[Qgis-psc] Please review - draft email calling for QGIS Community Voting Member Nominations.

[ElPaso]

Il 04/05/2016 14:11, Matthias Kuhn ha scritto:
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> On 05/04/2016 02:03 PM, Tim Sutton wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>>> On 04 May 2016, at 12:21, Anita Graser <anitagraser at gmx.at> wrote:
>>>
>>> Are the voting members selected for one year terms?
>>>
>>
>> No they are non-expiring (like OSGEO Charter members I guess) or 
>> until they withdraw their membership.
>>
>>> Do they have to be present at the annual general meeting?
>>>
>>>
>> No, we will do the votes virtually (probably loomio with a closed 
>> group of voters) and use 50% + 1 as the basis for quorum. At the AGM 
>> we will present the results of the votes but not do any actual voting 
>> in the meeting.
>>
>> Again I should add the above is our proposed way of doing things - 
>> let us know if that does not sit well with you.
>
> Looking at the current state of the QGIS source code, I notice that a 
> lot of people who have been involved in the early days of QGIS 
> disappeared while new ones appeared. I guess in other areas of the 
> project it's the same.
>
> Re-elections every year seems a lot, but maybe confirm voting members 
> in their position every 3 years to compensate for the natural change 
> in the community would be a good thing?
>
> Matthias


I agree with Matthias: it would be better if people could confirm the 
elected members after a while (2-3 years seems a good period of time).


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