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

[Jody Garnett]

Gotcha, that is indeed a trouble, the cro role is tough.

I love this positive conversation - wish we were doing it the week before
elections to alleviate concern.

This is one of those things were a link (or the full text) may be required
for future emails.
On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 9:59 AM Sara Safavi <sara at sarasafavi.com> wrote:

> > 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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