[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

[Jorge Sanz]

Hi Eli,

I did it yesterday without having a ticket involved. My bad sorry.

I confirm that the CRO alias is now sending emails only to Vasile and me.
--
Jorge Sanz
https://jorgesanz.net

Sent from my phone, excuse my brevity and typos

El 11 oct. 2017 18:36, "Eli Adam" <eadam at co.lincoln.or.us> escribió:

> On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 7:44 AM, Fenoy Gerald <gerald.fenoy at geolabs.fr>
> wrote:
> > Dear Eli,
> > as you may have notice, Jeff has stepped down from his position of
> co-CRO when accepting the Nicolas’ nomination [1].
>
> I didn't find that thread while scanning through the archive.  Thanks
> for pointing it out to me.
>
> >
> > Jeff was involved in the charter member election process as co-CRO but
> he is no more so, I guess, there is no issue for the board election.
> >
>
> Was the cro at osgeo.org email alias updated?  I didn't notice a ticket
> for that.  I'm impressed that there is so little concern about the
> proper process.  The Board did not appear to review this topic at
> their last meeting,
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2017-10-05, so perhaps it is
> of no concern to the Board.
>
> Best regards, Eli
>
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > [1] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2017-October/036449.html
> >
> >
> > Gérald Fenoy
> > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Djay
> >
> >> Le 11 oct. 2017 à 16:04, Eli Adam <eadam at co.lincoln.or.us> a écrit :
> >>
> >> Nicolas,
> >>
> >> On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 2:48 PM, nicolas bozon <nicolas.bozon at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> It is my honor to nominate Jeff McKenna for the OSGeo Board of
> Directors
> >>> election.
> >>
> >> I don't think that you can nominate the CRO, nor can the CRO accept
> >> your nomination, https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Chief_Returning_Officer.
> >> In some past years the CRO was a sitting Board member with a year
> >> remaining on their term thus avoiding this situation.
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Most of you knows Jeff's energy and passion for everything OSGeo, and i
> >>> would probably be mistaken trying to summarize his countless
> contributions
> >>> over the years, at every level of our Foundation. His leadership and
> long
> >>> involvement in the OSGeo and FOSS4G communities made him the Winner of
> the
> >>> Solz Katz Award in 2016, and i cannot add more. For those of you who
> may
> >>> really not know Jeff yet, the User:Jeff_McKenna wiki page is a good
> read
> >>> before you vote.
> >>>
> >>> Jeff already served three times at the board and has a deep
> understanding of
> >>> both the director role and the current OSGeo strategic plan.
> Experienced
> >>> with OSGeo governance and bylaws, Jeff also knows a lot about projects
> and
> >>> people. He is always ready to help build locally and to represent
> globally.
> >>>
> >>> Jeff is a great communicator and enthusiastic community leader, and i
> >>> believe he will be an excellent OSGeo director again. Please let us all
> >>> welcome Jeff back at the Board!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Best regards,
> >>>
> >>> Nicolas Bozon
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>> Jeff McKenna agreed to be nominated and i decided to send the
> nomination
> >>> directly to the Discuss list with cc to CRO, so it avoids Jeff to
> confirm to
> >>> himself that he accepts the nomination. The Board Nominations page
> still
> >>> need to be updated, could you please Vasile ? Sorry for shortening the
> >>> nomination process in this special case.
> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >> The point is not to avoid Jeff confirming to himself that he accepts
> >> the nomination, it is to avoid the CRO running an election and
> >> counting votes when they are also standing for election. It is really
> >> the Board's (and CRO's) responsibility to ensure that this situation
> >> doesn't occur.  The Board should not appoint CROs who might accept a
> >> nomination and people who might accept a nomination should not accept
> >> appointment as CRO.  Maybe we should return to the tradition of the
> >> CRO being a sitting Board member with a year remaining on their term.
> >> CRO is a difficult job and much credit to those who do it.  Also,
> >> someone (other than me) should be paying attention to the basic
> >> process and raise these issues.
> >>
> >> Best regards, Eli
> >>
> >>
> >>>
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