[OSGeo Oceania] Oceania Digest, Vol 8, Issue 27

[Martin Tomko]

+1 for John's suggestions, in spirit of maximal potential openness, and reflecting on the needs to be different than stock standard OSGEO  rules due to all the reasons that Ed formulated so beautifully.
I also like the idea of "Provisional" Members ( a common thing in many clubs), whether this is for 3 months, or a year. The fasttrack may be a nice option for, say, someone who is straight away involved in organising the next instalment of the conference (of course, not as chair or lead, but a local organiser).

Let's get this wrapped up! (

Martin
 

On 26/9/19, 5:01 am, "Oceania on behalf of oceania-request at lists.osgeo.org" <oceania-bounces at lists.osgeo.org on behalf of oceania-request at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

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    Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 13:23:11 +0300
    From: John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com>
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    Subject: Re: [OSGeo Oceania] membership - elections - AGM
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    Sorry Bruce, I'm confused. You say you can live with a single membership
    class which is the question at hand, but you're -1?
    
    Re: a process to remove directors, we are governed by the Corporations Act
    and our constitution. I believe these address this problem, though we can
    clarify this if needed. I don't agree that OSGeo charter members are an
    appropriate way to address this problem.
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    Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 20:42:36 +1000
    From: Bruce Bannerman <bruce.bannerman.osgeo at gmail.com>
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    John,
    
    Do you have a link to these documents?
    
    Bruce
    
    
    > On 25 Sep 2019, at 20:23, John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:
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    > Sorry Bruce, I'm confused. You say you can live with a single membership class which is the question at hand, but you're -1?
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    > Re: a process to remove directors, we are governed by the Corporations Act and our constitution. I believe these address this problem, though we can clarify this if needed. I don't agree that OSGeo charter members are an appropriate way to address this problem.
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    Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 23:33:46 +1200
    From: Alister Hood <alister.hood at gmail.com>
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    Subject: Re: [OSGeo Oceania] membership - elections - AGM
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    Hi, I was thinking along similar lines to Robert: people sign
    themselves up and become "Provisional" Members.  By default their
    membership is accepted after a set period of time.  I thought in some
    cases the board may want to fast track membership for someone who is
    making an obvious contribution to the community, but it is probably
    better to say this is a set period which allows for people to raise
    any concerns with a prospective member, and stick to it.
    
    Regards,
    Alister
    
    On Wed, 25 Sep 2019 at 21:00, Robert Coup <robert.coup at koordinates.com> wrote:
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    > IMO if protection is really necessary, it could be as simple as "only people who have been members for 3mo+ can vote". If there's some sudden influx then the org has 3 months to change the rules/sort it out. eg. InternetNZ has this (S3.6). Limiting officers to 2 per company might be sane as well. But I could happily live without any protection as well.
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    > Thanks
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    > Rob :)
    
    
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