A few data points:
* The OSGeo board has existed for nine years, with nine members each year, for
a total of 81 positions. Except one year had an unfilled slot, so it’s actually
80.
* 33 different people have served on the board.
* The distribution of how-many-people served-for-N-years looks like this:
1 year: 6 people
2 years: 18 people
3 years: 3 people
4 years: 1 person
5 years: 1 person
6 years: 2 people
7 years: 0 people
8 years: 1 person
* Only 1 person has ever served non-consecutive terms.
* There does not appear to be any statistically meaningful change in
average-length-of-term over the nine years.
* With 8 consecutive years of service, Frank holds the coveted OSGeo "Mr.
Popularity" award.
For extra credit:
- has the "geographic diversity” changed over the year?
- what does the board chair (president) representation over time look
like?
- weight the board members by the % of meetings they attended: what can
be learned?
- weight the board members by the ratio of +1/-1 votes: who is the
most… umm… “unharmonious”?
(data taken from http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_of_Directors)
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> On Sep 23, 2015, at 3:17 AM, Gert-Jan van der Weijden <gert-...@osgeo.nl>
> wrote:
>
> Hello list,
>
> Preparing to cast my vote for the board election, I noticed that all 4
> (Jáchym, Bart, Gérald, Jorge) board members who reached the end of their
> 2-year term are not standing for re-election. (besides that: Anne decided not
> to stay for her 2nd year of her 1st term)
>
> Some questions arise:
> - Is the board membership such a demanding job that members always resign
> after 2 years?
> - Is this a good thing, to make sure we dont'have board members who are tied
> to their seats?
> - Or is this a bad thing, with board members switching too fast to reach
> their goals?
>
> Respones from anybody are as always appreciated, but the 4+1 resigning board
> members and the current candidates are especially invited to give their
> humble opinion on this.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Gert-Jan
>
>
> Gert-Jan van der Weijden
> Voorzitter Stichting OSGeo.nl
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