Re: [GRASS-PSC] [GRASS-dev] Comment regarding PSC election

2016-07-25 Thread Nikos Alexandris
Michael Barton: I add that there is probably no perfect solution to this question. There is no intent to be exclusive. But tt is not always easy to ID who is actively contributing. For example, compiling and disseminating GRASS binaries is an essential contribution to the project, but anyone m

Re: [GRASS-PSC] [GRASS-dev] Comment regarding PSC election

2016-07-25 Thread Michael Barton
This sounds like a good interim step for now. It is something that the new PSC should continue to work on. Michael C. Michael Barton Director, Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity Professor of Anthropology, School of Human Evolution & Social Change Head, Graduate Faculty

Re: [GRASS-PSC] [GRASS-dev] Comment regarding PSC election

2016-07-25 Thread Markus Neteler
On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 11:33 PM, Michael Barton wrote: > My perspective is that active contributors to the project should vote. How to > define them is a > more complicated issue and one of the things that prompted the long email > chain in the PCS IIRC. Indeed Additionally, it is *very* c

Re: [GRASS-PSC] [GRASS-dev] Comment regarding PSC election

2016-07-25 Thread Michael Barton
I add that there is probably no perfect solution to this question. There is no intent to be exclusive. But tt is not always easy to ID who is actively contributing. For example, compiling and disseminating GRASS binaries is an essential contribution to the project, but anyone maintaining binarie

Re: [GRASS-PSC] [GRASS-dev] Comment regarding PSC election

2016-07-25 Thread Michael Barton
My perspective is that active contributors to the project should vote. How to define them is a more complicated issue and one of the things that prompted the long email chain in the PCS IIRC. Michael C. Michael Barton Director, Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity Profe

Re: [GRASS-PSC] [GRASS-dev] Comment regarding PSC election

2016-07-25 Thread Nikos Alexandris
Dear Michael, thank you for this valuable insight, as it clearly comes out of great experience. Would we, however, consider active community members who use, work and contribute time and expertise to document and demonstrate (in the Wiki and elsewhere) GRASS-GIS, as project contributors? In th

Re: [GRASS-PSC] [GRASS-dev] Comment regarding PSC election

2016-07-25 Thread Michael Barton
I am concerned that there is a misunderstanding of how the project operates and what the PSC does here. In brief, it oversees the "project"--that is, the development and distribution of GRASS software. This project involves a community of developers who contribute time and expertise to create, m

Re: [GRASS-PSC] [GRASS-user] Comment regarding PSC election

2016-07-25 Thread Nikos Alexandris
Dear all on-sight, as Nikos, I share Vero's skepsis, concerns and feelings. I support that there is still time to re-consider and, given we have a safe voting system available, community members should be eligible to vote. As CRO, trying not to confuse my roles (community member vs. CRO), I t

[GRASS-PSC] Fwd: [GRASS-dev] Comment regarding PSC election

2016-07-25 Thread Markus Neteler
FYI! -- Forwarded message -- From: "Veronica Andreo" Date: Jul 25, 2016 7:26 PM Subject: [GRASS-dev] Comment regarding PSC election To: "grass-user" , "grass-dev" < grass-...@lists.osgeo.org> Cc: Hello everyone, I just wanted to make a comment regarding the ongoing PSC election.