On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 3:11 PM, Helena Mitasova <hmit...@ncsu.edu> wrote: >> On Jun 3, 2016, at 8:02 AM, Moritz Lennert <mlenn...@club.worldonline.be> >> wrote: >>> Can't we just have a system where every 3 years we reelect the complete >>> PSC, but people >>> can be candidates for their own succession ? I'm not sure that there is >>> such a rush of people >>> for this job, but if there is, great. Then the election will actually be a >>> real election ;-) > > that is what I had in mind. OSGeo board elections work that way as well.
The OSGeo board elections work differently: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Election_Procedure#General_Process "General Process Half of the board positions (4 or more if directors stepped down before their term was over) will be up for election each year in a process operated by the Chief Returning Officer (CRO). " Of course we don't need to follow that. >> And I think that the risk that the entire PSC will be changed and that we >> find ourselves with a PSC full of newbies is quite low. >> >> So, to summarize, my proposal would be: >> >> - Election of the entire PSC every three years >> - All people with SVN access have the right to vote >> - Elections are announced on grass-dev and grass-user with a clear >> definition of procedure: >> - Anyone (or anyone with voting right ?) can nominate someone during a >> period of a few (4?) weeks >> - Possibly: those who are already in the PSC and stand for elections >> again do not need a nomination / can nominate themselves ? >> - Voting during 1 week >> - The ten candidates with the most votes make up the new PSC > > This looks good to me on the first reading - I suggest that we think this > through for a day or two (think about what may not work > under this scenario to avoid unexpected consequences) and if it still looks > good we should put it on a wiki to keep track > of the process Already done: https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/PSC/Election2016#Proposals > and then it can be announced. > I suggest that anyone regardless of voting right can nominate and the current > members can nominate themselves > just by saying that they are standing for re-election. Sounds good. Markus _______________________________________________ grass-psc mailing list grass-psc@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-psc