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

[Eli Adam]

Hi Venka,

On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 10:15 AM, Venkatesh Raghavan
<raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp> wrote:
> Hi Eli,
>
> First of all, thanks to Jorge for volunteering to be co-CRO
> and fixing the CRO alias promptly.

Yes, thanks Jorge.

>
> 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.

Thanks for fixing my mistake, I misunderstood the dates and thought
that nomination for our ex-co-CRO was filed on 2017-10-01.  Sorry to
suggest that it was of no concern to the Board when it is actually
unknown.

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

Great, I hope that the Board follows the proper process.  I'll stop
making noise and allow the proper process to work.

Best regards, Eli

>
> 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
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Discuss mailing list
> Discuss at lists.osgeo.org
> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
>
> _______________________________________________
> Discuss mailing list
> Discuss at lists.osgeo.org
> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Discuss mailing list
> Discuss at lists.osgeo.org
> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Discuss mailing list
> Discuss at lists.osgeo.org
> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss