>     >>>>
>     >>>>
>     http://www.osgeo.org/content/news/news_archive/open_source_geospatial_founda
>     >>>>
>     >>>> tion_initial_press_release.html.html
>     >>>> [7]
>     >>>>
>     http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/meetings/2006_02_04/meeting.html
>     >>>> [8] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Charter_Members
>     >>>> [9]
>     http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2006-February/000008.html
>     >>>> [10]
>     http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2006-February/000073.html
>     >>>> [11]
>     http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2006-March/000132.html
>     >>>> [12]
>     http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2006-March/000167.html
>     >>>> [13]
>     http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2006-March/000314.html
>     >>>> [14]
>     >>>>
>     http://www.osgeo.org/content/news/news_archive/board_nom_20060314.html
>     >>>> [15] http://www.osgeo.org/Membership
>     >>>> [16]
>     http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2007-March/001558.html
>     >>>> [17]
>     http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2007-May/001964.html
>     >>>> [18]
>     http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2007-June/002003.html
>     >>>> [19] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2008
>     >>>> [20] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2008
>     >>>> [21]
>     http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2008-June/003789.html
>     >>>> [22] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2009
>     >>>> [23] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2009
>     >>>> [24] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2010
>     >>>> [25]
>     >>>>
>     >>>>
>     http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Face_to_Face_Meeting_Barcelona_2010#Meeting_Minut
>     >>>>
>     >>>> es
>     >>>> [26] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2010
>     >>>> [27]
>     http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2010-November/008312.html
>     >>>> [28] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2011
>     >>>> [29]
>     http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Face_to_Face_Meeting_Denver_2011#Minutes
>     >>>> [30] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2011
>     >>>> [31] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2012
>     >>>> [32] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2012
>     >>>> [33] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2013
>     >>>> [34] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2013
>     >>>> [35] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2014
>     >>>> [36] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Electronic_Voting
>     >>>> [37] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2014
>     >>>> [38] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2014_detailed_results
>     >>>> [39] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2015
>     >>>> [40] http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2015-May/012863.html
>     >>>> [41] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2015
>     >>>> [42] http://irclogs.geoapt.com/osgeo/%23osgeo.2014-09-13.log
>     >>>> [43] http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2015-June/012912.html
>     >>>> [44] http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2015-June/thread.html
>     >>>> [45] http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2015-June/012945.html
>     >>>> [46] http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2015-June/012946.html
>     >>>> [47]
>     http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2015-June/014374.html
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