[OSGeo Oceania] membership - elections - AGM

[adam steer]

Hi  John, all

Would this mean we nominate general members and then have another decision
round to decide on voting rights?

I'm not yet convinced that it's simpler than 'anyone can join themselves'
and 'voting members are nominated'..

Thanks,

Adam




On Mon, 23 Sep 2019, 18:30 John Bryant, <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks all for a quite robust discussion on this important topic, it's
> really great to see this much engagement. There seems to be a fair bit of
> discomfort with the two tier model proposed, and I agree that it may
> introduce more complexity than we really want. To move forward, I'd like to
> propose a simplified alternative:
>
>    - We have a single type of membership that confers voting rights.
>    - To ensure a reasonable level of engagement, while protecting the org
>    against bad actors/hostile takeover/etc, we roughly follow this process:
>       - take nominations for new members
>       - use an eligibility threshold that balances accessibility with
>       genuine engagement
>       - include a ratification step that could be done by the board, or a
>       membership working group (TBD)
>
> This doesn't capture all the detail of how this would work, but if it's
> acceptable in broad strokes, I can update our draft policy and we can work
> through the details over next couple of days.
>
> Any objections?
>
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