[Incubator] motion: accept osgeo-live incubation application

[Jody Garnett]

Thanks Vicky, motion is not quite passed yet (waiting on 100% response for
the electronic voting).

I note that the board-priv at osgeo.org list is available if you have any
questions you would like to raise privately.

You can see a couple of approaches in play here:
- Earlier on the incubation thread I asked the incubation committee to
consider my early involvement with OSGeo live and if it would be a
hindrance to acting as mentor.
- During MOT1 voting I responded with +1, noting my role as incubation chair
- During MOT1 voting you can see Angelos abstain with a +0 vote, noting his
role as PSC chair

The board has addressed these kind of tensions previously, asking directors
to acknowledge if they are affected by the matter at hand - but still vote
in a responsible fashion as a director of OSGeo. This issue comes up a lot
for directors, because they are part of OSGeo and are affected by most
decisions.

With your permission I would like to pass your question and the above
answer to the board email list. I try not to cross post since that leads to
madness.






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Jody Garnett

On 3 November 2017 at 10:19, Vicky Vergara <vicky at georepublic.de> wrote:

> Hello all
>
> As member of the PSC of OSGeo-Live, I am glad to read that the motion of
> considering OSGeo-Live for incubation has passed.
>
> I am concerned because the the incubator committee has a member that has a
> conflict of interest because is also a member of the PSC of OSGeo-Live
> project, and he voted +1.
> I expressed my concern in the "Juez y Parte" thread of [1], where is
> "clear" that there is no guideline of the action to be taken on a committee
> member when there is a conflict of interest. (the thread has a link to the
> incubator committee guidelines [2])
> I must say that, at least, the committee member with the conflict of
> interest, mentioned his involvement when voting, but he didn't step down
> from the committee, or voted in such a way that his vote would not
> influence the over all result like a (+0)
>
> So, The next step is for the board for approval.
> And my concern grows thinking on how the board with two board members also
> on the PSC of OSGeo-Live, so more conflict of interest.
>
> I was doubtful of which was the correct mailing list to make this post.
> (Here or Discuss) but having Jody as part of Board, I leave the decision to
> him if this new concern of mine "Juez y Parte" but for board making
> decision on projects they belong to.
>
> I want things made done right. Our project application, as far as I can
> see, can  be used to make more precise written rules/policies about
> conflicts of interest.
> But what I would not want is someone else in the future, to notice and
> make a big fuss/attack of "how bad X person acted when having a conflict of
> interest".
>
> I wonder if there is a guideline equivalent to the incubator committee
> guideline but for board.
>
> Regards
> Vicky
>
>
>
> [1] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/incubator/2017-October/003394.html​
> [2] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Committee_Guidelines
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 12:58 AM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> The motion has now passed:
>>
>>    Accept the OSGeo-Live incubation application
>> <https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2002>, with Jody Garnett acting as
>> mentor.
>>
>> With the following support:
>>
>>    - Bruce Bannerman +1
>>    - Bob (CI-StPaul) Basques +1
>>    - Landon Blake
>>    - Howard Butler
>>    - Arnulf Christl
>>    - Jody Garnett +1 initial motion
>>    - Dimitris Kotzinos +0 (question between project / initiative )
>>    - Tom Kralidis +1
>>    - Julien-Samuel Lacroix +1
>>    - Mark Lucas
>>    - Steve Lime +1
>>    - Daniel Morissette +1
>>    - Markus Schneider
>>    - Cameron Shorter +1
>>    - Norman Vine
>>    - Frank Warmerdam
>>
>> Community support:
>>
>>    - pending
>>
>> Welcome to the incubation program OSGeo-Live, I will take an action item
>> to the next board meeting for approval.
>>
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>
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