[OSGeo Oceania] Call for Feedback Due 23rd Sept - Board Election Process & Timeline

[John Bryant]

The constitution (s 41) says:


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> *The Chair may (with the approval of the meeting) confer with Members and
> others byradio, telephone, facsimile, computer, Internet, closed circuit
> television or other electronicmeans of audio or audio-visual communication.
> Any resolution passed using such a systemis to be treated as having been
> passed at a meeting of the Members held on the day and atthe time the
> conference was held — even if the Members were not present together in
> oneplace at the time. This clause does not limit the discretion of the
> Members to regulate theirmeetings.*
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 So I think using an internet-based remote electronic voting system over
the course of a week would be reasonable?

On Sat, 19 Sep 2020 at 12:14, Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefitz1 at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> On Sat, 19 Sep 2020 at 13:32, John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> *the election itself* could be this General Meeting, with the membership
>> resolving to appoint the people who win the election as directors.
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> That's certainly the way that every Association I've been involved with
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> However, they have all been "locally" based so that most members are able
> to attend the Meeting, so I'm not sure how it would work with members
> spread over such a wide area?
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> Thanks
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> Graeme
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