As SDOs go, even IHTSDO and W3C are more open than this. On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 7:11 AM, Erik Sundvall <erik.sundvall at liu.se> wrote:
> Hi and seasons greetings! > > I find the openEHR board nomination process a bit confusing and pretty > different to what I am used to in other community settings. > > When joining as an openEHR individual member you first have to wait until > your application has been approved, this might be logical in some ways, but > it means you will need to remember to get back to the member site some days > later and then do your nominations (a nomination dropout risk). > > Also you can not even view nominations without logging in. After logging > in I did not find any list of members possible to nominate, but after > navigating around a while I found these four nominations: > - Bosca Tomas, Diego > - McNicoll, Ian > - Bakke, Silje Ljosland > - Kobayashi, Shinji > > I guess these nice persons were nominated by individual members, I did not > find any information regarding if industry members have nominated any > candidates. > > I did not find any information regarding if any of the current board > members are considered already nominated or not (I guess not, since Ian is > on the current board and has been nominated separately). > > The strangest thing, unless I misunderstood the submission form: > The form is rigged primarily to nominate yourself, and it is optional to > "Include > name in list of event registrants" - does that mean that there may be > people secretly nominated? Very strange at least from a Swedish > community/NGO/volunteer-org perspective. > > I would like to nominate Thomas Beale for example, can I do that? By > replacing my own name that is pre-filled in the form I guess it is possible > to nominate someone else but it is far from obvious from form-texts > regarding "your nomination" etc. > > In the community settings I am used to, the nominations are open so that > any member can nominate any member, then the nominated persons are asked if > they would accept a nomination or not, then there is a vote among the > remaining nominated persons. > > I would suggest some changes > - Listing all current nominations (including from both industry and > individual members) without login requirement > - Allowing at least logged in members to see who else is a member (so that > we know who can be nominated and can encourage people to become members if > they are not listed) > - Making it possible to nominate other people than yourself > - Clarifying if anybody not on the visible nomination list is considered > to be nominated > - Send out nomination reminders regularly (perhaps including a list of the > then nominated persons) > > Best regards, > Erik Sundvall > > Ph.D. Medical Informatics. Information Architect. Tel: +46-72-524 54 55 > (or 010-1036252 in Sweden) > Li?: erik.sundvall at regionostergotland.se (lio.se changing name 1 Jan 2015) > LiU: erik.sundvall at liu.se http://www.imt.liu.se/~erisu/ > > On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 12:58 AM, <sam.heard at openehrfoundation.org> wrote: > >> Happy Xmas everybody, >> >> Thank you to the new members and Industry Partners that have joined up so >> far. We have three nominations for the Management Board at this stage. Two >> of the companies have asked for an extension for the joining date to allow >> transition to the new Calendar year. >> >> The Board considered their request at the last Board meeting and agreed. >> Consequently the closure date for nominations has been extended to the 31 >> Jan 2015. >> >> Please join up by going to http://members.openehr.org We need a broad >> and representative group to vote for the Management Board. Your involvement >> is crucial. The funds also help us with the provision of some of the >> fundamentals (web site, CKM etc). >> >> Have a great break over Xmas but make sure you contribute to the MedInfo >> workshops by the middle of January. Keep an eye on the lists for details. >> >> Looking forward to working with you all in 2015! >> >> Cheers, Sam >> >> Dr Sam Heard >> Chairman, openEHR Foundation >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> openEHR-announce mailing list >> openEHR-announce at lists.openehr.org >> >> http://lists.openehr.org/mailman/listinfo/openehr-announce_lists.openehr.org >> > > > _______________________________________________ > openEHR-technical mailing list > openEHR-technical at lists.openehr.org > > http://lists.openehr.org/mailman/listinfo/openehr-technical_lists.openehr.org > -- ============================================ Timothy Cook LinkedIn Profile:http://www.linkedin.com/in/timothywaynecook MLHIM http://www.mlhim.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.openehr.org/pipermail/openehr-clinical_lists.openehr.org/attachments/20141228/7e03b53f/attachment-0001.html>
