On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Mateusz Loskot <mate...@loskot.net> wrote: > Hi, > > Can someone explain me what is this "Seconded by" > and "Support by" feature listed next to the Board nominations [1]? > Is this an element of any formal procedure or it's some kind of elevator > pitch? > > [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Member_Nominations_2012
According to: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Election_Procedure "No seconder is required" The OSGeo election procedures seem a bit vague at the moment. Comparing and contrasting with government, trade union, and even student union elections that I've seen, which have pages and pages of restrictions on canvassing and ballot mechanisms and publicity limits and so on. Last year's board member nominations just have the nomination statement and the candidate's statement: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Member_Nominations_2011 and not a long list of 'I like him/her too' messages, which are probably unnecessary - the candidate should stand or fall on their reputation and statement, not how many friends they seem to have! :) Barry _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
