[OSGeo-Discuss] Membership process & email

Fri Sep 8 09:49:25 PDT 2017

On Sep 8, 2017 6:46 PM, "Massimiliano Cannata" <
massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch> wrote:

Why not just nominate people on the list but collect seconding on online
system, like a form? SImilar to those for voting presentation at foss4g!!!

In previous years it was like this and people still flood with +1. Also,
this year people were sending proposals directly to the list instead of to
the cro.

We are rebels by nature. People will still send things to the list.

Cheers
Maxi

2017-09-08 17:56 GMT+02:00 Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>:

> The other point in favour of email is the discussion aspect, with the
> board only reviewing -1 votes we are relying our the discussion list to
> review candidates.
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 8 September 2017 at 07:36, Jorge Sanz <jsanz at osgeo.org> wrote:
>
>> Agree, I don't think I'd like a nomination period + election being
>> carried on with some editings in the wiki and a silent mailing list except
>> by some announcements.
>>
>> On the other hand, answering with a +1 on a mailing list is quick and
>> easy (and annoying if you don't use filters on your email).
>>
>> The off list option, like adding a comment on the wiki, (IMO) would be
>> followed by fewer people and read by even fewer people. We are all lazy by
>> nature, and an election process is not the most exciting activity we do.
>>
>> I agree the process can be improved, but when thinking about election
>> procedures, as boring as they are, we need to put the reduction of
>> participation barriers as a top priority if we want to reach the broadest
>> audience, at least once per year.
>>
>> Anyway, I'm super happy to see such a big number of nominations, and I
>> want to thank Vasile for the hard work and long hours he's dedicating to
>> try to cup with such a demonstration of enthusiasm.
>>
>> My 2 cents
>>
>>
>>
>> On 8 September 2017 at 15:15, Volker Mische <volker.mische at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I think it's valuable to have the nominations being sent to the discuss
>>> list, but I agree that seconding them should be off list.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>   Volker
>>>
>>>
>>> On 09/08/2017 01:01 PM, brandon whitehead wrote:
>>> > Hi,
>>> >
>>> > A potentially trivial change would be to keep the process the same, but
>>> > run through the wiki---i.e. use a wiki page as the venue for nominators
>>> > to log in and update/edit.  Freeze the page after a certain date, and
>>> > now there's an archived copy of the process.  Anyone interested in
>>> > real-time updates can simply log in and "follow" the page, others can
>>> > visit the page and check the results as they see fit.
>>> >
>>> > Note, this is conceptually the same process for nomination and voting,
>>> > but it is collated via the wiki instead of email.  This also doesn't
>>> > involve additional work to create an automated system.
>>> >
>>> > just a few thoughts from an interested lurker...
>>> > /Brandon
>>> >
>>> > On 08/09/2017 11:34, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
>>> >> Hi,
>>> >>
>>> >> There was a discussion with the CROs at yesterday's board meeting,
>>> and a
>>> >> proposal to use an automated system for nominations came up.
>>> >>
>>> >> Cheers,
>>> >> Angelos
>>> >>
>>> >> On 09/08/2017 01:01 PM, Till Adams wrote:
>>> >>> Jeroen,
>>> >>>
>>> >>> good motion! I feel the same and honestly am not able to read and
>>> check
>>> >>> them all...
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Till
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Am 08.09.2017 um 11:54 schrieb Jeroen Ticheler:
>>> >>>> Hi all,
>>> >>>> It is great to see the OSGeo community being so active and
>>> expanding!
>>> >>>> The process of proposing and voting new members is an extremely
>>> >>>> valuable part of that!
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> The downside is that email traffic is exploding around this
>>> election.
>>> >>>> I fear the election processes in the coming years already. Should we
>>> >>>> find another way so propose and second nominees in the future to
>>> >>>> avoid flooding everyones inbox? (For me these emails seem to make up
>>> >>>> for about half of my email traffic over the last weeks ;-( ).
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Cheers,
>>> >>>> Jeroen
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