Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Charter Member Nomination: Jakob Miksch

[Cameron Shorter]

I second the nomination for Jakob Miksch.

Among other things, Jakob has helped the OSGeo-Live team with initial 
research into Transifex translations of OSGeo-Live documentation.


I agree that it would be good to have him included as an OSGeo Charter 
member.


Warm regards, Cameron


On 19/9/17 4:29 am, Jeff McKenna wrote:
(Sorry for late nomination, but we the CRO's missed this email, 
submitted within the deadline, so please read the nomination from 
Astrid below, and support it if you can)




Forwarding Jakob Miksch nomination by Astrid Emde. The 2017 member 
nominations list was updated [1].


Best regards,
Vasile & Jeff
2017 OSGeo Elections CROs

[1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2017


 Forwarded Message 

Hello,

I would like to nominate Jakob Miksch [1].

I asked him and he agrreed with the nomination.

Jakobs background is in Geography and Geoinformatics. He is interested 
in geospatial application development using open source tools. He 
mostly works with QGIS and PostGIS and likes programming.
Jakob is involved in FOSSGIS, OSGeo events & OpenStreetMap meet-ups 
since a few years. He was visitor, volunteer & speaker at some 
conferences.

He is involved in the OSM project and OSGeo-Live.

Recently he gave a talk at FOSS4G Norway about the SDI he is involed 
in - so maybe some of you know him from the talk.


He is curious and open minded and can be a bridge to students and the 
OSM community.


Would be great to have him in the team as OSGeo Charter Member.

Astrid

[1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Magicgate



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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] About the selected election periods

[Ben Caradoc-Davies]

Good point. Perhaps a website account holder should be a "user"? If not, 
then "voting member" might be the least bad option.


Kind regards,
Ben.

On 19/09/17 08:35, Jody Garnett wrote:

But practice tried to lower the bar for being an osgeo member to ...
signing up on the wiki.
- http://www.osgeo.org/content/faq/getting_started.html



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On 18 September 2017 at 13:06, Ben Caradoc-Davies  wrote:


The bylaws use the term "member". Less is more.

Kind regards,
Ben.

On 19/09/17 02:39, Jody Garnett wrote:


Of course we should still rename charter members (since that term means
people who signed the original charter
). I know
"voting member" does not sound quite as fun.



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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] About the selected election periods

[Luigi Pirelli]

as Italian, where we have a long tradition of member elected just
before elections (in italy they are called "camelries"), I strongly
support the Massimiliano's proposal.

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On 18 September 2017 at 14:17, Massimiliano Cannata
 wrote:
> Dear All,
> now that the official nomination period is concluded I would like to rise a
> question about the opportunity of having Charter member nomination just
> before of the Board Election with the intend of opening a discussion for the
> coming years.
>
> Personally I think that this is very inappropriate. I would propose to run
> the Charter member election only after the Board member election.
> Even if I'm sure that nobody did it, there is a risk of 'election' for the
> purpose of 'election'.
> e.g.: I could virtually nominate 20 people and likely expecting they will
> vote form me or second all the nominations to get the favor of new members.
>
> This is a potential flaws in the system from my point of view.
>
> Cheers,
> maxi
>
>
> --
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>
> Professore SUPSI in ingegneria Geomatica
>
> Responsabile settore Geomatica
>
>
> Istituto scienze della Terra
>
> Dipartimento ambiente costruzione e design
>
> Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana
>
> Campus Trevano, CH - 6952 Canobbio
>
> Tel. +41 (0)58 666 62 14
>
> Fax +41 (0)58 666 62 09
>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] About the selected election periods

[Jody Garnett]

But practice tried to lower the bar for being an osgeo member to ...
signing up on the wiki.
- http://www.osgeo.org/content/faq/getting_started.html



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On 18 September 2017 at 13:06, Ben Caradoc-Davies  wrote:

> The bylaws use the term "member". Less is more.
>
> Kind regards,
> Ben.
>
> On 19/09/17 02:39, Jody Garnett wrote:
>
>> Of course we should still rename charter members (since that term means
>> people who signed the original charter
>> ). I know
>> "voting member" does not sound quite as fun.
>>
>
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> New Zealand
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] About the selected election periods

[Ben Caradoc-Davies]

The bylaws use the term "member". Less is more.

Kind regards,
Ben.

On 19/09/17 02:39, Jody Garnett wrote:

Of course we should still rename charter members (since that term means
people who signed the original charter
). I know
"voting member" does not sound quite as fun.


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[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Charter Member Nomination: Jakob Miksch

[Jeff McKenna]

(Sorry for late nomination, but we the CRO's missed this email, 
submitted within the deadline, so please read the nomination from Astrid 
below, and support it if you can)




Forwarding Jakob Miksch nomination by Astrid Emde. The 2017 member 
nominations list was updated [1].


Best regards,
Vasile & Jeff
2017 OSGeo Elections CROs

[1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2017


 Forwarded Message 

Hello,

I would like to nominate Jakob Miksch [1].

I asked him and he agrreed with the nomination.

Jakobs background is in Geography and Geoinformatics. He is interested 
in geospatial application development using open source tools. He mostly 
works with QGIS and PostGIS and likes programming.
Jakob is involved in FOSSGIS, OSGeo events & OpenStreetMap meet-ups 
since a few years. He was visitor, volunteer & speaker at some conferences.

He is involved in the OSM project and OSGeo-Live.

Recently he gave a talk at FOSS4G Norway about the SDI he is involed in 
- so maybe some of you know him from the talk.


He is curious and open minded and can be a bridge to students and the 
OSM community.


Would be great to have him in the team as OSGeo Charter Member.

Astrid

[1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Magicgate

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] About the selected election periods

[Jody Garnett]

Personally I think that electing board members is an active role in the
governance of the organization and tread the nomination process as an
invitation.

Still let me see if I can figure out where you are going. We have one of
our organization goals as celebrating members of our community, I had
always hoped to see more acknowledgement (not just awards) to inspire and
encourage members. I think we have been leaning on these charter membership
nominations to celebrate individuals (the candidates are darn impressive).
This celebration may indeed be a more important business function than the
associated responsibility (ie voting in the board elections).

So yeah I agree the acknowledgement is invaluable, but I am also serious
about the invitation/responsibility being important.

If we double back to our nomination process we are emphasizing individuals
who are demonstrating commitment to OSGeo and the OSGeo vision. The vast
majority of nominated individuals already play an active role in the
organization. We want to build on this demonstrated commitment and invite
candidates to specifically have a say in the composition of the OSGeo board.

Importantly individuals are asked if they want to take on this
responsibility, this gives us the personal commitment that the candidate is
willing to take on an active role. Indeed when I when discussing with
nominees each was careful to establish what the commitment was and confirm
they had time to perform this function.

Breaking it down:

1. Candidate demonstrates commitment*
2. Candidate personally agrees to the responsibility

The trick is (*) where the commitment needs to be noticed and recognized by
osgeo charter members (while individuals may contact a charter member
seeking I am not sure if they ever have).




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On 18 September 2017 at 09:46, Steven Feldman  wrote:

> Jody
>
> Do you think that might indicate that Charter Membership is more of an
> acknowledgement of a member's past contribution rather than an invitation
> to play active role in the governance of OSGeo?
>
> If that is the case, why would we entrust the important task of electing
> the board to those who may not be interested in the governance of the
> organisation?
> __
> Steven
>
>
> On 18 Sep 2017, at 15:39, Jody Garnett  wrote:
>
> I am a little cautious expecting charter members to take on a significant
> role in the governance of OSGeo without asking first. We have recently
> tried  asking for charter member participation in an OSGeo strategic
> planning activity ... and were disappointed by lack of response. I continue
> to recommend building up the working relationship with the committee
> leadership we do have and promote contributor engagement with committees
> (osgeo,project,board).
>
> Of course we should still rename charter members (since that term means
> people who signed the original charter
> ). I know
> "voting member" does not sound quite as fun.
>
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 18 September 2017 at 05:23, Steven Feldman  wrote:
>
>> Good suggestion Maxi, I agree
>>
>> We might also want to consider whether the Charter Members should have a
>> significant role in the governance of OSGeo beyond electing the board and
>> being some kind of backstop in the event of a “hostile takeover”
>> __
>> Steven
>>
>>
>> On 18 Sep 2017, at 13:17, Massimiliano Cannata <
>> massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch> wrote:
>>
>> Dear All,
>> now that the official nomination period is concluded I would like to rise
>> a question about the opportunity of having Charter member nomination just
>> before of the Board Election with the intend of opening a discussion for
>> the coming years.
>>
>> Personally I think that this is very inappropriate. I would propose to
>> run the Charter member election only after the Board member election.
>> Even if I'm sure that nobody did it, there is a risk of 'election' for
>> the purpose of 'election'.
>> e.g.: I could virtually nominate 20 people and likely expecting they will
>> vote form me or second all the nominations to get the favor of new members.
>>
>> This is a potential flaws in the system from my point of view.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> maxi
>>
>>
>> --
>> *Massimiliano Cannata*
>> Professore SUPSI in ingegneria Geomatica
>> Responsabile settore Geomatica
>>
>> Istituto scienze della Terra
>>
>> Dipartimento ambiente costruzione e design
>> Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana
>> Campus Trevano, CH - 6952 Canobbio
>>
>> Tel. +41 (0)58 666 62 14 <+41%2058%20666%2062%2014>
>> Fax +41 (0)58 666 62 09 <+41%2058%20666%2062%2009>
>> massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] About the selected election periods

[Vicky Vergara]

The way I see it:
"We, Charter member(s), have seen your past contributions so, based on that
activity we Invite you to play an active role in the governance of OSGeo"

My current role as charter member in the governance of OSGeo, allows me to
propose a person for the board, and also allows me to vote for charter
members & board.

But I don't stop making my contributions, based on my capacity and
knowledge.
Which is something I see on a lot of charter members, not being board, they
don't stop making their contributions.
Even as small as a mail comment, its a contribution.

Vicky



On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 11:46 AM, Steven Feldman 
wrote:

> Jody
>
> Do you think that might indicate that Charter Membership is more of an
> acknowledgement of a member's past contribution rather than an invitation
> to play active role in the governance of OSGeo?
>
> If that is the case, why would we entrust the important task of electing
> the board to those who may not be interested in the governance of the
> organisation?
> __
> Steven
>
>
> On 18 Sep 2017, at 15:39, Jody Garnett  wrote:
>
> I am a little cautious expecting charter members to take on a significant
> role in the governance of OSGeo without asking first. We have recently
> tried  asking for charter member participation in an OSGeo strategic
> planning activity ... and were disappointed by lack of response. I continue
> to recommend building up the working relationship with the committee
> leadership we do have and promote contributor engagement with committees
> (osgeo,project,board).
>
> Of course we should still rename charter members (since that term means
> people who signed the original charter
> ). I know
> "voting member" does not sound quite as fun.
>
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 18 September 2017 at 05:23, Steven Feldman  wrote:
>
>> Good suggestion Maxi, I agree
>>
>> We might also want to consider whether the Charter Members should have a
>> significant role in the governance of OSGeo beyond electing the board and
>> being some kind of backstop in the event of a “hostile takeover”
>> __
>> Steven
>>
>>
>> On 18 Sep 2017, at 13:17, Massimiliano Cannata <
>> massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch> wrote:
>>
>> Dear All,
>> now that the official nomination period is concluded I would like to rise
>> a question about the opportunity of having Charter member nomination just
>> before of the Board Election with the intend of opening a discussion for
>> the coming years.
>>
>> Personally I think that this is very inappropriate. I would propose to
>> run the Charter member election only after the Board member election.
>> Even if I'm sure that nobody did it, there is a risk of 'election' for
>> the purpose of 'election'.
>> e.g.: I could virtually nominate 20 people and likely expecting they will
>> vote form me or second all the nominations to get the favor of new members.
>>
>> This is a potential flaws in the system from my point of view.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> maxi
>>
>>
>> --
>> *Massimiliano Cannata*
>> Professore SUPSI in ingegneria Geomatica
>> Responsabile settore Geomatica
>>
>> Istituto scienze della Terra
>>
>> Dipartimento ambiente costruzione e design
>> Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana
>> Campus Trevano, CH - 6952 Canobbio
>>
>> Tel. +41 (0)58 666 62 14 <+41%2058%20666%2062%2014>
>> Fax +41 (0)58 666 62 09 <+41%2058%20666%2062%2009>
>> massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch
>> *www.supsi.ch/ist *
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] About the selected election periods

[Steven Feldman]

Jody

Do you think that might indicate that Charter Membership is more of an 
acknowledgement of a member's past contribution rather than an invitation to 
play active role in the governance of OSGeo?

If that is the case, why would we entrust the important task of electing the 
board to those who may not be interested in the governance of the organisation?
__
Steven


> On 18 Sep 2017, at 15:39, Jody Garnett  wrote:
> 
> I am a little cautious expecting charter members to take on a significant 
> role in the governance of OSGeo without asking first. We have recently tried  
> asking for charter member participation in an OSGeo strategic planning 
> activity ... and were disappointed by lack of response. I continue to 
> recommend building up the working relationship with the committee leadership 
> we do have and promote contributor engagement with committees 
> (osgeo,project,board).
> 
> Of course we should still rename charter members (since that term means 
> people who signed the original charter 
> ). I know 
> "voting member" does not sound quite as fun.
> 
> 
> --
> Jody Garnett
> 
> On 18 September 2017 at 05:23, Steven Feldman  > wrote:
> Good suggestion Maxi, I agree
> 
> We might also want to consider whether the Charter Members should have a 
> significant role in the governance of OSGeo beyond electing the board and 
> being some kind of backstop in the event of a “hostile takeover”
> __
> Steven
> 
> 
>> On 18 Sep 2017, at 13:17, Massimiliano Cannata 
>> > wrote:
>> 
>> Dear All,
>> now that the official nomination period is concluded I would like to rise a 
>> question about the opportunity of having Charter member nomination just 
>> before of the Board Election with the intend of opening a discussion for the 
>> coming years.
>> 
>> Personally I think that this is very inappropriate. I would propose to run 
>> the Charter member election only after the Board member election.
>> Even if I'm sure that nobody did it, there is a risk of 'election' for the 
>> purpose of 'election'. 
>> e.g.: I could virtually nominate 20 people and likely expecting they will 
>> vote form me or second all the nominations to get the favor of new members.
>> 
>> This is a potential flaws in the system from my point of view.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> maxi
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Massimiliano Cannata
>> Professore SUPSI in ingegneria Geomatica
>> Responsabile settore Geomatica
>> 
>> Istituto scienze della Terra
>> Dipartimento ambiente costruzione e design
>> Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana
>> Campus Trevano, CH - 6952 Canobbio
>> 
>> Tel. +41 (0)58 666 62 14 
>> Fax +41 (0)58 666 62 09 
>> massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch 
>> www.supsi.ch/ist 
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] About the selected election periods

[Jody Garnett]

I am a little cautious expecting charter members to take on a significant
role in the governance of OSGeo without asking first. We have recently
tried  asking for charter member participation in an OSGeo strategic
planning activity ... and were disappointed by lack of response. I continue
to recommend building up the working relationship with the committee
leadership we do have and promote contributor engagement with committees
(osgeo,project,board).

Of course we should still rename charter members (since that term means
people who signed the original charter
). I know
"voting member" does not sound quite as fun.


--
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On 18 September 2017 at 05:23, Steven Feldman  wrote:

> Good suggestion Maxi, I agree
>
> We might also want to consider whether the Charter Members should have a
> significant role in the governance of OSGeo beyond electing the board and
> being some kind of backstop in the event of a “hostile takeover”
> __
> Steven
>
>
> On 18 Sep 2017, at 13:17, Massimiliano Cannata <
> massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch> wrote:
>
> Dear All,
> now that the official nomination period is concluded I would like to rise
> a question about the opportunity of having Charter member nomination just
> before of the Board Election with the intend of opening a discussion for
> the coming years.
>
> Personally I think that this is very inappropriate. I would propose to run
> the Charter member election only after the Board member election.
> Even if I'm sure that nobody did it, there is a risk of 'election' for the
> purpose of 'election'.
> e.g.: I could virtually nominate 20 people and likely expecting they will
> vote form me or second all the nominations to get the favor of new members.
>
> This is a potential flaws in the system from my point of view.
>
> Cheers,
> maxi
>
>
> --
> *Massimiliano Cannata*
> Professore SUPSI in ingegneria Geomatica
> Responsabile settore Geomatica
>
> Istituto scienze della Terra
>
> Dipartimento ambiente costruzione e design
> Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana
> Campus Trevano, CH - 6952 Canobbio
>
> Tel. +41 (0)58 666 62 14 <+41%2058%20666%2062%2014>
> Fax +41 (0)58 666 62 09 <+41%2058%20666%2062%2009>
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[Marco Minghini]

+1 for Maxi's suggestion.

Marco

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2017-09-18 14:33 GMT+02:00 Marc Vloemans :

> Dear Maxi, Steven,
>
> I fully agree with your suggestions. Hope the role And responsabilities of
> charter members can be made more valuable to the organisation.
>
> Kind regards,
> Marc Vloemans
>
>
> Op 18 sep. 2017 om 14:23 heeft Steven Feldman  het
> volgende geschreven:
>
> Good suggestion Maxi, I agree
>
> We might also want to consider whether the Charter Members should have a
> significant role in the governance of OSGeo beyond electing the board and
> being some kind of backstop in the event of a “hostile takeover”
> __
> Steven
>
>
> On 18 Sep 2017, at 13:17, Massimiliano Cannata <
> massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch> wrote:
>
> Dear All,
> now that the official nomination period is concluded I would like to rise
> a question about the opportunity of having Charter member nomination just
> before of the Board Election with the intend of opening a discussion for
> the coming years.
>
> Personally I think that this is very inappropriate. I would propose to run
> the Charter member election only after the Board member election.
> Even if I'm sure that nobody did it, there is a risk of 'election' for the
> purpose of 'election'.
> e.g.: I could virtually nominate 20 people and likely expecting they will
> vote form me or second all the nominations to get the favor of new members.
>
> This is a potential flaws in the system from my point of view.
>
> Cheers,
> maxi
>
>
> --
> *Massimiliano Cannata*
> Professore SUPSI in ingegneria Geomatica
> Responsabile settore Geomatica
>
> Istituto scienze della Terra
>
> Dipartimento ambiente costruzione e design
> Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana
> Campus Trevano, CH - 6952 Canobbio
>
> Tel. +41 (0)58 666 62 14 <+41%2058%20666%2062%2014>
> Fax +41 (0)58 666 62 09 <+41%2058%20666%2062%2009>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] About the selected election periods

[Marc Vloemans]

Dear Maxi, Steven,

I fully agree with your suggestions. Hope the role And responsabilities of 
charter members can be made more valuable to the organisation. 

Kind regards,
Marc Vloemans


> Op 18 sep. 2017 om 14:23 heeft Steven Feldman  het 
> volgende geschreven:
> 
> Good suggestion Maxi, I agree
> 
> We might also want to consider whether the Charter Members should have a 
> significant role in the governance of OSGeo beyond electing the board and 
> being some kind of backstop in the event of a “hostile takeover”
> __
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> 
> 
>> On 18 Sep 2017, at 13:17, Massimiliano Cannata 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> Dear All,
>> now that the official nomination period is concluded I would like to rise a 
>> question about the opportunity of having Charter member nomination just 
>> before of the Board Election with the intend of opening a discussion for the 
>> coming years.
>> 
>> Personally I think that this is very inappropriate. I would propose to run 
>> the Charter member election only after the Board member election.
>> Even if I'm sure that nobody did it, there is a risk of 'election' for the 
>> purpose of 'election'. 
>> e.g.: I could virtually nominate 20 people and likely expecting they will 
>> vote form me or second all the nominations to get the favor of new members.
>> 
>> This is a potential flaws in the system from my point of view.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> maxi
>> 
>> 
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>> Professore SUPSI in ingegneria Geomatica
>> Responsabile settore Geomatica
>> 
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>> Dipartimento ambiente costruzione e design
>> Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana
>> Campus Trevano, CH - 6952 Canobbio
>> 
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>> Fax +41 (0)58 666 62 09
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[OSGeo-Discuss] 2017 membership process update

[Khalifa Ababacar SARR]

Dear colleagues of OsGeo,
>From Senegal, where we are exactly in Dakar (door and gateway to West
Africa), we are (I and Senegalese Association of Professionals of
Geomatics) very happy to follow this high place OsGeo discuss and
scientific canvas. I am the communications officer of the network of
Senegalese geomaticians. I especially thank Professor VENKA of Osaka and
Mister FENOY Gerarld who kindly coaxed me or mentored me in this big
project Open Source which is an alternative opportunity. Our countries have
suffered from access to very contradictory licensed software and have
blocked us in order to achieve our finest possible goals.
I remain optimistic that we will have the opportunity to welcome you all to
Senegal in the Grand Center of International Conference Abdou DIOUF (CCIAD)
of Diamniadio one day for to share all opportunities with my west africans
practical people.
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2017-09-18 9:26 GMT+00:00 Vasile Craciunescu :

> Dear all,
>
> I'd like to let you know that all the nominated persons got seconded (no
> veto recorded) and after the board formal approval they will all be
> officially recognized as OSGeo charter members. However, because of the
> large number of nominations, we a slight delay in our 2017 elections
> initial schedule. That's why I propose you to postpone until next Monday
> the start of the new board members elections. This will give us time to
> properly update the charter member database and for the board to validate
> the new members. Also, due to the high number of emails managed by the CROs
> during the last weeks, one nomination was not processed. We would like to
> express our most sincerer apologies for this unfortunate situation. To fix
> this, we propose to make an exception, to accept the nomination and to
> allow 24 hours for the community to review/second the nomination.
>
> Thank you all for supporting OSGeo!
>
> Best regards,
> Vasile & Jeff
> 2017 OSGeo Elections CROs
>
> On 2017-09-14 12:39, Vasile Craciunescu wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> We remind you that the community review of nominations stage of this
>> year membership process [1] is ending at midnight. Until then you can
>> still second nominations or send feedback to CRO.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Vasile & Jeff
>> 2017 OSGeo Elections CROs
>>
>> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2017
>> [2] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2017
>>
>> On 9/1/17 2:46 PM, Vasile Craciunescu wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> Please let us give you some updates on the membership process (charter
>>> members nomination) [1]. Until now we got 50 nominations. 40 nominees
>>> already confirm the nomination and that was reflected on this mailing list
>>> and the New Member Nominations 2017 wiki page [2]. Please be aware that the
>>> table is not reflecting yet all the endorsements received by the nominees.
>>> It's quite challenging to keep up with that. This information will be
>>> updated during the weekend and one more time before the nomination period
>>> end. Also, the user profile link was not included for the nominees.  This
>>> will also be reviewed during the weekend. Some people raise concerns about
>>> the phrase "be aware of and protect against a hostile takeover of OSGeo".
>>> The reasons for this wording were explained by some of our colleagues here
>>> and the subject will be included in one of the next board meetings. That's
>>> all for the moment. Thank you for caring about our community!
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Vasile & Jeff
>>> 2017 OSGeo Elections CROs
>>>
>>> PS If you decide to nominate a person as charter member, please include
>>> the nominee *e-mail address and the country*. Thank you!
>>>
>>> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process
>>> [2] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2017
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] About the selected election periods

[Steven Feldman]

Good suggestion Maxi, I agree

We might also want to consider whether the Charter Members should have a 
significant role in the governance of OSGeo beyond electing the board and being 
some kind of backstop in the event of a “hostile takeover”
__
Steven


> On 18 Sep 2017, at 13:17, Massimiliano Cannata 
>  wrote:
> 
> Dear All,
> now that the official nomination period is concluded I would like to rise a 
> question about the opportunity of having Charter member nomination just 
> before of the Board Election with the intend of opening a discussion for the 
> coming years.
> 
> Personally I think that this is very inappropriate. I would propose to run 
> the Charter member election only after the Board member election.
> Even if I'm sure that nobody did it, there is a risk of 'election' for the 
> purpose of 'election'. 
> e.g.: I could virtually nominate 20 people and likely expecting they will 
> vote form me or second all the nominations to get the favor of new members.
> 
> This is a potential flaws in the system from my point of view.
> 
> Cheers,
> maxi
> 
> 
> -- 
> Massimiliano Cannata
> Professore SUPSI in ingegneria Geomatica
> Responsabile settore Geomatica
> 
> Istituto scienze della Terra
> Dipartimento ambiente costruzione e design
> Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana
> Campus Trevano, CH - 6952 Canobbio
> 
> Tel. +41 (0)58 666 62 14
> Fax +41 (0)58 666 62 09
> massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch 
> www.supsi.ch/ist 
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[OSGeo-Discuss] About the selected election periods

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Dear All,
now that the official nomination period is concluded I would like to rise a
question about the opportunity of having Charter member nomination just
before of the Board Election with the intend of opening a discussion for
the coming years.

Personally I think that this is very inappropriate. I would propose to run
the Charter member election only after the Board member election.
Even if I'm sure that nobody did it, there is a risk of 'election' for the
purpose of 'election'.
e.g.: I could virtually nominate 20 people and likely expecting they will
vote form me or second all the nominations to get the favor of new members.

This is a potential flaws in the system from my point of view.

Cheers,
maxi


-- 
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Professore SUPSI in ingegneria Geomatica

Responsabile settore Geomatica


Istituto scienze della Terra

Dipartimento ambiente costruzione e design

Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana

Campus Trevano, CH - 6952 Canobbio

Tel. +41 (0)58 666 62 14

Fax +41 (0)58 666 62 09

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 2017 membership process update

[Vasile Craciunescu]

Dear all,

I'd like to let you know that all the nominated persons got seconded (no 
veto recorded) and after the board formal approval they will all be 
officially recognized as OSGeo charter members. However, because of the 
large number of nominations, we a slight delay in our 2017 elections 
initial schedule. That's why I propose you to postpone until next Monday 
the start of the new board members elections. This will give us time to 
properly update the charter member database and for the board to 
validate the new members. Also, due to the high number of emails managed 
by the CROs during the last weeks, one nomination was not processed. We 
would like to express our most sincerer apologies for this unfortunate 
situation. To fix this, we propose to make an exception, to accept the 
nomination and to allow 24 hours for the community to review/second the 
nomination.


Thank you all for supporting OSGeo!

Best regards,
Vasile & Jeff
2017 OSGeo Elections CROs

On 2017-09-14 12:39, Vasile Craciunescu wrote:

Dear all,

We remind you that the community review of nominations stage of this
year membership process [1] is ending at midnight. Until then you can
still second nominations or send feedback to CRO.

Best regards,
Vasile & Jeff
2017 OSGeo Elections CROs

[1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2017
[2] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2017

On 9/1/17 2:46 PM, Vasile Craciunescu wrote:

Dear all,

Please let us give you some updates on the membership process (charter 
members nomination) [1]. Until now we got 50 nominations. 40 nominees 
already confirm the nomination and that was reflected on this mailing 
list and the New Member Nominations 2017 wiki page [2]. Please be 
aware that the table is not reflecting yet all the endorsements 
received by the nominees. It's quite challenging to keep up with that. 
This information will be updated during the weekend and one more time 
before the nomination period end. Also, the user profile link was not 
included for the nominees.  This will also be reviewed during the 
weekend. Some people raise concerns about the phrase "be aware of and 
protect against a hostile takeover of OSGeo". The reasons for this 
wording were explained by some of our colleagues here and the subject 
will be included in one of the next board meetings. That's all for the 
moment. Thank you for caring about our community!


Best regards,
Vasile & Jeff
2017 OSGeo Elections CROs

PS If you decide to nominate a person as charter member, please 
include the nominee *e-mail address and the country*. Thank you!


[1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process
[2] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2017
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