On May 26, 2012, at 1:38 PM, Arnulf Christl (OSGeo) wrote: > Dear Members of OSGeo, > we have an important issue on governance coming up again and again. It > suggests that OSGeo Board decisions should be complemented by votes from > the Charter Members when "important" and "strategic" decisions have to > be taken. Something like this: > > [snip] >>> For such important decisions, I think that it would maybe >>> worth making Charter members vote too, just like to get an >>> major orientation decided by 120 people instead of only 8. > [snip] > > Initially this sounded like a good idea to me so we discussed this in > Denver and then again in Seattle at the last f2f board meetings plus on > the list and during regular IRC board meetings. We have come to a > different conclusion and want to explain why and ask for comments. > ..
I don't know if you are asking for input from the charter members, but if you are, I concur with your conclusion. I trust the board to make the right decision on my behalf, and if and when I don't, I will do my little bit to choose a different board. Keep up the hard work. -- Puneet Kishor http://punkish.org science http://earth-base.org advocacy http://creativecommons.org_______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
