Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Fwd: Fwd: Consider extending deadline for board voting

2015-09-27 Thread Vasile Craciunescu 

Thank you, Maria & Jorge!

Best,
Vasile

On 9/27/15 9:06 PM, Jorge Sanz wrote:



On 26 September 2015 at 20:49, Polimi > wrote:

I want to thank you publicly Vasile for all the time that you are
donating us with your precious volunteer work!
Have a nice Sunday!
Maria


+1

This is a really time consuming task along with a great responsibility.
Thanks Vasile!!

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Fwd: Fwd: Consider extending deadline for board voting

2015-09-27 Thread Jorge Sanz 
On 26 September 2015 at 20:49, Polimi  wrote:

> I want to thank you publicly Vasile for all the time that you are donating
> us with your precious volunteer work!
> Have a nice Sunday!
> Maria
>
>
+1

This is a really time consuming task along with a great responsibility.
Thanks Vasile!!

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Fwd: Fwd: Consider extending deadline for board voting

2015-09-26 Thread Vasile Craciunescu 

Dear all,

I'm not in favor of modifying the election schedule/calendar, well 
announced in advance. However, I do understand why, due to FOSS4G, some 
actions were delayed. I mean:


1. The request for nominees manifestos was announced very late. I'm 
sorry for not asking myself the nominees from the first place to add 
this information to wiki. It was on my todo list but got lost in course 
of action. I have to thank Steven for bringing this subject on the table.


2. Most of the nominees attended FOSS4G and were quite busy doing things 
during the conference and not being able add the manifesto or to answer 
to the questions from the community. Everyone should note that the 
manifesto is not mandatory according with the existing election process 
rules.


3. A lot of our charter members were also in Seoul and did not have the 
chance to give proper attention to the elections processes.


At this very moment, 180 charter members, from a total of 280, voted. I 
just sent to all of the remaining members a final reminder to vote. I'm 
willing to extend the deadline for 48 hours but not because of 
FOSS4G/manifesto issue. Also, I'm willing to spend my Sunday 
trying to get personally in touch with all the remaining 100 charter 
members via 
IRC/E-mail/Skype/Twitter/GitHub/Facebook/Linkedin/Whatsapp/Telegram/Telephone/etc 
to make sure that they know about the elections and to kindly ask them 
to vote. I'm totally against revoting. The manifesto is not mandatory 
according with our rules. I see no real purpose for someone to change 
their vote.


Best,
Vasile

PS I just noticed that most of our nominees for the board of directors 
did not vote yet. Of course, we are still in time. Anyway, please don't 
think that you have to abstain just because you are running for a seat 
in the board of directors. You are entitled to vote, even for your own name.



On 9/25/15 3:49 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote:

I agree with Steve's recommendation to extend the voting deadline.  I
suggest next Friday, 2 October, end of day.  It is your call Vasile, as
you know the amount of votes remaining.

-jeff



On 2015-09-25 6:57 AM, Vasile Craciunescu wrote:

Forwarding you a message from Stephen Woodbridge.

Best,
Vasile


 Forwarded Message 
Subject: Fwd: Consider extending deadline for board voting
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 21:52:42 -0400
From: Stephen Woodbridge 
To: Vasile Craciunescu 

Vasile,

I tried sending this to the board list, but I guess only board members
are subscribed to that list or maybe I have to sub to the list if it is
open. Anyway please feel free to forward this to the board.

I already looked that the candidates and voted so maybe it is not that
big of a deal, but I think it would make sense to to consider these
ideas for the future to improve our overall voting process. I think this
year went pretty smoothly overall, so excellent job on your part.

Thanks,
   -Steve

On 9/24/2015 5:33 PM, Mail Delivery System wrote:

Subject: Consider extending deadline for board voting
From: Stephen Woodbridge 
Date: 9/24/2015 5:19 PM

To: bo...@lists.osgeo.org


Hi all,

I'm sure you have already considered this but I think it might be a good
idea to consider extending the deadline for board voting because a lot
of the candidates have been at FOSSG and/or other conferences and I
think it would be good to get the candidates to respond to these
questions. Vasile already mention that about 1/2 the members have
already voted, so maybe it is moot at this point.

Regardless of whether this does or does not happen this year, I think
that it would be a good idea to make it part of the planning from future
elections. You might have a schedule like:

* cut-off date for nominations
* 1 week for candidates to answers a fix set of questions
* then the elections

You might even consider putting in place something where any candidate
that does not answer the questionnaire would get dropped from the voting
because if they can not make time to post answers, then you might want
to consider that they also might not have time for spending on board
related activities. While I understand that schedule conflicts for that
week might occur having a schedule and know the plan should allow them
to work around that. And maybe they would have more time in a future
election.

Anyway, thanks for all you have done to keep OSGeo running!

Best regards,
   -Steve W





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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Fwd: Fwd: Consider extending deadline for board voting

2015-09-26 Thread Polimi 
I want to thank you publicly Vasile for all the time that you are donating us 
with your precious volunteer work!
Have a nice Sunday!
Maria



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> Il giorno 26/set/2015, alle ore 19:53, Vasile Craciunescu 
>  ha scritto:
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> I'm not in favor of modifying the election schedule/calendar, well announced 
> in advance. However, I do understand why, due to FOSS4G, some actions were 
> delayed. I mean:
> 
> 1. The request for nominees manifestos was announced very late. I'm sorry for 
> not asking myself the nominees from the first place to add this information 
> to wiki. It was on my todo list but got lost in course of action. I have to 
> thank Steven for bringing this subject on the table.
> 
> 2. Most of the nominees attended FOSS4G and were quite busy doing things 
> during the conference and not being able add the manifesto or to answer to 
> the questions from the community. Everyone should note that the manifesto is 
> not mandatory according with the existing election process rules.
> 
> 3. A lot of our charter members were also in Seoul and did not have the 
> chance to give proper attention to the elections processes.
> 
> At this very moment, 180 charter members, from a total of 280, voted. I just 
> sent to all of the remaining members a final reminder to vote. I'm willing to 
> extend the deadline for 48 hours but not because of FOSS4G/manifesto issue. 
> Also, I'm willing to spend my Sunday trying to get personally in touch 
> with all the remaining 100 charter members via 
> IRC/E-mail/Skype/Twitter/GitHub/Facebook/Linkedin/Whatsapp/Telegram/Telephone/etc
>  to make sure that they know about the elections and to kindly ask them to 
> vote. I'm totally against revoting. The manifesto is not mandatory according 
> with our rules. I see no real purpose for someone to change their vote.
> 
> Best,
> Vasile
> 
> PS I just noticed that most of our nominees for the board of directors did 
> not vote yet. Of course, we are still in time. Anyway, please don't think 
> that you have to abstain just because you are running for a seat in the board 
> of directors. You are entitled to vote, even for your own name.
> 
> 
>> On 9/25/15 3:49 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote:
>> I agree with Steve's recommendation to extend the voting deadline.  I
>> suggest next Friday, 2 October, end of day.  It is your call Vasile, as
>> you know the amount of votes remaining.
>> 
>> -jeff
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 2015-09-25 6:57 AM, Vasile Craciunescu wrote:
>>> Forwarding you a message from Stephen Woodbridge.
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>> Vasile
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  Forwarded Message 
>>> Subject: Fwd: Consider extending deadline for board voting
>>> Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 21:52:42 -0400
>>> From: Stephen Woodbridge 
>>> To: Vasile Craciunescu 
>>> 
>>> Vasile,
>>> 
>>> I tried sending this to the board list, but I guess only board members
>>> are subscribed to that list or maybe I have to sub to the list if it is
>>> open. Anyway please feel free to forward this to the board.
>>> 
>>> I already looked that the candidates and voted so maybe it is not that
>>> big of a deal, but I think it would make sense to to consider these
>>> ideas for the future to improve our overall voting process. I think this
>>> year went pretty smoothly overall, so excellent job on your part.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>>   -Steve
>>> 
 On 9/24/2015 5:33 PM, Mail Delivery System wrote:
 Subject: Consider extending deadline for board voting
 From: Stephen Woodbridge 
 Date: 9/24/2015 5:19 PM
 
 To: bo...@lists.osgeo.org
 
 
 Hi all,
 
 I'm sure you have already considered this but I think it might be a good
 idea to consider extending the deadline for board voting because a lot
 of the candidates have been at FOSSG and/or other conferences and I
 think it would be good to get the candidates to respond to these
 questions. Vasile already mention that about 1/2 the members have
 already voted, so maybe it is moot at this point.
 
 Regardless of whether this does or does not happen this year, I think
 that it would be a good idea to make it part of the planning from future
 elections. You might have a schedule like:
 
 * cut-off date for nominations
 * 1 week for candidates to answers a fix set of