[Oceania-Board] Round of membership review required

[Emma Hain]

done

On Sat, Nov 28, 2020 at 11:25 PM Emma Hain <emmahain at gmail.com> wrote:

> On it!
>
> On Sat, Nov 28, 2020 at 3:19 PM Edoardo Neerhut <eneerhut at hey.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey Em,
>>
>> Just two applications to review and we'll be up to date for the election.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ed
>>
>> On November 27, 2020, Edoardo Neerhut <eneerhut at hey.com> wrote:
>>
>> Just for posterity, the elections officer discussed this and we will make
>> sure to process membership applications right up to the day before voting
>> opens. This will ensure everyone who wants to vote gets the chance to.
>>
>> We have tried to inform as many in our community as possible about this
>> so they have an opportunity to apply. As you say Martin, no need to pause
>> memberships, but anyone who wants to vote needs to apply by Friday,
>> November 27th at 23:59 AEST.
>>
>> On November 23, 2020, Martin Tomko <tomkom at unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
>>
>> I can express my opinion, but I do not know whether this is support in
>> the constitution/procedures.
>>
>>
>>
>> So, personally, I would agree with the proposed plan, Ed. That said, I do
>> not know whether we can “formally” pause approvals. The simpler way to deal
>> with this would be to state that approvals can take up to X weeks (2, or a
>> month?), as a general procedure. Then, we would have this flexibility
>> always, and without any caveat. We went for ongoing membership approvals,
>> as this is the sensible and fair thing to do and to encourage membership.
>> But I agree that having a “pause” around the elections is sensible.
>>
>>
>>
>> Martin
>>
>>
>>
>> *From: *Oceania-Board <oceania-board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>
>> *Date: *Monday, 23 November 2020 at 9:03 am
>> *To: *David Garcia <mapmakerdavid at gmail.com>, Daniel Silk <
>> dwsilk at gmail.com>, Emma Hain <emmahain at gmail.com>
>> *Cc: *oceania-board at lists.osgeo.org <oceania-board at lists.osgeo.org>
>> *Subject: *[Oceania-Board] Round of membership review required
>>
>> Hi MWG,
>>
>> We have had a few more applications come in which require review
>> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1onxfXWUfNTiwRsBk4o5hl5oowOwsPxxDH8JsmtXs_p4/edit#gid=1493423798>.
>> With the lead up to the election, it would be great if we could check this
>> every few days.
>>
>> Voting opens on the 29th of November and closes on the 6th of November.
>>
>> Question for you all (board included): Should we have a pause on
>> membership approvals when voting opens? Perhaps we could make sure to
>> review all applications that were submitted before the 29th of November so
>> that they have a chance to vote.
>>
>> We would then wait until after the 6th of November to continue processing
>> applications.
>>
>> What are your thoughts?
>>
>> Ed
>>
>>
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