Hi Jody, Gert-Jan, Maxi, Steven and others,
I will start with Jody's message. It's true that the charter members
list on the OSGeo website was updated only yesterday. However, this has
no impact on the voting system which is not using the web page list but
the tables from OSGeo Dropbox account. Those files were updated the
second day after the end of the nomination process. Regarding the board
approval of the new charter member list I would like to make a comment.
The board was asked to formally approve the result of the nomination
process. That means that the board acknowledge that the nomination
process was carried out according with the rules. The board has no right
to reject an individual membership if the nomination process was correct.
Regarding the request to extent the initial election calendar. Although
personally I had no problem in grasping the information from coming from
Jeff, I agree that some time may be required if new discussions will
spark (especially because weekend started). However, I think we already
had too much traffic on the discuss mailing list with this topic and
this can scare some of our recipients. I'm ready to extend the deadline
with *two days* but only to give a chance to people that are leaving for
the weekend to read the emails and, eventually, respond. Please don't
make this thread personally and refrain from posting redundant information.
Best,
Vasile
CRO 2017
On 10/13/17 8:44 PM, Jody Garnett wrote:
Gert-Jan:
More seriously although the nomination process for members was
completed, and accepted by the board, the list of voting members was
only updated last night.
I would be happy to formally request the CRO for an extension for one
week - as we have some 70 individuals who have not been able to
participate this week!
I note that the CRO is an independent officer and these elections are in
full swing. So while the board may make a formal request we have to
respect the independence of the role.
On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 11:21 AM Gert-Jan van der Weijden (OSGeo.nl)
<gert-...@osgeo.nl <mailto:gert-...@osgeo.nl>> wrote:
Dear CRO (and Board Member nominees, and fellow voting members),
In the original planning for the 2017 elections, the campaign week would
end this Sunday, and the virtual polling stations would open their
virtual door this Monday.
However, over the last 2 hours our mailboxes have been flooded by a
large number of mails, that now only answer question posed earlier this
week, but of course also raise new questions.
To me, two important values of our organisation are openness and
discussion. The fact our mailing list is called "discuss" is a fine
example of that!
Therefore, I would like to ask the CRO to extend the campaign week, in
order for all voter to be able to read all the mail, think their content
over, form an opinion, and discuss that opinion with others. The
insights Jeff has brought us today are simply too much too think over
and mentally process in just one weekend. One has got to have a day off
with our friend as family as well. don't we?
I don't don't if I ((as a Charter Member) can make this as a formal
motion, but I'm almost sure that no-one involved in this election will
object. (OK, the nominees will have to cross their fingers a few days
longer to see if they will be elected. Sorry for that). All for the good
of the democratic process and the openness of our Foundation!
Kind regards,
Gert-Jan
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