Jachym, It should be "Invitation to participate in the OSGeo Board of Directors elections 2017"
Mike Michael Smith OSGeo Foundation Treasurer treasu...@osgeo.org From: Discuss <discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Jachym Cepicky <jachym.cepi...@gmail.com> Date: Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 3:39 AM To: <ea...@co.lincoln.or.us>, Vasile Craciunescu <vas...@geo-spatial.org> Cc: OSGeo Discussions <discuss@lists.osgeo.org> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections time > 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 <http://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 > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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