I support your two cents whole-heartedly. This is not changing the rules. Cameron should be put back on the ballot as he was nominated correctly and within the nomination dates.
On Aug 3, 2012, at 7:50 AM, Daniel Morissette <[email protected]> wrote: > This is very different from changing rules. Cameron's nomination was sent and > received in time on the public list and following the rules, but a mistake > was made by the CRO and quickly spotted and corrected in the wiki page within > an hour of the vote being launched. > > My 0.02$ is that it's not changing rules, it's fixing a human mistake. > > Daniel > > > On 12-08-03 8:42 AM, Venkatesh Raghavan wrote: >> On 2012/08/03 21:25, Michael P. Gerlek wrote: >>> Cameron Shorter's name was inadvertently omitted from the nomination >>> page. >> Such omissions cannot be reported now after the election process have >> started. >> On one had the board says that election rules cannot be changed after the >> election process has started and on the other hand request acceptance >> of some "inadvertent omissions". >> >> I strongly feel that we go ahead with the election with the candidates >> listed in >> the present nominee list. >> >> I will be happy if Cameron Shorter's nomination is brought up in the >> next board >> election. >> >> Venka >> >>> >>> Arnulf and I are both(!) traveling today and can't quickly update the >>> wiki - if some kind soul would do that for us, we would appreciate it. >>> >>> If you have already voted and wish to change your selections, feel >>> free to do so. >>> >>> Thank you for your understanding and cooperation! >>> >>> .mpg& Arnulf, CRO's >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Aug 3, 2012, at 4:27 AM, Arnulf Christl<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>>> Hash: SHA1 >>>> >>>> Dear Charter Members, >>>> we are approaching the end of the 2012 elections [0]. The Board >>>> nomination period has ended and all nominees listed on [1] have >>>> confirmed that they are happy to stand for election. >>>> >>>> Please take your time to read through the nomination, the acceptance >>>> and thoughts from each candidate and then proceed to vote for 5 >>>> different candidates by adding them one per line to an email to be >>>> sent to [email protected]. >>>> >>>> Voting closes at 23:59 (your timezone) 12-August-2012! >>>> >>>> Please caefully follow the instructions given on the Wiki [2] in order >>>> to be able to submit a valid email and MAKE SURE TO SEND IT TO >>>> [email protected] ONLY. Otherwise your vote may become public or just >>>> disappear somewhere. You will receive a confirmation of your >>>> successful vote. If you do not receive a confirmation within 24h of >>>> submitting your mail please contact [email protected] >>>> >>>> Thank your for taking on this responsibility, >>>> Your CROs >>>> (Arnulf Christl& Michael Gerlek) >>>> >>>> [0] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2012 >>>> [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Member_Nominations_2012 >>>> [2] >>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2012#Vote_for_new_Board_Members_-_2012-08-03_-_2012-08-12 >>>> >>>> >>>> - -- President, OSGeo >>>> http://www.osgeo.org >>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >>>> Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) >>>> Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ >>>> >>>> iEYEARECAAYFAlAbtaAACgkQXmFKW+BJ1b38RwCeOFOp4mQGCXVQEAkd7pyvnRZE >>>> g5wAnjWfXfi9aImTjdIL4UZ3YKwIxVh4 >>>> =UCHq >>>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Discuss mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > -- > Daniel Morissette > http://www.mapgears.com/ > Provider of Professional MapServer Support since 2000 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
