[OSGeo-Discuss] elections 2017: proposal to postpone opening of the polling stations

[Jody Garnett]

Thanks Vasile,

I was concerned we had stuffed things up by not acting in a timely fashion
I am glad the election is not disrupted. I concur that the board has no
input into the process, unless asked by the CRO to review candidates
flagged for discussion (which did not occur.)


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Jody Garnett

On 13 October 2017 at 12:19, Vasile Craciunescu <vasile at geo-spatial.org>
wrote:

> Hi Jody, Gert-Jan, Maxi, Steven and others,
>
> I will start with Jody's message. It's true that the charter members list
> on the OSGeo website was updated only yesterday. However, this has no
> impact on the voting system which is not using the web page list but the
> tables from OSGeo Dropbox account. Those files were updated the second day
> after the end of the nomination process. Regarding the board approval of
> the new charter member list I would like to make a comment. The board was
> asked to formally approve the result of the nomination process. That means
> that the board acknowledge that the nomination process was carried out
> according with the rules. The board has no right to reject an individual
> membership if the nomination process was correct.
>
> Regarding the request to extent the initial election calendar. Although
> personally I had no problem in grasping the information from coming from
> Jeff, I agree that some time may be required if new discussions will spark
> (especially because weekend started). However, I think we already had too
> much traffic on the discuss mailing list with this topic and this can scare
> some of our recipients. I'm ready to extend the deadline with *two days*
> but only to give a chance to people that are leaving for the weekend to
> read the emails and, eventually, respond. Please don't make this thread
> personally and refrain from posting redundant information.
>
> Best,
> Vasile
> CRO 2017
>
> On 10/13/17 8:44 PM, Jody Garnett wrote:
>
>> Gert-Jan:
>>
>> More seriously although the nomination process for members was completed,
>> and accepted by the board, the list of voting members was only updated last
>> night.
>>
>> I would be happy to formally request the CRO for an extension for one
>> week - as we have some 70 individuals who have not been able to participate
>> this week!
>>
>> I note that the CRO is an independent officer and these elections are in
>> full swing. So while the board may make a formal request we have to respect
>> the independence of the role.
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 11:21 AM Gert-Jan van der Weijden (OSGeo.nl) <
>> gert-jan at osgeo.nl <mailto:gert-jan at osgeo.nl>> wrote:
>>
>>     Dear CRO (and Board Member nominees, and fellow voting members),
>>
>>     In the original planning for the 2017 elections, the campaign week
>> would
>>     end this Sunday, and the virtual polling stations would open their
>>     virtual door this Monday.
>>     However, over the last 2 hours our mailboxes have been flooded by a
>>     large number of mails, that now only answer question posed earlier
>> this
>>     week, but of course also raise new questions.
>>
>>     To me, two important values of our organisation are openness and
>>     discussion. The fact our mailing list is called "discuss" is a fine
>>     example of that!
>>
>>     Therefore, I would like to ask the CRO to extend the campaign week, in
>>     order for all voter to be able to read all the mail, think their
>> content
>>     over, form an opinion, and discuss that opinion with others. The
>>     insights Jeff has brought us today are simply too much too think over
>>     and mentally process in just one weekend. One has got to have a day
>> off
>>     with our friend as family as well. don't we?
>>
>>
>>     I don't don't if I ((as a Charter Member) can make this as a formal
>>     motion, but I'm almost sure that no-one involved in this election will
>>     object. (OK, the nominees will have to cross their fingers a few days
>>     longer to see if they will be elected. Sorry for that). All for the
>> good
>>     of the democratic process and the openness of our Foundation!
>>
>>
>>     Kind regards,
>>
>>     Gert-Jan
>>     _______________________________________________
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>>
>> --
>> --
>> Jody Garnett
>>
>
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