Vasile, what is the subject of the mail I should recieve? THanks
J st 18. 10. 2017 v 19:15 odesílatel Eli Adam <ea...@co.lincoln.or.us> napsal: > On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 3:42 AM, Vasile Craciunescu > <vas...@geo-spatial.org> wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > Based on the feedback received from two of our members (thank you > Dimitris > > and Gert-Jan), I did a small change in the voting system. The change is > on > > the number of votes than one can cast. The initial system was maximum 5, > > minimum 5, which does not make sense if you want to abstain on more than > 5 > > nominations (the rule was inherit from the survey template used last > year). > > Also, according to our process rules "You can cast up to 5 votes, for 5 > > different people." [1]. Now, before making this change, 35 people already > > Probably leave it until next year, but [1] is in error; it does not > need to be for *different* people. The bylaws > http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/incorporation/bylaws.html [2] > provide: > > Section 8.9. Voting. Each member (except emeritus members) shall be > entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting > of the members, except in the case of election of directors or as may > otherwise be provided in the General Corporation Law of the State of > Delaware. If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of a majority > of the members represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on the > subject matter shall be the act of the members, unless the vote of a > greater number is required by the General Corporation Law of the State > of Delaware or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws. > > In connection with the election of Directors, each member (except > emeritus members) shall be entitled to one vote for each vacancy on > the Board of Directors to be filled. Members of the Board of Directors > shall be elected by the affirmative vote of a plurality of the votes > of the members present in person or proxy, including through remote > communication, at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of > the Board of Directors. Each member entitled to vote in an election of > Directors may cumulate his or her votes by distributing among one or > more candidates as many votes as are equal to the number of Director > vacancies to be filled in the election. > > Andy also raised some good ideas. Perhaps we need to review this further. > > > Best regards, Eli > > > > voted. The votes are anonymized but I can go through Limesurvey setting > to > > check if is possible to reset someone votes. Please let me know on > > c...@osgeo.org if you already voted and you were unhappy with the fact > that > > the system forced you to cast 5 votes. > > > > Best, > > Vasile > > CRO 2017 > > > > [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2017 > > [2] http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/incorporation/bylaws.html > > > > > > > On 10/18/17 11:57 AM, Vasile Craciunescu wrote: > >> > >> Dear charter members, > >> > >> It's time to vote for our new members of the board of directors. Like in > >> the previous years, an electronic voting system was setup. In minutes > from > >> now, emails with personal voting links will be sent to all our charter > >> members. If you don't receive your voting link in the next couple of > hours > >> please let me know at c...@osgeo.org. Before doing that please also > check > >> your "Spam" folder. Sending hundreds of messages at once is not easy > and it > >> can be interpreted as spam by some of the filtering systems. Also, > sometimes > >> the e-mail addresses change but the charter member contact database is > not > >> up to date. I will try to contact all the members with bounced > invitations > >> via alternative email/twitter/linkedin/etc to update the email account > and > >> to make sure that are able to vote. > >> > >> Thank you for supporting OSGeo! > >> > >> Best, > >> Vasile > >> CRO 2017 > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Discuss mailing list > >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > >> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > > > > -- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Vasile Crăciunescu > > geo-spatial.org: An elegant place for sharing geoKnowledge & geoData > > http://www.geo-spatial.org > > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/geo-spatial > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
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