Dear Eli, as you may have notice, Jeff has stepped down from his position of co-CRO when accepting the Nicolas’ nomination [1].
Jeff was involved in the charter member election process as co-CRO but he is no more so, I guess, there is no issue for the board election. Best regards, [1] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2017-October/036449.html Gérald Fenoy http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Djay > Le 11 oct. 2017 à 16:04, Eli Adam <ea...@co.lincoln.or.us> a écrit : > > Nicolas, > > On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 2:48 PM, nicolas bozon <nicolas.bo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> It is my honor to nominate Jeff McKenna for the OSGeo Board of Directors >> election. > > I don't think that you can nominate the CRO, nor can the CRO accept > your nomination, https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Chief_Returning_Officer. > In some past years the CRO was a sitting Board member with a year > remaining on their term thus avoiding this situation. > >> >> Most of you knows Jeff's energy and passion for everything OSGeo, and i >> would probably be mistaken trying to summarize his countless contributions >> over the years, at every level of our Foundation. His leadership and long >> involvement in the OSGeo and FOSS4G communities made him the Winner of the >> Solz Katz Award in 2016, and i cannot add more. For those of you who may >> really not know Jeff yet, the User:Jeff_McKenna wiki page is a good read >> before you vote. >> >> Jeff already served three times at the board and has a deep understanding of >> both the director role and the current OSGeo strategic plan. Experienced >> with OSGeo governance and bylaws, Jeff also knows a lot about projects and >> people. He is always ready to help build locally and to represent globally. >> >> Jeff is a great communicator and enthusiastic community leader, and i >> believe he will be an excellent OSGeo director again. Please let us all >> welcome Jeff back at the Board! >> >> >> Best regards, >> >> Nicolas Bozon >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Jeff McKenna agreed to be nominated and i decided to send the nomination >> directly to the Discuss list with cc to CRO, so it avoids Jeff to confirm to >> himself that he accepts the nomination. The Board Nominations page still >> need to be updated, could you please Vasile ? Sorry for shortening the >> nomination process in this special case. >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The point is not to avoid Jeff confirming to himself that he accepts > the nomination, it is to avoid the CRO running an election and > counting votes when they are also standing for election. It is really > the Board's (and CRO's) responsibility to ensure that this situation > doesn't occur. The Board should not appoint CROs who might accept a > nomination and people who might accept a nomination should not accept > appointment as CRO. Maybe we should return to the tradition of the > CRO being a sitting Board member with a year remaining on their term. > CRO is a difficult job and much credit to those who do it. Also, > someone (other than me) should be paying attention to the basic > process and raise these issues. > > Best regards, Eli > > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
