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

Fri Oct 13 09:15:10 PDT 2017

Thank you Eli for this concern, as when I was nominated I immediately 
realized the potential for a conflict of interest, and resigned as co-CRO.

It was not something I planned, giving a month of my time to the 
election and then stopping, but I agree with you that a more formal 
process for selecting the upcoming election CROs is needed.  I actually 
would like to see the CROs involved in the whole process, including when 
any changes to the voting/nomination process are needed.  So there is 
definitely room for improvement here.

-jeff

On 2017-10-11 2:15 PM, Venkatesh Raghavan wrote:
> 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 thecro 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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