Good suggestion Maxi, I agree We might also want to consider whether the Charter Members should have a significant role in the governance of OSGeo beyond electing the board and being some kind of backstop in the event of a “hostile takeover” ______ Steven
> On 18 Sep 2017, at 13:17, Massimiliano Cannata > <massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch> wrote: > > Dear All, > now that the official nomination period is concluded I would like to rise a > question about the opportunity of having Charter member nomination just > before of the Board Election with the intend of opening a discussion for the > coming years. > > Personally I think that this is very inappropriate. I would propose to run > the Charter member election only after the Board member election. > Even if I'm sure that nobody did it, there is a risk of 'election' for the > purpose of 'election'. > e.g.: I could virtually nominate 20 people and likely expecting they will > vote form me or second all the nominations to get the favor of new members. > > This is a potential flaws in the system from my point of view. > > Cheers, > maxi > > > -- > Massimiliano Cannata > Professore SUPSI in ingegneria Geomatica > Responsabile settore Geomatica > > Istituto scienze della Terra > Dipartimento ambiente costruzione e design > Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana > Campus Trevano, CH - 6952 Canobbio > > Tel. +41 (0)58 666 62 14 > Fax +41 (0)58 666 62 09 > massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch <mailto:massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch> > www.supsi.ch/ist > <http://www.supsi.ch/ist>_______________________________________________ > Board mailing list > bo...@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board
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