[OSGeo-Discuss] "Hostile Takeover" -- what do we mean by this?

[Sara Safavi]

> I encourage everyone to look at the larger page, some of this is covered
under guidence for candidate selection.

This is good, but as a reminder: the reason I brought this up to
discuss-list originally was to give voice to concerns of new nominees --
who do not necessarily see our "guidance for candidate selection", only the
brief email from CRO asking if they accept the responsibility of
"protect(ing) against hostile takeover".

I don't think we've fully addressed that original concern here yet.

On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 10:57 AM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I do not think we need to get the wording perfect, we have have multiple
> bullet points to cover this requirement.
>
> I encourage everyone to look at the larger page, some of this is covered
> under guidence for candidate selection.
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 30 August 2017 at 08:54, Kevin Smith <smithkm at draconic.ca> wrote:
>
>> Maybe something like "maintain the organization's representation of the
>> diverse interests in the community"?
>>
>> It's a bit clunky but I think it works.
>>
>>
>> On 2017-08-30 07:33 AM, Margherita Di Leo wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> If I may still chime in, I don't think this keeps the meaning of what was
>> originally intended, I would add diversity to integrity. In an extreme
>> example, if you consider the risk of green aliens taking over osgeo, those
>> aliens may have integrity and still if they are too many, they would
>> naturally start to represent the interest of their planet. Diversity is
>> IMHO what would keep the balance.
>>
>> My 0.02€
>>
>> Il giorno mer 30 ago 2017 alle 06:35 Sara Safavi <sara at sarasafavi.com>
>> ha scritto:
>>
>>> Coming back to this discussion; thank you all who chimed in with more
>>> information.
>>>
>>> With the words of wisdom from Frank, Jody, and others -- is it fair to
>>> say that Charter Members have the responsibility of voting, as well as
>>> "preserving the integrity of the OSGeo Foundation"? That seems a less,
>>> well, hostile, way to express the main idea that seems to have come out of
>>> this discussion.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 11:41 AM, Sara Safavi <sara at sarasafavi.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi discuss,
>>>>
>>>> In the notification emails from CRO to new charter member nominees, the
>>>> following is included (emphasis mine):
>>>>
>>>> *"(Charter Members) 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."*
>>>>
>>>> I have had more than one nominee of mine contact me asking what exactly
>>>> this means. I agree with their concerns: this is strange language to use,
>>>> is not reflected in our bylaws, and frankly does not fit the image I
>>>> presented when I first contacted them asking if they would accept a
>>>> nomination.
>>>>
>>>> It may be a language barrier or simply a misunderstanding, but can we
>>>> clarify what is meant by using this kind of verbiage, and consider a
>>>> re-wording?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Sara
>>>>
>>>
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