[Qgis-psc] Statute modifications

[Tim Sutton]

Hi

> On 05 Oct 2016, at 4:47 PM, Neumann, Andreas <a.neumann at carto.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi Jürgen,
> 
> I would say no - leaving PSC members don't get automatically voting member status. They can be nominated, when either a voting member resigns, or when a new QGIS user group is added. Tim and I suggest that we only add new voting members once a year - to reduce the bureaucracy.
> 
> In general I would say that double mandates should be avoided. The voting members should control the work of the PSC. I think there are a few double mandates, such as Paolo and me - who are both a voting member (user group representative) and also PSC/board members. It can be discussed if this should be avoided. If yes, it should be clarified in the statutes.
> 
> 

Yes I would like to avoid it (double mandates). One concern (maybe Juergen's concern too?) is what happens when PSC members rotate out?  They go from having franchise as a PSC member to having no franchise. Perhaps we could have a simple swap system whereby incoming PSC members who had QGIS Voter rights hand over their rights to the outgoing PSC member. I would guess that in most cases new PSC members would already be voting members. In cases where they were not, we can automatically put them in the nominations list for incoming community voting members. It would be great if someone can think of a simpler way to manage this so that we can keep bureaucracy to a minimum... 

The reason I prefer to remove the double mandates is that PSC members will be putting forward proposals and budgets etc. and it seems like self-reinforcement if we vote on the issues we raise ourselves.

Regards

Tim

> Andreas
> 
>  
> On 2016-10-05 15:36, Jürgen E. Fischer wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> On Wed, 05. Oct 2016 at 12:07:04 +0200, Paolo Cavallini wrote:
>>> 
>>>> For QGIS Voting Members I am proposing membership be perpetual (or until
>>>> a motion is passed to have them removed).
>>  
>>> 
>>> thanks for comments. I understand your point, and you may be right.
>>> All the best.
>> 
>> Do leaving PSC members also get a voting member status?   I think no PSC member
>> was nominated as community voting member at the time.
>> 
>> 
>> Jürgen
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