[FOSS4G-Oceania] appoint OSGeo Oceania board

[Alex Leith]

So there's two options here:

   1. Nominate to go on the board, form a board, and then nominate for the
   positions of chair, vice-chair, secretary (not sure about that one) and
   treasurer.
   2. Nominate to go on the board and for a role at the same time.

To put my position out there, I'm pretty interested in taking on the role
of the treasurer. I worked as the chair of the Finance, Risk and Audit
committee for a year at SSSI, which was a part of my role as a SSSI Board
member, and as such, set up a number of policies amongst the group. I've
also got some views as to how to set and manage budgets strategically and
operationally... but this might be a little early to begin my campaign in
earnest! #voteforpedro

On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 at 11:40 adam steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com> wrote:

> oops 3 ‘executive’ roles :D - chair, secretary, treasurer.
>
> On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 at 11:38, adam steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey John, all - thanks for keeping the ball rolling.
>>
>> I think it’s reasonable, what about others who really are winding up for
>> holidays right now?
>>
>> Do we want to ask people to make a really short statement of why they
>> want to nominate for the 4 executive roles?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 at 10:31, John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all, following on the establishment of a new Terms of Reference for a
>>> new organisation (OSGeo Oceania), the next step of the process is to
>>> appoint an inaugural board of directors. From the ToR:
>>>
>>> *The inaugural board will be appointed by (and will replace) the
>>>> existing FOSS4G SotM Oceania 2018 organising committee.*
>>>
>>>
>>> In the long run, a large committee for this group may prove unwieldy,
>>> but for now, my feeling is that we should open it up for self-nomination by
>>> all 16 current FOSS4G SotM Oceania 2018 committee members and advisors, and
>>> allow it to evolve to the right size over time. Anyone self-nominating
>>> should ensure they understand (and are willing to meet) the expectations
>>> for participation as described in the ToR - we need an active board of
>>> people willing to put in time & energy.
>>>
>>> Also from the ToR:
>>>
>>>
>>>> *The board aims to be diverse and inclusive, and as such, should make
>>>> an effort to have equalrepresentation of genders and be inclusive of
>>>> representation from Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands nations, and
>>>> OSGeo & OSMF communities.*
>>>
>>>
>>> As such, we may need to add new people to the board, to work towards
>>> meeting these objectives. This could probably happen at the board's
>>> discretion in the new year.
>>>
>>> So, to be specific, here's what I'm proposing we do over the remainder
>>> of this week:
>>>
>>>    - Next 48 hours to Thursday: discuss this process, as needed, and
>>>    express our individual interest in being on the inaugural board.
>>>    - Thursday: raise a motion to form a new board subject to the ToR,
>>>    thus replacing the current committee.
>>>
>>> If & when such a motion is passed, any further business would be
>>> conducted by the new board. Given the timing, I suspect this 'any further
>>> business' business would be in the new year.
>>>
>>> Thoughts? Does this seem like a reasonable approach? I don't want to
>>> rush things, just trying to strike a balance between an undemanding pace,
>>> and getting things to a tidy state before the Christmas break.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> John
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>>>
>>
>>
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>
>
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