Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Board Elections 2010
Hello, On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 5:28 PM, Paul Ramsey pram...@opengeo.org wrote: The complete list of charter members is available by from * http://www.osgeo.org/charter_members Where can one find the official attendance records and proxy assignments of these members for the last three official meetings of the members ? Were minutes kept for those meetings? thank you, adrian custer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 39 out of 43 excellent project overview docs, ready for the OSGeo-Live DVD - 3 days left
Ping me when done and I can review for you; just grabbed an update myself. Jody On 01/08/2010, at 6:05 AM, Ian Turton wrote: Just to let people know that I've agreed to write some GeoServer docs for the liveDVD - unless someone else jumps in and beats me to it. Ian -- Ian Turton ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Board Elections 2010
Adrian Custer wrote: Hello, On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 5:28 PM, Paul Ramsey pram...@opengeo.org wrote: The complete list of charter members is available by from * http://www.osgeo.org/charter_members Where can one find the official attendance records and proxy assignments of these members for the last three official meetings of the members ? Were minutes kept for those meetings? Adrian, The meeting of members is the AGM and we do not keep track of who attends, nor are they in any way limited to charter members. We do keep track of who actually votes in board and charter member elections and we are supposed to deactivate members who haven't voted in either for something like three years. I'm not clear why you are asking though as the call was for board elections. Perhaps you meant to ask about board meetings? Minutes and attendance information for board meetings can be found in the Meetings list off the Board page at: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_of_Directors Best regards, -- ---+-- I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, warmer...@pobox.com light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam and watch the world go round - Rush| Geospatial Programmer for Rent ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Board Elections 2010
On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Frank Warmerdam warmer...@pobox.com wrote: Adrian Custer wrote: Hello, On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 5:28 PM, Paul Ramsey pram...@opengeo.org wrote: The complete list of charter members is available by from * http://www.osgeo.org/charter_members Where can one find the official attendance records and proxy assignments of these members for the last three official meetings of the members ? Were minutes kept for those meetings? Adrian, The meeting of members is the AGM and we do not keep track of who attends, nor are they in any way limited to charter members. We do keep track of who actually votes in board and charter member elections and we are supposed to deactivate members who haven't voted in either for something like three years. I'm not clear why you are asking though as the call was for board elections. The call was for nominations for board elections, nominations which must come from the list of charter members. Since the list given by Paul contained the name of one person I know to have moved on to other activities, I wondered what provisions existed to ease inactive members out of the charter member inner circle. As you state, I discovered a clear provision to that effect: Section 7.7 Automatic Termination. Members shall have their membership status automatically terminated and their names removed by the Secretary of the corporation from all membership records of the corporation if they fail to participate, either in person or by proxy, in three (3) consecutive meetings of the members of the corporation, held electronically or otherwise. which says nothing about voting but only about participation --- fail to participate. So it seems that (1) participation of charter members in membership meetings should be recorded and (2) the secretary might consider a purge of the list of charter members. That is unless these by-laws are merely considered pro-forma and the organization really run as it seems best to the board. --adrian ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Board Elections 2010
Adrian Custer wrote: The call was for nominations for board elections, nominations which must come from the list of charter members. Since the list given by Paul contained the name of one person I know to have moved on to other activities, I wondered what provisions existed to ease inactive members out of the charter member inner circle. As you state, I discovered a clear provision to that effect: Section 7.7 Automatic Termination. Members shall have their membership status automatically terminated and their names removed by the Secretary of the corporation from all membership records of the corporation if they fail to participate, either in person or by proxy, in three (3) consecutive meetings of the members of the corporation, held electronically or otherwise. which says nothing about voting but only about participation --- fail to participate. So it seems that (1) participation of charter members in membership meetings should be recorded and (2) the secretary might consider a purge of the list of charter members. That is unless these by-laws are merely considered pro-forma and the organization really run as it seems best to the board. Adrian, Interesting. I hadn't read over the bylaws in some time. They were stock ones prepared by a lawyer at the very launch of the foundation. The board has, by motion, chosen to interpret fail to participate ...in three consecutive meetings as failure to participate in the charter/board election process for three years running. The Secretary (Tyler) is responsible for keeping track of participation in cooperation with the election CRO. Note that charter membership is not withdrawn because someone moves on to other endeavors. Only if they fail to participate over an extended period of time, or if they choose to terminate their membership. It is my hope that at some point we will revise the Bylaws to more accurately reflect the mechanism of operation of the foundation; however, I have not followed up on this. Best regards, -- ---+-- I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, warmer...@pobox.com light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam and watch the world go round - Rush| Geospatial Programmer for Rent ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
