[OSGeo-Discuss] My feelings about board elections

[Ravi Kumar]

Hi Vicky +1 indeed about your personal submission.
But think of cases other than yourself.. a change of perspective..
Cheers
Ravi

On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 11:34 AM, Vicky Vergara <vicky at georepublic.de>
wrote:

> Hi all, Frank:
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> I have being woman all my life and also Mexican, I fall in both
> categories, but personally I want to win in a fair game, not to fill a
> quota, and in this case is two quotas!!!. I don't feel that ever in my life
> I won something to fill a quota and I don't want to start to be used to
> fill a quota.
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> Storm is over and my baby elephant is eating fresh grass that is starting
> to grow.
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> Being on the board or not, there is work to be done.
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> Regards
> Vicky
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> ​PS. I will think of option(s) that are not filling quotas.
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> On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 1:40 AM, Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com>
> wrote:
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>> On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 7:56 PM, Ravi Kumar
>> <manarajahmundry2015 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Will be happy to see those who have let 'The Clouds In Motion'... and
>> those
>> > 'Giving us a good harvest of GRASS'.. speak out too.
>>
>> Ravi,
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>> I am not sure, but in light of my signature perhaps 'the clouds in
>> motion' is a hint to me.
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>> I don't see any need to rerun this election, nor am I particularly
>> concerned co-CRO who is nominated to run, etc.  Lets all give folks
>> the benefit of the doubt, and it isn't like the board has their
>> fingers on the button of nuclear weapons. :-)
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>> Like Sanghee I am concerned that the board is less diverse than I
>> would have hoped by now.  I think it would be reasonable to adapt the
>> board selection criteria to ensure at least some diversity on axes we
>> want to see covered.  I could imagine a couple of special rules like:
>>  - If by normal voting no female would be elected, and if there is a
>> female running in the election the female with the most votes will
>> replace the otherwise lowest voted person who would have made the
>> board.
>>  - If by normal voting no two board members are selected who are
>> outside "north america + europe" and if there are such candidates
>> running then replace the otherwise lowest voted person who would have
>> made the board with the the candidates outside of NA+EUR with the most
>> votes.
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>> Well some word smithing and algorithm clarification would be needed,
>> but you get the general idea, and a number of variations would be
>> helpful in moving us towards more diverse representation.
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>> I would prefer to see a change in board voting rules of this nature
>> passed by a vote of the charter members rather than just put in place
>> by the board.
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>> But most of all, I wish to encourage us all to recognise that we are
>> an organization of volunteers and that we have similar goals.  While
>> we fine tune things, I hope we try to avoid taking offense and ascribe
>> the best intentions to others in our community.
>>
>> Best regards,
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>> warmerdam at pobox.com
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