[QGIS-Developer] [Qgis-community-team] Call for nominations for new QGIS community voting members

[Jorge Gustavo Rocha]

Hi Paolo,

I don't see this process as a problem, but as an opportunity to build a
better community. That's why this process exist, to recognize and reward
the most dedicated members.

I would put the question in the other way: why can't we make the
nominations public from the start? Is it a problem?

Marco had to send a reminder for the nominations. Why? In my opinion, if
the nominations started as a public process, more people were involved
from the beginning. Soon as the first nomination appeared, others
nominations would came.

In summary: I don't think this is a problem but we should take all
opportunities to foster collaboration, transparency and open communication.

See you soon,

Jorge

Às 16:18 de 10/01/19, Paolo Cavallini escreveu:
> Hi all,
> so are you suggesting that:
> * the call for nominations should be done by a non PSC member (now it's
> a PSC member doing this)
> * make nominations public from the start (we currently disclose them
> after collecting them).
> For the first one I frankly don't see any issue.
> For the second one, having a short buffer does not seem a real problem
> for me; could you please elaborate?
> Thanks.
> 
> On 10/01/19 15:57, Borys Jurgiel wrote:
>> Yes, it's what I had in mind :)
>>
>> Dnia czwartek, 10 stycznia 2019 15:09:18 CET Jorge Gustavo Rocha pisze:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> May I join the discussion?
>>>
>>> The OSGeo does this same process [1] every year. I think we can take
>>> advantage of the experience and use a similar procedure, which is
>>> absolutely transparent.
>>>
>>> Every year a CRO [2] is nominated to run the process as independent as
>>> possible (from the board/PSC), the nominations are validated by the CRO
>>> and published on the wiki, and afterwards, people allowed to vote can
>>> review the motivations for each nominee and vote accordingly.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Jorge Gustavo
>>>
>>> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process
>>> [2] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Chief_Returning_Officer
>>>
>>> Às 13:53 de 10/01/19, Borys Jurgiel escreveu:
>>>> Thanks Tim!
>>>>
>>>> Looking for candidates is not exactly what I mean. I rather wonder if
>>>> public nominations and then voting on them wouldn't be more transparent
>>>> and encouraging to participate.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Borys
>>>>
>>>> Dnia wtorek, 8 stycznia 2019 12:11:08 CET Tim Sutton pisze:
>>>>> Hi Borys
>>>>>
>>>>> Simple answer is just to chat to the person you plan to nominate first
>>>>> and
>>>>> see if they are willing.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards
>>>>>
>>>>> Tim
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 08 Jan 2019, at 11:18, Borys Jurgiel <lists at borysjurgiel.pl> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dnia poniedziałek, 7 stycznia 2019 23:57:02 CET Marco Bernasocchi pisze:
>>>>>>> Hi Everybody, this is a gentle reminder that the Call for nominations
>>>>>>> at
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://goo.gl/forms/Lfk1VBDKlRAOrWYq1
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> will close January 9th 2019 at midnight (GMT).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>> Marco
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have one stupid question: how can we know who is interested in being
>>>>>> nominated and who prefers to rather keep away and not be burdened with
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> voting duties? :) Maybe it's because I missed a lot of hackfests, but I
>>>>>> simply don't know who wants to join QGIS.ORG.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Some of you know I'm looking for a way to be able to also represent the
>>>>>> QGIS.ORG somehow when I'm representing the QGIS project here in Poland,
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> unfortunately being the voting member seems to be the only bridge
>>>>>> between
>>>>>> them. I'm sure there is a bunch of us in similar situation, much more
>>>>>> deserving this position than me, so if any of you wants/needs my
>>>>>> nomination
>>>>>> for fulfilling your representative duties or any other reasons, please
>>>>>> let
>>>>>> me know to help me making the right nominations! :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Borys
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>> —
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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