Hi Venka, all, On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 10:57 AM, Eli Adam <ea...@co.lincoln.or.us> wrote: > Hi Venka, > > On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 10:15 AM, Venkatesh Raghavan > <ragha...@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp> wrote: >> Hi Eli, >> >> First of all, thanks to Jorge for volunteering to be co-CRO >> and fixing the CRO alias promptly. > > Yes, thanks Jorge. > >> >> Regarding your other comment reproduced below; >> >> The Board did not appear to review this topic at >> their last meeting, >> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2017-10-05, so perhaps it is >> of no concern to the Board. >> >> >> The question of review this topic at the 2017-10-05 board meeting did not >> arise >> as the nomination for our ex-co-CRO was filed on 2017-10-08. > > Thanks for fixing my mistake, I misunderstood the dates and thought > that nomination for our ex-co-CRO was filed on 2017-10-01. Sorry to > suggest that it was of no concern to the Board when it is actually > unknown.
It appears that voting has now started and I don't see any Board threads on the legitimacy of the CRO accepting a nomination, https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2017-October/thread.html > >> >> I would like to assure you that I share your concern about the proper >> process. > > Great, I hope that the Board follows the proper process. I'll stop > making noise and allow the proper process to work. > Should I now conclude that this issue is of no concern to the Board? Best regards, Eli > Best regards, Eli > >> >> Best >> >> Venka >> >> >> >> >> On 10/12/2017 1:58 AM, Jorge Sanz wrote: >> >> Hi Eli, >> >> I did it yesterday without having a ticket involved. My bad sorry. >> >> I confirm that the CRO alias is now sending emails only to Vasile and me. >> -- >> Jorge Sanz >> https://jorgesanz.net >> >> Sent from my phone, excuse my brevity and typos >> >> El 11 oct. 2017 18:36, "Eli Adam" <ea...@co.lincoln.or.us> escribió: >> >> On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 7:44 AM, Fenoy Gerald <gerald.fe...@geolabs.fr> >> wrote: >> >> Dear Eli, >> as you may have notice, Jeff has stepped down from his position of >> >> co-CRO when accepting the Nicolas’ nomination [1]. >> >> I didn't find that thread while scanning through the archive. Thanks >> for pointing it out to me. >> >> Jeff was involved in the charter member election process as co-CRO but >> >> he is no more so, I guess, there is no issue for the board election. >> >> Was the c...@osgeo.org email alias updated? I didn't notice a ticket >> for that. I'm impressed that there is so little concern about the >> proper process. The Board did not appear to review this topic at >> their last meeting, >> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2017-10-05, so perhaps it is >> of no concern to the Board. >> >> Best regards, Eli >> >> Best regards, >> >> [1] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2017-October/036449.html >> >> >> Gérald Fenoy >> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Djay >> >> Le 11 oct. 2017 à 16:04, Eli Adam <ea...@co.lincoln.or.us> a écrit : >> >> Nicolas, >> >> On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 2:48 PM, nicolas bozon <nicolas.bo...@gmail.com> >> >> wrote: >> >> It is my honor to nominate Jeff McKenna for the OSGeo Board of >> >> Directors >> >> election. >> >> I don't think that you can nominate the CRO, nor can the CRO accept >> your nomination, https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Chief_Returning_Officer. >> In some past years the CRO was a sitting Board member with a year >> remaining on their term thus avoiding this situation. >> >> Most of you knows Jeff's energy and passion for everything OSGeo, and i >> would probably be mistaken trying to summarize his countless >> >> contributions >> >> over the years, at every level of our Foundation. His leadership and >> >> long >> >> involvement in the OSGeo and FOSS4G communities made him the Winner of >> >> the >> >> Solz Katz Award in 2016, and i cannot add more. For those of you who >> >> may >> >> really not know Jeff yet, the User:Jeff_McKenna wiki page is a good >> >> read >> >> before you vote. >> >> Jeff already served three times at the board and has a deep >> >> understanding of >> >> both the director role and the current OSGeo strategic plan. >> >> Experienced >> >> with OSGeo governance and bylaws, Jeff also knows a lot about projects >> >> and >> >> people. He is always ready to help build locally and to represent >> >> globally. >> >> Jeff is a great communicator and enthusiastic community leader, and i >> believe he will be an excellent OSGeo director again. Please let us all >> welcome Jeff back at the Board! >> >> >> Best regards, >> >> Nicolas Bozon >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Jeff McKenna agreed to be nominated and i decided to send the >> >> nomination >> >> directly to the Discuss list with cc to CRO, so it avoids Jeff to >> >> confirm to >> >> himself that he accepts the nomination. The Board Nominations page >> >> still >> >> need to be updated, could you please Vasile ? Sorry for shortening the >> nomination process in this special case. >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> The point is not to avoid Jeff confirming to himself that he accepts >> the nomination, it is to avoid the CRO running an election and >> counting votes when they are also standing for election. It is really >> the Board's (and CRO's) responsibility to ensure that this situation >> doesn't occur. The Board should not appoint CROs who might accept a >> nomination and people who might accept a nomination should not accept >> appointment as CRO. Maybe we should return to the tradition of the >> CRO being a sitting Board member with a year remaining on their term. >> CRO is a difficult job and much credit to those who do it. Also, >> someone (other than me) should be paying attention to the basic >> process and raise these issues. >> >> Best regards, Eli >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
