Maria, the following email of Frank explains. So, when a need arises, the board can put to vote the learned Charter of OSGeo, to seek guidance. As the Board is elected by the Charter, the charter in turn can advise. Our very learned 1st board have thought about, and Frank is one of them. Cheers Ravi Kumar ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Frank Warmerdam <warmer...@pobox.com> Date: Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 3:27 AM Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] "Hostile Takeover" -- what do we mean by this? To: Helmut Kudrnovsky <hel...@web.de> Cc: OSGeo Discussions <discuss@lists.osgeo.org>
Helmut, The word "hostile" is a bit unfortunate. One of the goals of charter membership early in the organization was to provide a mechanism to keep us aligned on roughly our original mission and community. I personally had a concern that we might get swamped by some other community and almost accidentally taken over. For instance one might have imagined if all the folks interested in OSM joined OSGeo they might have accidentally swamped "us" and we would potentially have lost the goals of the organization. Best regards, Frank On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 11:15 AM, Helmut Kudrnovsky <hel...@web.de> wrote: > sorry, missed the subject > > > Gesendet: Montag, 28. August 2017 um 20:12 Uhr > Von: "Helmut Kudrnovsky" > An: discuss@lists.osgeo.org, s...@sarasafavi.com > Betreff: Kein Betreff > Sara Safavi: >>In the notification emails from CRO to new charter member nominees, the >>following is included (emphasis mine): >> >>*"(Charter Members) have the following responsibilities: (1) annually vote >>for OSGeo Board Members; (2) annually vote for new OSGeo Charter Members >>and (3) be aware of and protect against a hostile takeover of OSGeo."* >> >>I have had more than one nominee of mine contact me asking what exactly >>this means. I agree with their concerns: this is strange language to use, >>is not reflected in our bylaws, and frankly does not fit the image I >>presented when I first contacted them asking if they would accept a >>nomination. > > one may translate it to: being responsible of/taking care for the wealth and integrity of foundation based > upon the principles and bylaws. > >>It may be a language barrier or simply a misunderstanding, but can we >>clarify what is meant by using this kind of verbiage, and consider a >>re-wording? > > I tend to keep it as it is. rewording would mean involving the charter members as this related to them. > > Kind regards > Helmut > > OSGeo charter member > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- ---------------------------------------+-------------------- ------------------ I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, warmer...@pobox.com light and sound - activate the windows | and watch the world go round - Rush | Geospatial Software Developer _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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