[OSGeo-Discuss] Welcome new Board

[Hans Gregers Hedegaard Petersen]

Hi Ravi,

The bylaws can be found on the website: http://www.osgeo.org/
content/foundation/incorporation/bylaws.html

As you can see, legally the board of directors (or a meeting of members)
may change our bylaws - with a fifteen days notice. There is no requirement
to “gather feelings”. But then again, the bylaws are the absolute minimum -
we have had a rather proud tradition of the board doing so - and in my
opinion also of being in line with the original vision and with the members.

In my humble opinion asking the board of directors (as a board), to which
extent they plan to use their powers is only going to cause you nothing but
pain. They have no legal obligation to stop where you deem appropriate or
where they (tell you they) plan to today, therefore any answer you get,
will only satisfy a desire to doubt them and their intentions.

Insteadm I would suggest accepting that (luckily) our foundation has grown,
that what seems appropriate for a small foundation might not be that for a
bigger one, that as a whole we develop and evolve through time, that we are
in the unusual and happy situation of having more candidates than empty
seats, and lastly that we have (a number of) great people - who have been
democratically elected - of rather high ethical standard (in my opinion at
least) on the board.


Cheers,

Greg
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