[OSGeo Oceania] membership - elections - AGM

[Cameron Shorter]

On 5/9/19 8:08 pm, Alex Leith wrote:
> Perhaps free membership that requires an action each year to remain a 
> member, even if it's clicking a link in an email or something trivial?
I'd be inclined to describe it in moral terms. "Contribute in some 
meaningful way. Contributing to an email discussion is considered 
valuable and meaningful. There are lots of other ways as well."
>
> I'm not sure what the risk of being swamped by bad actors is... is it 
> something that has happened to other OSGeo groups?
It hasn't happened to OSGeo. It was considered when OSGeo was setting up 
and drawing on best practices from prior Open Source Foundation 
experiences. I
>
> I think having elections as part of the AGM is a better idea. We can 
> ensure that we have some kind of system enabled for remote access.
Fine
>
> And I don't think we need a CRO for the elections, just a sound an 
> equitable system that we're pretty good at pulling together usually.
I agree. There are online voting tools which can do a better job than a CRO.

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