[OSGeo Oceania] membership - elections - AGM

Cameron Shorter cameron.shorter at gmail.com
Sat Sep 21 18:27:17 PDT 2019


John,

I've added plenty of comments into the doc. Sorry for the late feedback. 
Answers to questions below:

On 21/9/19 11:31 pm, John Bryant wrote:
> OK, we have a near-complete draft of a Membership Policy ready for 
> review [1]. Board & community, please have a look and consider whether 
> it works for you.
>
> There may still be some question marks around things like:
>
>   * are we happy with the term "charter member"?
>   * are we happy with the eligibility criteria?
>
I suggest reducing barrier to entry to be as little as "contributing to 
an email list".
>
>   * are we happy with the two types of membership?
>
I think this adds complexity and confusion which I feel will be detrimental.
>
>   * is the 2019 process for an initial membership reasonable and fair?
>
Yes.
>
>   * does it read well, it is clear,
>
Yes, great job.
>
>   * and is it practically implementable?
>
I've listed concerns about adding members.
>
>   * does it cover what it needs to?
>
Yes.
> Please raise any last issues you think need resolving. Meanwhile, I'll 
> send it over to our professional advisors for review. If there are no 
> outstanding items by Tuesday I'll aim to move it for adoption then.
>
> Cheers
> John
>
> [1] 
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/14_6Ru8Xy5jGIuWXysuIJQwQonmjhtlpmHbqVwtOsUNA
>
>
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