Thank you Eli for this concern, as when I was nominated I immediately
realized the potential for a conflict of interest, and resigned as co-CRO.
It was not something I planned, giving a month of my time to the
election and then stopping, but I agree with you that a more formal
process for selecting the upcoming election CROs is needed. I actually
would like to see the CROs involved in the whole process, including when
any changes to the voting/nomination process are needed. So there is
definitely room for improvement here.
-jeff
On 2017-10-11 2:15 PM, Venkatesh Raghavan wrote:
Hi Eli,
First of all, thanks to Jorge for volunteering to be co-CRO
and fixing the CRO alias promptly.
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.
I would like to assure you that I share your concern about the proper
process.
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...@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
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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.
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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
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