[OSGeo Oceania] membership - elections - AGM

Thu Oct 10 21:43:56 PDT 2019

+1 from me for the propised model.

Martin

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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 10:20:41 +0800
From: John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com>
To: Oceania at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [OSGeo Oceania] membership - elections - AGM
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>From Kerry:

> *COMMENT: If anyone can nominate new members - can you self-nominate?  In
> which case isn't this an application for membership? Is the intention that
> the nominator is already a member, because this is not specified.*
>
> *It does seem odd that anybody in the whole world can nominate another
> person for membership.*
>

Thanks Kerry. This was intentionally introduced on 27 Sep when we attempted
to resolve some disagreement by consolidating two membership tiers into a
single tier. Since one key idea is to keep a low barrier to entry, while
still maintaining some control over the membership process, this was
changed from "*any member may nominate...*" to "*anybody can nominate...*"
so that we're avoiding an "inner circle" situation.

I don't think it's especially odd that anybody in the whole world can
nominate (including self-nomination). If someone meets our eligibility
criteria, and wishes to become a member, then we should welcome them as
members regardless of who they know.
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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 10:34:08 +0800
From: adam steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com>
To: John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [OSGeo Oceania] membership - elections - AGM
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Hi John, Kerry

this model of ‘anyone can sign up’ also fits the broader OSMF and OSGeo
models. In OSMF you just pay, in OSGeo you go to a website and create
yourself an account.

Thanks everyone for their hard work on this document, I think it is a
wonderful result from a series of well considered compromises and
thoughtful, experience-based input.

Regards

On Fri, 11 Oct 2019 at 10:21, John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:

> From Kerry:
>
>> *COMMENT: If anyone can nominate new members - can you self-nominate?  In
>> which case isn't this an application for membership? Is the intention that
>> the nominator is already a member, because this is not specified.*
>>
>> *It does seem odd that anybody in the whole world can nominate another
>> person for membership.*
>>
>
> Thanks Kerry. This was intentionally introduced on 27 Sep when we
> attempted to resolve some disagreement by consolidating two membership
> tiers into a single tier. Since one key idea is to keep a low barrier to
> entry, while still maintaining some control over the membership process,
> this was changed from "*any member may nominate...*" to "*anybody can
> nominate...*" so that we're avoiding an "inner circle" situation.
>
> I don't think it's especially odd that anybody in the whole world can
> nominate (including self-nomination). If someone meets our eligibility
> criteria, and wishes to become a member, then we should welcome them as
> members regardless of who they know.
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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 12:37:54 +0800
From: John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com>
To: Oceania at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [OSGeo Oceania] membership - elections - AGM
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Thanks everyone, lots of energetic input over the last several weeks! I
hope it's resulted in a good outcome that works for this community. At the
end of the day, we're just finding ways to express how we work together,
which we already do well. Time will tell, and we can always adjust what's
not working.

So, OSGeo Oceania board, over to you. The motion is: *We ratify and adopt
the attached draft membership policy.*

Your earliest response would be great, ideally in the next day or 2.

Thanks!
John
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