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

[Greg Lauer]

+ 1 and volunteer for 2 year term


On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 5:52 AM Daniel Silk <dwsilk at gmail.com> wrote:

> +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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