Jeroen Ticheler wrote:
+1 from me.
I'm actually curious to understand what the reason is behind the number
of new charter members. The policy says:
"The number of new members will be between 10% and one third of the
existing charter membership count as decided by the board."
Now, that means an ever increasing number even if the total OSGeo
community would be shrinking. Shouldn't the number of new charter
members also be related to e.g. the number of people subscribed to the
OSGeo discuss list (or another community size indicator)?
Jeroen,
People also drop off the list over time. If a charter member does not
vote at all for two straight years, the Secretary is responsible for
removing them from the charter member list.
The 10-33% range was intended to allow renewal and growth while not
making it likely that the direction of the foundation is likely to be
swamped by a sudden influx of not-so-likeminded new members.
My hope is that the board would have some sense of how many additional
quality members we are likely to find in a year when setting the exact
number of new members.
Best regards,
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