+1 for Maxi's suggestion. Marco
Marco Minghini, Ph.D. GEOlab, Politecnico di Milano - DICA Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano (Italy) +39 02 23996409 marco.mingh...@polimi.it @MarcoMinghini <https://twitter.com/MarcoMinghini> 2017-09-18 14:33 GMT+02:00 Marc Vloemans <marcvloema...@gmail.com>: > 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 <shfeld...@gmail.com> 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> > massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch > *www.supsi.ch/ist <http://www.supsi.ch/ist>* > _______________________________________________ > Board mailing list > bo...@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board > > > _______________________________________________ > Board mailing list > bo...@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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