Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Proposed process for selecting OSGeo charter members

2014-06-29 Thread Ravi Kumar
Hi, a refreshing way to select charter members, in deed. Hope charter members spend some time to, 'read and vote'. May be a wake-up-call. Ravi Kumar On Monday, June 30, 2014 5:31 AM, Angelos Tzotsos wrote: On 06/30/2014 12:07 AM, Daniel Kastl wrote: >> >> 2. Charter members then vote (in/ou

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Proposed process for selecting OSGeo charter members

2014-06-29 Thread Eli Adam
On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 4:33 PM, Angelos Tzotsos wrote: > On 06/30/2014 12:07 AM, Daniel Kastl wrote: >>> >>> >>> 2. Charter members then vote (in/out) nominated charter members. This >>> will >>> be different to prior years, as we previously voted in a fixed number of >>> members for a larger sel

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Proposed process for selecting OSGeo charter members

2014-06-29 Thread Angelos Tzotsos
On 06/30/2014 12:07 AM, Daniel Kastl wrote: 2. Charter members then vote (in/out) nominated charter members. This will be different to prior years, as we previously voted in a fixed number of members for a larger selection pool. (eg vote in 20 people from a list of 30). For this year, I propose

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Proposed process for selecting OSGeo charter members

2014-06-29 Thread Even Rouault
Le dimanche 29 juin 2014 22:39:42, Alex Mandel a écrit : > In general this sounds workable for this year. Nominations will no > longer compete against each other but only against the benchmark of what > makes a good member. > > The only reservation I have is on the 50% Yes/No, but maybe I just nee

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Proposed process for selecting OSGeo charter members

2014-06-29 Thread Daniel Kastl
> > > 2. Charter members then vote (in/out) nominated charter members. This will > be different to prior years, as we previously voted in a fixed number of > members for a larger selection pool. (eg vote in 20 people from a list of > 30). For this year, I propose we have a "Yes/No" vote. Ie, if we

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Proposed process for selecting OSGeo charter members

2014-06-29 Thread Alex Mandel
In general this sounds workable for this year. Nominations will no longer compete against each other but only against the benchmark of what makes a good member. The only reservation I have is on the 50% Yes/No, but maybe I just need a clarification. I see plenty of people potentially voting Yes/No

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Proposed process for selecting OSGeo charter members

2014-06-29 Thread Cameron Shorter
OSGeo board, In the interests of making a decision such that Jorge Salinas (our CRO) can move forward, I propose the following process be followed for voting new charter members in 2014: 1. Charter member to nominate potential new charter member(s) (as before). 2. Charter members then vote (i