Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Proposed process for selecting OSGeo charter members

2014-07-05 Thread Angelos Tzotsos
Hi Cameron, I agree that we are discussing details, so no objection to the wording. On 07/05/2014 12:26 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote: Hi Angelos, I think your suggestion and mine are very close and we are now "splitting hairs" about details. We could use an absolute minimum number of votes, may

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Proposed process for selecting OSGeo charter members

2014-07-04 Thread Cameron Shorter
Hi Angelos, I think your suggestion and mine are very close and we are now "splitting hairs" about details. We could use an absolute minimum number of votes, maybe 10 as you suggest, but I prefer "5% of charter members who voted" which I think is more robust long term. Unless you (and others)

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Proposed process for selecting OSGeo charter members [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

2014-07-03 Thread Bruce Bannerman
t;bo...@lists.osgeo.org<mailto:bo...@lists.osgeo.org>" mailto:bo...@lists.osgeo.org>> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Proposed process for selecting OSGeo charter members [SEC=UNOFFICIAL] Hi Bruce, I agree that a nominating member should explain why a candidate is worth voting

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Proposed process for selecting OSGeo charter members [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

2014-07-03 Thread Cameron Shorter
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Proposed process for selecting OSGeo charter members [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

2014-07-02 Thread Bruce Bannerman
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Proposed process for selecting OSGeo charter members

2014-07-01 Thread Angelos Tzotsos
Hi Cameron, On 07/01/2014 11:02 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote: On 1/07/2014 10:32 pm, Angelos Tzotsos wrote: On 07/01/2014 01:40 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote: --- Some specific answers below: On 30/06/2014 9:33 am, Angelos Tzotsos wrote: Perhaps we should ask for a minimum of Yes votes on each cand

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Proposed process for selecting OSGeo charter members

2014-07-01 Thread Cameron Shorter
On 1/07/2014 10:32 pm, Angelos Tzotsos wrote: On 07/01/2014 01:40 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote: --- Some specific answers below: On 30/06/2014 9:33 am, Angelos Tzotsos wrote: Perhaps we should ask for a minimum of Yes votes on each candidate before acceptance. A fixed percentage of the Charter M

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Proposed process for selecting OSGeo charter members

2014-07-01 Thread Angelos Tzotsos
Hi Cameron, On 07/01/2014 01:40 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote: --- Some specific answers below: On 30/06/2014 9:33 am, Angelos Tzotsos wrote: Perhaps we should ask for a minimum of Yes votes on each candidate before acceptance. A fixed percentage of the Charter Members maybe? Good suggestion. Ad

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Proposed process for selecting OSGeo charter members

2014-07-01 Thread Cameron Shorter
Thanks all for your comments. I've updated based on your feedback to: /1a. Charter member to nominate potential new charter member(s) (as before).// // //1b. A person who meets the "Positive Attributes for Charter Members" [1]//, may ask an charter member who can vouch for the person to nomin

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Proposed process for selecting OSGeo charter members

2014-06-30 Thread Steven Feldman
Apologies, typo on my part, should have read: > Perhaps it could CONTINUE TO be a requirement for board membership that > candidates have already been voted as charter members by the wider membership __ Steven On 30 Jun 2014, at 12:04, Bart van den Eijnden wrote: > Board members need to b

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Proposed process for selecting OSGeo charter members

2014-06-30 Thread Bart van den Eijnden
Board members need to be charter members already: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Election_Procedure Best regards, Bart On 30 Jun 2014, at 12:34, Steven Feldman wrote: > If we want to avoid "establishing a self-sustaining oligarchy” then perhaps > we need to consider ways of becoming a mass

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Proposed process for selecting OSGeo charter members

2014-06-30 Thread Steven Feldman
If we want to avoid "establishing a self-sustaining oligarchy” then perhaps we need to consider ways of becoming a mass membership organisation rather than one governed by a self selecting elite group. Should we consider separating the Charter Members who could continue to be acknowledged for t

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Proposed process for selecting OSGeo charter members

2014-06-30 Thread Even Rouault
Selon Bart van den Eijnden : > Hey Peter, > > so what would be your suggestions to make the process more of the 4 bullet > points you mentioned? Not answering on behalf of Peter, but a potential idea to solve those issues would be to combine Cameron proposal of a yes/no vote on each nominee + all

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Proposed process for selecting OSGeo charter members

2014-06-29 Thread Ravi Kumar
Hi, a refreshing way to select charter members, in deed. Hope charter members spend some time to, 'read and vote'. May be a wake-up-call. Ravi Kumar On Monday, June 30, 2014 5:31 AM, Angelos Tzotsos wrote: On 06/30/2014 12:07 AM, Daniel Kastl wrote: >> >> 2. Charter members then vote (in/ou

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Proposed process for selecting OSGeo charter members

2014-06-29 Thread Eli Adam
On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 4:33 PM, Angelos Tzotsos wrote: > On 06/30/2014 12:07 AM, Daniel Kastl wrote: >>> >>> >>> 2. Charter members then vote (in/out) nominated charter members. This >>> will >>> be different to prior years, as we previously voted in a fixed number of >>> members for a larger sel

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Proposed process for selecting OSGeo charter members

2014-06-29 Thread Angelos Tzotsos
On 06/30/2014 12:07 AM, Daniel Kastl wrote: 2. Charter members then vote (in/out) nominated charter members. This will be different to prior years, as we previously voted in a fixed number of members for a larger selection pool. (eg vote in 20 people from a list of 30). For this year, I propose

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Proposed process for selecting OSGeo charter members

2014-06-29 Thread Daniel Kastl
> > > 2. Charter members then vote (in/out) nominated charter members. This will > be different to prior years, as we previously voted in a fixed number of > members for a larger selection pool. (eg vote in 20 people from a list of > 30). For this year, I propose we have a "Yes/No" vote. Ie, if we