[HOT] Nominations for HOT Chair of the voting members and Board are open

Mikel Maron mikel_maron at yahoo.com
Fri Feb 14 15:59:36 UTC 2014


Hi
 
> Thanks for pointing out these unclear aspects in the bylaws, would be good to modify them so that there is no confusion

Yes, definitely, one of the top priorities for this year will be to address the gaps in the bylaws, to clarify and make them more in line for the kind of organization we wish HOT to be. The Membership Code process and other discussions have brought many items to the surface.

As a start, let's begin by documenting issues in the Bylaws. I've started this wiki page, with some description, and added a single starting issue as a template. Please contribute here!

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/U.S._Bylaws/2014_Bylaws_Review


Cheers
Mikel

* Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron



On Friday, February 14, 2014 9:37 AM, Severin Menard <severin.menard at gmail.com> wrote:
 
Hi Russell,
>
>
>Thanks for pointing out these unclear aspects in the bylaws, would be good to modify them so that there is no confusion. For the number of board seats, either there is a gold number and then it should be written, or we prefer to have a range and in this case, it should be mentioned what is/are the clear criteria for this. Could be related to the number of members or whatever.
>
>
>Sincerely,
>
>
>Severin
> 
>Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 08:27:19 -0700
>>From: "Russell Deffner" <russdeffner at gmail.com>
>>To: "'Kate Chapman'" <kate at maploser.com>, "'Heather Leson'"
>>        <heather at textontechs.com>
>>Cc: "'HOT at OSM \(Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team\)'"
>>        <hot at openstreetmap.org>, membership at hotosm.org
>>Subject: Re: [HOT] Nominations for HOT Chair of the voting members and
>>        Board   are open
>>Message-ID: <002d01cf2806$ebf2b3a0$c3d81ae0$@gmail.com>
>>Content-Type: text/plain;       charset="us-ascii"
>>
>>Just a few questions/clarifications,
>>
>>In article 4.2 of the bylaws, it states "The regular Board shall consist of
>>an odd number of directors of no fewer than three (3) nor more than nine (9)
>>directors."; so unless I'm missing an amendment or something agreed upon at
>>a meeting, then there are up to 9 open seats, not necessarily the same 7
>>with expiring term?
>>
>>And, that article 4.4 states any voting member, director, or officer can
>>nominate multiple candidates; so not the same limitation as for nominating a
>>voting member?
>>
>>Phrased as questions in case I'm looking at the wrong/old bylaws or
>>something,
>>=Russ
>>russdeffner at gmail.com
>>
>>Russell Deffner
>>Russell.Deffner at hotosm.org
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Kate Chapman [mailto:kate at maploser.com]
>>Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 6:41 PM
>>To: Heather Leson
>>Cc: HOT at OSM (Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team); membership at hotosm.org
>>Subject: Re: [HOT] Nominations for HOT Chair of the voting members and Board
>>are open
>>
>>Hi All,
>>
>>I put in a sample record for the nominations(1). I didn't want fear of
>>wiki syntax to get in anyone's way. If you have an issues just let us
>>know and we can help.
>>
>>Best,
>>
>>-Kate
>>
>>(1)
>>http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Board_Elections_201
>>4
>>
>>On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 7:05 AM, Heather Leson <heather at textontechs.com>
>>wrote:
>>> HI Jaakko and HOT Friends,
>>>
>>> I've written some thoughts about my first year on the HOT Board. Truly, I
>>> want to return and keep helping us grow (If you so elect it to be).
>>>
>>> As well, I think this is an important time to consider what does HOT need
>>> from a Board. I've written some thoughts here:
>>>
>>> http://textontechs.com/2014/02/on-the-hot-board/
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> Heather
>>>
>>> Heather Leson
>>> heather at textontechs.com
>>> Twitter: HeatherLeson
>>> Blog: textontechs.com
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 1:17 AM, Jaakko Helleranta.com
>>> <jaakko at helleranta.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dear voting members and the community at large,
>>>>
>>>> Nominations for HOT Chair of the voting members and the Board are now
>>open
>>>> at
>>>>
>>http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Board_Elections_201
>>4
>>>> .
>>>>
>>>> Please see below notes on the role of the Chair and Board (clipped from
>>>> prior announcement).
>>>>
>>>> As for the schedule, we realized that a week slipped through our fingers
>>>> and that we need to push the schedule with one week accordingly so that
>>we
>>>> ensure that we have enough time for especially Board nominations and
>>>> possible discussions. Also, the nomination and the election of the Chair
>>and
>>>> the Board will happen at the same time (to avoid election fatigue). The
>>>> dates below have been adjusted accordingly.
>>>>
>>>> (ii) Election of Chair of Voting Members: Nominations (Weeks of February
>>>> 10 and 17), Election (Week of February 24)
>>>>
>>>> The HOT bylaws section 3.7 note that a Chair shall be elected. This is
>>the
>>>> first time that we are selecting one.
>>>>
>>>> The role of the Chair (as defined by the bylaws) is to announce voting
>>>> members meetings and chair them but s/he also has a potential
>>disciplinary
>>>> role towards harmfully acting voting members (section 3.6). The term of
>>the
>>>> Chair is one year as is that of the Board.
>>>>
>>>> (iii) Election of the Board: Nominations (Weeks of February 10 and 17),
>>>> Election (Week of February 24)
>>>>
>>>> All seven seats on the team's Board of Directors are up for election to a
>>>> one-year term. Having a Board with a diversity of skills will help
>>further
>>>> the organization.
>>>>
>>>> Nominations are to be made at:
>>>> http://wiki.osm.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Board_Elections_2014
>>>>
>>>> The nomination time of both the Chair and the Board will end at end of
>>day
>>>> (midnight) PST, Sunday February 23 (= UTC-8).
>>>>
>>>> So, please nominate good people for these HOT positions by writing your
>>>> nomination on the above-linked wiki page. The date and time of the Annual
>>>> Meeting will be announced in the coming days.
>>>>
>>>> With best wishes from the nominations/elections team,
>>>> Boris, Jaakko & Kate
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> jaakko at helleranta.com * Skype: jhelleranta * Mobile: +505-8845-3391
>>>> (Nicaragua) * Voice(mail) / SMS / What's app: +1-202-730-9778 *
>>>> http://about.me/jaakkoh
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> HOT mailing list
>>> HOT at openstreetmap.org
>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
>>>
>>
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>>Message: 2
>>Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 07:43:32 -0800 (PST)
>>From: Mikel Maron <mikel_maron at yahoo.com>
>>To: 'Kate Chapman' <kate at maploser.com>, 'Heather Leson'
>>        <heather at textontechs.com>, Russell Deffner <russdeffner at gmail.com>
>>Cc: "'HOT at OSM \(Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team\)'"
>>        <hot at openstreetmap.org>, "membership at hotosm.org"
>>        <membership at hotosm.org>
>>Subject: Re: [HOT] Nominations for HOT Chair of the voting members and
>>        Board   are open
>>Message-ID:
>>        <1392219812.63817.YahooMailAndroidMobile at web161703.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>
>>Russ
>>
>>The Board determines the number of seats within those limits. We've had 7 board seats since the beginning, and this has been a workable sized board for us.
>>
>>No limitation on nominations to board. Unlike membership, there can only be 7 board members.
>>
>>Mikel
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>>Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 08:44:19 -0700
>>From: Russell Deffner <russell.deffner at hotosm.org>
>>To: <mikel_maron at yahoo.com>, "'Kate Chapman'" <kate at maploser.com>,
>>        "'Heather Leson'" <heather at textontechs.com>, "'Russell Deffner'"
>>        <russdeffner at gmail.com>
>>Cc: "'HOT at OSM \(Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team\)'"
>>        <hot at openstreetmap.org>, membership at hotosm.org
>>Subject: Re: [HOT] Nominations for HOT Chair of the voting members and
>>        Board   are open
>>Message-ID: <003401cf2809$4be96f40$e3bc4dc0$@hotosm.org>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>
>>Thanks for that clarification.
>>
>>=Russ
>>
>>
>>
>>From: Mikel Maron [mailto:mikel_maron at yahoo.com]
>>Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 8:44 AM
>>To: 'Kate Chapman'; 'Heather Leson'; Russell Deffner
>>Cc: 'HOT at OSM (Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team)'; membership at hotosm.org
>>Subject: Re: [HOT] Nominations for HOT Chair of the voting members and Board
>>are open
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Russ
>>
>>The Board determines the number of seats within those limits. We've had 7
>>board seats since the beginning, and this has been a workable sized board
>>for us.
>>
>>No limitation on nominations to board. Unlike membership, there can only be
>>7 board members.
>>
>>Mikel
>>
>>
>>
>>  _____
>>
>>From: Russell Deffner <russdeffner at gmail.com>;
>>To: 'Kate Chapman' <kate at maploser.com>; 'Heather Leson'
>><heather at textontechs.com>;
>>Cc: 'HOT at OSM (Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team)' <hot at openstreetmap.org>;
>><membership at hotosm.org>;
>>Subject: Re: [HOT] Nominations for HOT Chair of the voting members and Board
>>are open
>>Sent: Wed, Feb 12, 2014 3:27:19 PM
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Just a few questions/clarifications,
>>
>>In article 4.2 of the bylaws, it states "The regular Board shall consist of
>>an odd number of directors of no fewer than three (3) nor more than nine (9)
>>directors."; so unless I'm missing an amendment or something agreed upon at
>>a meeting, then there are up to 9 open seats, not necessarily the same 7
>>with expiring term?
>>
>>And, that article 4.4 states any voting member, director, or officer can
>>nominate multiple candidates; so not the same limitation as for nominating a
>>voting member?
>>
>>Phrased as questions in case I'm looking at the wrong/old bylaws or
>>something,
>>=Russ
>>russdeffner at gmail.com <javascript:return>
>>
>>Russell Deffner
>>Russell.Deffner at hotosm.org <javascript:return>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Kate Chapman [mailto:kate at maploser.com <javascript:return> ]
>>Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 6:41 PM
>>To: Heather Leson
>>Cc: HOT at OSM <javascript:return>  (Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team);
>>membership at hotosm.org <javascript:return>
>>Subject: Re: [HOT] Nominations for HOT Chair of the voting members and Board
>>are open
>>
>>Hi All,
>>
>>I put in a sample record for the nominations(1). I didn't want fear of
>>wiki syntax to get in anyone's way. If you have an issues just let us
>>know and we can help.
>>
>>Best,
>>
>>-Kate
>>
>>(1)
>>http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Board_Elections_201
>>4
>>
>>On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 7:05 AM, Heather Leson <heather at textontechs.com
>><javascript:return> >
>>wrote:
>>> HI Jaakko and HOT Friends,
>>>
>>> I've written some thoughts about my first year on the HOT Board. Truly, I
>>> want to return and keep helping us grow (If you so elect it to be).
>>>
>>> As well, I think this is an important time to consider what does HOT need
>>> from a Board. I've written some thoughts here:
>>>
>>> http://textontechs.com/2014/02/on-the-hot-board/
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> Heather
>>>
>>> Heather Leson
>>> heather at textontechs.com <javascript:return>
>>> Twitter: HeatherLeson
>>> Blog: textontechs.com
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 1:17 AM, Jaakko Helleranta.com
>>> <jaakko at helleranta.com <javascript:return> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dear voting members and the community at large,
>>>>
>>>> Nominations for HOT Chair of the voting members and the Board are now
>>open
>>>> at
>>>>
>>http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Board_Elections_201
>>4
>>>> .
>>>>
>>>> Please see below notes on the role of the Chair and Board (clipped from
>>>> prior announcement).
>>>>
>>>> As for the schedule, we realized that a week slipped through our fingers
>>>> and that we need to push the schedule with one week accordingly so that
>>we
>>>> ensure that we have enough time for especially Board nominations and
>>>> possible discussions. Also, the nomination and the election of the Chair
>>and
>>>> the Board will happen at the same time (to avoid election fatigue). The
>>>> dates below have been adjusted accordingly.
>>>>
>>>> (ii) Election of Chair of Voting Members: Nominations (Weeks of February
>>>> 10 and 17), Election (Week of February 24)
>>>>
>>>> The HOT bylaws section 3.7 note that a Chair shall be elected. This is
>>the
>>>> first time that we are selecting one.
>>>>
>>>> The role of the Chair (as defined by the bylaws) is to announce voting
>>>> members meetings and chair them but s/he also has a potential
>>disciplinary
>>>> role towards harmfully acting voting members (section 3.6). The term of
>>the
>>>> Chair is one year as is that of the Board.
>>>>
>>>> (iii) Election of the Board: Nominations (Weeks of February 10 and 17),
>>>> Election (Week of February 24)
>>>>
>>>> All seven seats on the team's Board of Directors are up for election to a
>>>> one-year term. Having a Board with a diversity of skills will help
>>further
>>>> the organization.
>>>>
>>>> Nominations are to be made at:
>>>> http://wiki.osm.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Board_Elections_2014
>>>>
>>>> The nomination time of both the Chair and the Board will end at end of
>>day
>>>> (midnight) PST, Sunday February 23 (= UTC-8).
>>>>
>>>> So, please nominate good people for these HOT positions by writing your
>>>> nomination on the above-linked wiki page. The date and time of the Annual
>>>> Meeting will be announced in the coming days.
>>>>
>>>> With best wishes from the nominations/elections team,
>>>> Boris, Jaakko & Kate
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> jaakko at helleranta.com <javascript:return>  * Skype: jhelleranta * Mobile:
>>+505-8845-3391
>>>> (Nicaragua) * Voice(mail) / SMS / What's app: +1-202-730-9778 *
>>>> http://about.me/jaakkoh
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> HOT mailing list
>>> HOT at openstreetmap.org <javascript:return>
>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
>>
>>
>>>
>>
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>>HOT at openstreetmap.org <javascript:return>
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>>
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