<div dir="ltr">I like the idea of the new Charter Membership rules. <br><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Jo Cook <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jocook@astuntechnology.com" target="_blank">jocook@astuntechnology.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi List,<div><br></div><div>Regarding the new proposal for voting in charter members- it's slightly off topic, but I doubt all existing Local Chapter representatives have been voted in by at least 3 charter members. That sets the bar quite high for new chapters as well- under the new regime if they have no existing chapter members it might not be possible for them to a) elect a chapter representative and b) get them elected as a charter member. Maybe I've misunderstood this part of the new rules?</div>
</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I think that a) is still possible. The Local Chapter can do what they want regarding their internal workings. I agree that b) could be impossible in the scenario you describe. <br>
<br></div><div>Local Chapters are approved by the Board including a representative who then becomes an Officer of OSGeo.[0] Graduated OSGeo projects are approved by both the Incubation Committee and the Board. I think in these cases where the Chapter/Project has already been approved by the Board, removing the requirement "where the voting community includes at least <b>3</b> OSGeo charter members" is reasonable. Jo, do you think that the "where the voting community includes at least <b>3</b> OSGeo charter members"requirement should be removed for Official Local Chapters and Graduated OSGeo Projects?<br>
</div><div><br></div><div>You might want to clarify how the Charter Membership is tied to the elected position. Let's say I volunteer to chair the Web Committee now, then become a Charter Member, then quit the Web Committee and someone else takes it over. Am I still a Charter Member? Is the person who takes it over? I think that Charter Membership is lifetime unless you repeatedly don't vote or ask to not be a Charter Member, so that might address the first question. For the second question about the person who takes over chairing, would it wait until the next Charter membership election for it to become effective? Same scenario with Local Chapter Representatives. <br>
</div><div><br>Once these changes are approved, this page should perhaps be updated, <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/membership">http://www.osgeo.org/membership</a><br><br></div><div>Eli<br></div><div><br>[0] <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Local_Chapter_Guidelines#Chapter_Formation">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Local_Chapter_Guidelines#Chapter_Formation</a><br>
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<div><br></div><div>Jo</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 12:56 PM, Jorge Sanz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jsanz@osgeo.org" target="_blank">jsanz@osgeo.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2014-06-15 1:52 GMT+02:00 Cameron Shorter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com" target="_blank">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br>
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Within 2 weeks we intend to start our annual process for selecting
new OSGeo charter members.<br>
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In previous years the Charter Member selection process has been a
little contentious. We typically receive numerous nominations from
high caliber members of our community, and insufficient positions to
accept them all. This typically results in unnecessary
disappointment and dissent.<br>
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In response, the OSGeo board has agreed to trial tweaking the voting
process. The aim is to automatically accept recognised OSGeo
community leaders, while continuing with our existing process which
attracts the many valuable community members who contribute in other
ways. Community comments are encouraged, and will be considered over
the next week.</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>No comments yet on this proposal on changing the Charter Members election procedure, everything is OK?</div><span><font color="#888888"><div>
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