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

[Venkatesh Raghavan]

Hi Eli,

First of all, thanks to Jorge for volunteering to be co-CRO
and fixing the CRO alias promptly.

Regarding your other comment reproduced below;
> 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.

The question of review this topic at the 2017-10-05 board meeting did 
not arise
as the nomination for our ex-co-CRO was filed on 2017-10-08.

I would like to assure you that I share your concern about the proper
process.

Best

Venka



On 10/12/2017 1:58 AM, Jorge Sanz wrote:
> 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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