[OSGeo Oceania] 2020 board directors: 1 & 2 year terms

[Daniel Silk]

+1 and I also volunteer for a one year term.


On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 6:09 AM Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com> wrote:

> +1
>
> And I volunteer for a one year term
>
>
> On Tue, 7 Jan 2020 at 3:16 am, Trisha Moriarty <moriar1y at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> +1 for proposal
>> And I will volunteer for a 1 year term
>>
>> Trish
>>
>> On Mon, 6 Jan 2020 at 10:31 am, Martin Tomko <tomkom at unimelb.edu.au>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Same here,
>>>
>>> +1 for process, and volunteering for 1 year.
>>>
>>> M.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From: *Oceania <oceania-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of adam
>>> steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com>
>>> *Date: *Monday, 6 January 2020 at 12:58 pm
>>> *To: *John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com>
>>> *Cc: *"Oceania at lists.osgeo.org" <Oceania at lists.osgeo.org>
>>> *Subject: *Re: [OSGeo Oceania] 2020 board directors: 1 & 2 year terms
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hey all
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I am also happy to volunteer for one year.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> +1 for John's process.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, 6 Jan 2020, 12:02 pm John Bryant, <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi OSGeo Oceania board,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Our Constitution says:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *In order to implement staggered terms [...] half of the newly-elected
>>> Directors will be appointed to a half term of one year. These Directors
>>> will volunteer or be chosen by random selection.*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The purpose of this is to make sure that in future, annual board
>>> elections will only be for half the positions, to make sure there's
>>> continuity across years.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> By way of a process, I propose this:
>>>
>>>    1. Directors volunteer for 1 year terms (with 2 years being the
>>>    default).
>>>    2. If needed to re-balance, we draw straws
>>>    <https://www.dsrw.org/~dlg/web/straws.php> to ensure we have half
>>>    for each of 1 & 2 year terms. Since we have 9 directors this will be 4/5 or
>>>    5/4. We can draw straws at our board meeting this coming Thursday.
>>>
>>> For example:
>>>
>>>    - 2 directors volunteer for a 1 year term: draw 2 straws from the
>>>    remaining 7 directors, and the short straws take a 1 year term -> 5 @ 2
>>>    years, 4 @ 1 year
>>>    - 6 directors volunteer for a 1 year term: draw 1 straw from those 6
>>>    directors, and the short straw takes a 2 year term -> 4 @ 2 years, 5 @ 1
>>>    year
>>>
>>> Sound fair?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm happy to volunteer for a 1 year term.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> John
>>>
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