[OSGeo-Discuss] Board election: no re-elections this year?

[Michael Gerlek]

A few data points:


* The OSGeo board has existed for nine years, with nine members each year, for a total of 81 positions. Except one year had an unfilled slot, so it’s actually 80.

* 33 different people have served on the board.

* The distribution of how-many-people served-for-N-years looks like this:

	1 year: 6 people
	2 years: 18 people
	3 years: 3 people
	4 years: 1 person
	5 years: 1 person
	6 years: 2 people
	7 years: 0 people
	8 years: 1 person

* Only 1 person has ever served non-consecutive terms.

* There does not appear to be any statistically meaningful change in average-length-of-term over the nine years.

* With 8 consecutive years of service, Frank holds the coveted OSGeo "Mr. Popularity" award.


For extra credit:
	- has the "geographic diversity” changed over the year?
	- what does the board chair (president) representation over time look like?
	- weight the board members by the % of meetings they attended: what can be learned?
	- weight the board members by the ratio of +1/-1 votes: who is the most… umm… “unharmonious”?


(data taken from http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_of_Directors)

-mpg




> On Sep 23, 2015, at 3:17 AM, Gert-Jan van der Weijden <gert-jan at osgeo.nl> wrote:
> 
> Hello list,
> 
> Preparing to cast my vote for the board election, I noticed that all 4 (Jáchym, Bart, Gérald, Jorge) board members who reached the end of their 2-year term are not standing for re-election. (besides that: Anne decided not to stay for her 2nd year of her 1st term)
> 
> Some questions arise:
> - Is the board membership such a demanding job that members always resign after 2 years?
> - Is this a good thing, to make sure we dont'have board members who are tied to their seats?
> - Or is this a bad thing, with board members switching too fast to reach their goals?
> 
> Respones from anybody are as always appreciated, but the 4+1 resigning board members and the current candidates are especially invited to give their humble opinion on this.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Gert-Jan
> 
> 
> Gert-Jan van der Weijden
> Voorzitter Stichting OSGeo.nl
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