[Qgis-psc] Voting on revised charter

[Richard Duivenvoorde]

IF you do not think/hope that people get reelected, then do not put a 
new voting on this would be my idea

I'm not too keen on too much bureaucracy in PSC/association work.
I would be fine with the bootstrapping process of Tim.

And do not underestimate peoples feelings when they are not relected: 
(I'm not sure I would be happy to mentor somebody who just kicked me out...)

Regards,

Richard

On 24-11-16 12:33, Andreas Neumann wrote:
> Hi Tim,
>
> My assumption is that the PSC and board will most likely have some
> former members.
>
> I don't think the past PSC members did such a bad job that they wouldn't
> be elected.
>
> However, it is unfair not to give other people a chance to candidate for
> election.
>
> Also, we already have some positions (like Yves and Lene) that are
> essential/important to us and who are not on the PSC (maybe the
> should/could be on the PSC though). In the unlikely case that none or
> only one or two of the former PSC members get elected, we could still
> mentor from outside of the PSC.
>
> Andreas
>
>
> Am 24.11.2016 um 12:24 schrieb Tim Sutton:
>> Hi
>>
>>> On 24 Nov 2016, at 1:06 PM, Andreas Neumann <a.neumann at carto.net
>>> <mailto:a.neumann at carto.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Tim,
>>>
>>> Regarding voting:
>>>
>>> We never really had a voting of the board in the past. It was kind of
>>> who was engaged and committed at the early or right times got into
>>> the PSC. We need to "correct" this.
>>>
>>> I think, this time we should start from a plain field - from zero
>>> (empty board). Everybody should have a chance to get on the PSC and
>>> on the board - not just existing members.
>>>
>>> We just have to define how many seats the PSC will have for the next
>>> period and give everybody a chance to be a candidate. The board is
>>> defined in the revised charter (if accepted) as being three people
>>> (chair, vice-chair, treasurer). That's clear.
>>>
>>> So we should put out a message and ask if there are interested
>>> candidates who want to run for a seat on the PSC and/or board.
>>>
>>> And we should define how many seats there are on the PSC.
>>>
>>> Would you agree with that?
>>
>> I think there is one downside with this. In the hypothetical situation
>> that non of us gets voted back into the board/PSC, there will be no
>> continuity between incoming and outgoing members. I agree that going
>> with a clean slate would be nice in some ways but then we would need
>> to agree to provide some mentoring to the incoming members (even just
>> for simple stuff like creating qgis.org <http://qgis.org> accounts
>> etc. showing them how we manage meetings, bank account access etc).
>> Did you have some idea how to deal with this in your clean slate scenario?
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Tim
>>
>>>
>>> Andreas
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, we need to officially vote PSC members and the board, and
>>>>> give people a chance to be a candidate for PSC or the board.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes. That is one sticky problem - we need to bootstrap who will be
>>>> first to go up for re-election. Its probably simplest if we just put
>>>> our name forward if we are happy to go up for re-election. I put my
>>>> own name forward to start the ball rolling. Gary is immune from
>>>> re-election so that means we need two other names put forward. We
>>>> can work on a first-to-reply basis so that we can avoid any
>>>> awkwardness. Those who don't put their names forward will be up for
>>>> re-election next year.
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> —
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Tim Sutton*
>>
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