[OSGeo Oceania] membership - elections - AGM

[Greg Lauer]

The problem with this proposal is that we have barrier for general membership. I still support the 2 tier model and comfortable that we can manage the logistics with out too much issue

Greg

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