On 06/17/2014 12:22 PM, Eli Adam wrote: > I like the idea of the new Charter Membership rules. > > > On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Jo Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi List, >> >> Regarding the new proposal for voting in charter members- it's slightly >> off topic, but I doubt all existing Local Chapter representatives have been >> voted in by at least 3 charter members. That sets the bar quite high for >> new chapters as well- under the new regime if they have no existing chapter >> members it might not be possible for them to a) elect a chapter >> representative and b) get them elected as a charter member. Maybe I've >> misunderstood this part of the new rules? >> > > I think that a) is still possible. The Local Chapter can do what they want > regarding their internal workings. I agree that b) could be impossible in > the scenario you describe. > > Local Chapters are approved by the Board including a representative who > then becomes an Officer of OSGeo.[0] Graduated OSGeo projects are approved > by both the Incubation Committee and the Board. I think in these cases > where the Chapter/Project has already been approved by the Board, removing > the requirement "where the voting community includes at least *3* OSGeo > charter members" is reasonable. Jo, do you think that the "where the > voting community includes at least *3* OSGeo charter members"requirement > should be removed for Official Local Chapters and Graduated OSGeo Projects? >
You are right, Local chapter liaisons probably don't need the specific 3. I find this whole thing odd because in California we gave the liaison position to whoever was willing to do it, not exactly an election... course we wouldn't want a local chapter to just keep switching liaison to get more charter members so they have enough vote to get a board member of their choosing... If we follow the only adding once a year - it should take too many years for this strategy to be worthwhile. More below. > You might want to clarify how the Charter Membership is tied to the elected > position. Let's say I volunteer to chair the Web Committee now, then > become a Charter Member, then quit the Web Committee and someone else takes > it over. Am I still a Charter Member? Is the person who takes it over? I > think that Charter Membership is lifetime unless you repeatedly don't vote > or ask to not be a Charter Member, so that might address the first > question. For the second question about the person who takes over > chairing, would it wait until the next Charter membership election for it > to become effective? Same scenario with Local Chapter Representatives. > It's not tied together. You do not need to be a Charter member to be the chair or member of a committee. The only time you need Charter membership is to serve on the Board or vote for the Board or vote for new Charter members. You are correct once a Charter member you stay one unless you remove yourself - or as discussed in previous years (I can't recall if it's a proposal or rule) if you fail to vote often enough. Charter members are only added once a year, that is unlikely to change. This ensures that they are added at a somewhat measured pace. > Once these changes are approved, this page should perhaps be updated, > http://www.osgeo.org/membership > > Eli Is the board going to vote on this proposal or all charter members? Thanks, Alex _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
