[Aust-NZ] Take 2 - Incorporation of Aust-NZ chapter of OSGeo

[Mark Leslie]

Bruce Bannerman wrote:
> Well, we've had four or five days, with no real alternate suggestions on
> how to proceed with the incorporation of the Aust-NZ chapter of OSGeo as
> a not for profit organisation.
> 
> Therefore I think that we should proceed along these lines
> (incorporating suggestions from our previous attempt). All timings are
> Australian Eastern Standard time:
> 
> 
> _NZ Involvement_
> 
> - NZ involvement in the executive of the new organisation is a
> prerequisite. Therefore if we find that the proposal to incorporate in
> WA does not allow this, then we should adopt the ASIC structure that
> does. To meet ASIC requirements, we will need at least 3 Australians on
> the board. See:
> 
> http://www.asic.gov.au/asic/ASIC.NSF/byHeadline/Starting%20a%20company%
> 20or%20business#step_4
> 
> http://www.asic.gov.au/asic/asic.nsf/byheadline/Registering
> +not-for-profit+or+charitable+organisations?openDocument
> 
> 
> **_Process_**
> 
> 
> _Nominations_
> 
> - Reopen nominations for the position of Director of the new 'not for
>   profit' organisation. A suggestion from Cameron is that we allow
>   self-nomination to cater for a situation where a person believes that
>   they can commit time and are able to undertake the role. 
> 
> - There is no need to re-nominate those who were nominated last week.
>   They will be accepted as nominations for this vote.
> 
> - Nominations will need to be made in public and posted to
>   Aust-NZ at lists.osgeo.org to be considered valid.
> 
> - Nominations close Thursday 10 April 2008 at 5pm.
> 
> - Nominees accept or decline the nomination by Thursday 10 April 2008 at
>   5pm. If no email is received on Aust-NZ at lists.osgeo.org by 5pm it is
>   assumed that the nominees have accepted the nomination.
> 
> - Nominees who accept the nomination post a 'brief' introduction of
>   themselves and say a few words about their background, FOSS
>   qualifications, and ideas for the project. This can also be done by
>   5pm on the 10th April.
> 
> 
>   Cameron, can you please post the URL to the FOSS4G-2009 wiki that
>   contains the bios of a number of the current nominees.
> 
> 
> - email summarising nominations and voting process sent out after 5pm on
>   the 10th April.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _Voting_
> 
> - We are voting for five directors of the to be established
>   not-for-profit organisation 'Open Source GeoSpatial Foundation -
>   Aust-NZ'. 
> 
> - Each member of the Aust-NZ at lists.osgeo.org is eligible to vote.
> 
> - Voting is open from 8am on Friday 11th April.
> 
> - Voting closes at 5pm Tuesday 15 April.
> 
> - The vote is a private vote as per OSGeo precedence.
> 
> - We vote for our preferred candidates by placing a +1 next to their
>   name. Only 5 candidates will need to be numbered.
> 
> - We each send our vote to a single trusted person to tally the results.
>   This person is Tyler Mitchell, Executive Director of the Open Source
>   Geospatial Foundation. Tyler has kindly accepted this role.
> 
> - Final say of what is an invalid vote rests with Tyler.
> 
> - The five people with the most number of votes make up the new board
>   (bearing in mind ASIC requirements).
> 
> - The new board can use the preference results to help allocate office
>   holders once the elections have been completed.
> 
> - Actual voting instructions will be sent out on Thursday 10th April.
> 
> 
> 
> Nominations for additional candidates are now open.
> 
> 
> 
> Bruce Bannerman
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Everything here sounds spot on, except the default acceptance of 
nominations.  If there is no response, we should assume they decline. 
We shouldn't be voting people into responsibilities if they are on 
vacation, or have stopped reading the list.

-- 
Mark Leslie
Geospatial Software Architect
LISAsoft Pty Ltd
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