Hi Venka, On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 10:15 AM, Venkatesh Raghavan <ragha...@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp> wrote: > Hi Eli, > > First of all, thanks to Jorge for volunteering to be co-CRO > and fixing the CRO alias promptly.
Yes, thanks Jorge. > > Regarding your other comment reproduced below; > > The Board did not appear to review this topic at > their last meeting, > https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2017-10-05, so perhaps it is > of no concern to the Board. > > > The question of review this topic at the 2017-10-05 board meeting did not > arise > as the nomination for our ex-co-CRO was filed on 2017-10-08. Thanks for fixing my mistake, I misunderstood the dates and thought that nomination for our ex-co-CRO was filed on 2017-10-01. Sorry to suggest that it was of no concern to the Board when it is actually unknown. > > I would like to assure you that I share your concern about the proper > process. Great, I hope that the Board follows the proper process. I'll stop making noise and allow the proper process to work. Best regards, Eli > > Best > > Venka > > > > > On 10/12/2017 1:58 AM, Jorge Sanz wrote: > > Hi Eli, > > I did it yesterday without having a ticket involved. My bad sorry. > > I confirm that the CRO alias is now sending emails only to Vasile and me. > -- > Jorge Sanz > https://jorgesanz.net > > Sent from my phone, excuse my brevity and typos > > El 11 oct. 2017 18:36, "Eli Adam" <ea...@co.lincoln.or.us> escribió: > > On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 7:44 AM, Fenoy Gerald <gerald.fe...@geolabs.fr> > wrote: > > Dear Eli, > as you may have notice, Jeff has stepped down from his position of > > co-CRO when accepting the Nicolas’ nomination [1]. > > I didn't find that thread while scanning through the archive. Thanks > for pointing it out to me. > > Jeff was involved in the charter member election process as co-CRO but > > he is no more so, I guess, there is no issue for the board election. > > Was the c...@osgeo.org email alias updated? I didn't notice a ticket > for that. I'm impressed that there is so little concern about the > proper process. The Board did not appear to review this topic at > their last meeting, > https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2017-10-05, so perhaps it is > of no concern to the Board. > > Best regards, Eli > > Best regards, > > [1] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2017-October/036449.html > > > Gérald Fenoy > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Djay > > Le 11 oct. 2017 à 16:04, Eli Adam <ea...@co.lincoln.or.us> a écrit : > > Nicolas, > > On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 2:48 PM, nicolas bozon <nicolas.bo...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > It is my honor to nominate Jeff McKenna for the OSGeo Board of > > Directors > > election. > > I don't think that you can nominate the CRO, nor can the CRO accept > your nomination, https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Chief_Returning_Officer. > In some past years the CRO was a sitting Board member with a year > remaining on their term thus avoiding this situation. > > Most of you knows Jeff's energy and passion for everything OSGeo, and i > would probably be mistaken trying to summarize his countless > > contributions > > over the years, at every level of our Foundation. His leadership and > > long > > involvement in the OSGeo and FOSS4G communities made him the Winner of > > the > > Solz Katz Award in 2016, and i cannot add more. For those of you who > > may > > really not know Jeff yet, the User:Jeff_McKenna wiki page is a good > > read > > before you vote. > > Jeff already served three times at the board and has a deep > > understanding of > > both the director role and the current OSGeo strategic plan. > > Experienced > > with OSGeo governance and bylaws, Jeff also knows a lot about projects > > and > > people. He is always ready to help build locally and to represent > > globally. > > Jeff is a great communicator and enthusiastic community leader, and i > believe he will be an excellent OSGeo director again. Please let us all > welcome Jeff back at the Board! > > > Best regards, > > Nicolas Bozon > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jeff McKenna agreed to be nominated and i decided to send the > > nomination > > directly to the Discuss list with cc to CRO, so it avoids Jeff to > > confirm to > > himself that he accepts the nomination. The Board Nominations page > > still > > need to be updated, could you please Vasile ? Sorry for shortening the > nomination process in this special case. > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The point is not to avoid Jeff confirming to himself that he accepts > the nomination, it is to avoid the CRO running an election and > counting votes when they are also standing for election. It is really > the Board's (and CRO's) responsibility to ensure that this situation > doesn't occur. The Board should not appoint CROs who might accept a > nomination and people who might accept a nomination should not accept > appointment as CRO. Maybe we should return to the tradition of the > CRO being a sitting Board member with a year remaining on their term. > CRO is a difficult job and much credit to those who do it. Also, > someone (other than me) should be paying attention to the basic > process and raise these issues. > > Best regards, Eli > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss