[OSGeo Oceania] membership - elections - AGM

[adam steer]

Hi all

Ed has pretty well summed up my thoughts. My preferred action would be
'vote in an election'.

We can do things like charter membership later...

And +1 to elections outside the AGM.

Thanks all,

Adam

On Mon., 9 Sep. 2019, 13:30 Jonah Sullivan, <jonahsullivan79 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for taking the time to think about this Ed. I think being inclusive
> is a great idea, but I don't see much benefit of having a large but
> disengaged member pool.
>
> I haven't put any thought into charging membership dues, not sure if it
> would be worth the administrative hassle since the organisation is based
> around the conference.
>
> On Sun, 8 Sep. 2019, 13:54 Edoardo Neerhut, <ed at mapillary.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Thanks for moving the discussion forward on this important topic.
>>
>> *Membership criteria*
>> Regarding the membership base and how one qualifies, I broadly agree that
>> we need a system that encourages active participation. My only concern is
>> around the idea of "positive attributes". The term itself seems a bit
>> ambiguous and even the selection criteria outlined in the linked OSGeo wiki
>> seem a bit too vague for my liking. I think a system like this is
>> vulnerable to manipulation and not as merit based as we would like.
>>
>> OSMF is at the other end of the spectrum with a membership fee but no
>> responsibilities.
>>
>> As we are in the early days of our community, I think we would benefit
>> greatly from having a more open membership criteria, but with clear
>> obligations once a member, even if this was *simply voting each year*.
>> My worry that a more selective criteria with "positive attributes" might
>> discourage new people from joining and limit future leadership potential.
>>
>> *Timing of the election*
>> Similarly, I agree with John and Cameron that an AGM at the conference
>> followed by an election shortly would allow new people to step up and do so
>> after due consideration. The date of the election should be fixed well in
>> advance so that people consider it seriously at the AGM and conference and
>> initiate any discussions they may want to have regarding the
>> responsibilities of membership and directorship.
>>
>> Also:
>>
>>    - As John mentioned, having the election during the conference
>>    unfairly disadvantages those unable to attend.
>>    - Elections can be both a positive and negative event depending on
>>    how they play out. We should reduce the risk of any negative fallout by
>>    separating the two events.
>>
>> I'll need to put more thought into the actual running of the election. It
>> might be useful to have someone from OSMF or OSGeo join one of our board
>> meetings and shed light on how they run theirs.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Ed
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 8 Sep 2019 at 06:40, John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> In the interest of moving this forward, perhaps we can focus on the
>>> membership question for now.
>>>
>>> So far we have a couple of suggestions on the table:
>>>
>>>    1. a model somewhat based on OSGeo's charter membership, using
>>>    participation and positive attributes as criteria for nomination
>>>    2. 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
>>>
>>> Option 1 has featured more heavily in this discussion, am I right to
>>> read that as having general support? Any arguments against? Any other
>>> proposals we should consider?
>>>
>>> If we have general support for option 1, let's start fleshing it out.
>>> I've started a Google doc [1] for collaborative editing, we can move this
>>> to the wiki when it's done. It's open for commenting, if you want to help
>>> edit, please ask for access.
>>>
>>> Board & community input please.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> John
>>>
>>> [1]
>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/14_6Ru8Xy5jGIuWXysuIJQwQonmjhtlpmHbqVwtOsUNA
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