Hi Frank, that is being Frank. +1 indeed about an equitable distribution of Board around the Globe/Regions (other than North America Europe and Australia). The users are in greater numbers in the developing world, and the very welcome businesses are in the developed world.
+1 for your lines "I would prefer to see a change in board voting rules of this nature passed by a vote of the charter members rather than just put in place by the board" Cheers Rav On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 10:10 AM, Frank Warmerdam <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 7:56 PM, Ravi Kumar > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Will be happy to see those who have let 'The Clouds In Motion'... and > those > > 'Giving us a good harvest of GRASS'.. speak out too. > > Ravi, > > I am not sure, but in light of my signature perhaps 'the clouds in > motion' is a hint to me. > > I don't see any need to rerun this election, nor am I particularly > concerned co-CRO who is nominated to run, etc. Lets all give folks > the benefit of the doubt, and it isn't like the board has their > fingers on the button of nuclear weapons. :-) > > Like Sanghee I am concerned that the board is less diverse than I > would have hoped by now. I think it would be reasonable to adapt the > board selection criteria to ensure at least some diversity on axes we > want to see covered. I could imagine a couple of special rules like: > - If by normal voting no female would be elected, and if there is a > female running in the election the female with the most votes will > replace the otherwise lowest voted person who would have made the > board. > - If by normal voting no two board members are selected who are > outside "north america + europe" and if there are such candidates > running then replace the otherwise lowest voted person who would have > made the board with the the candidates outside of NA+EUR with the most > votes. > > Well some word smithing and algorithm clarification would be needed, > but you get the general idea, and a number of variations would be > helpful in moving us towards more diverse representation. > > I would prefer to see a change in board voting rules of this nature > passed by a vote of the charter members rather than just put in place > by the board. > > But most of all, I wish to encourage us all to recognise that we are > an organization of volunteers and that we have similar goals. While > we fine tune things, I hope we try to avoid taking offense and ascribe > the best intentions to others in our community. > > Best regards, > -- > ---------------------------------------+-------------------- > ------------------ > I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, > [email protected] > light and sound - activate the windows | > and watch the world go round - Rush | Geospatial Software Developer >
_______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
