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1 -|=Type of selection/specific examples|=Details about selectors|=Details about board structure|=Frequency of election?|=Link to more details
2 -|//**General membership election**//| | | |
3 -|GNOME Foundation|Comprised of Foundation members; members must be contributors to the project.|One year term| Annual| http:~/~/www.gnome.org/foundation/governance/
4 -|Humanitarian Open Street Map|"voting members"- individuals who are contributors to the project; members are nominated by an existing member and confirmed by existing membership|One year term| Annual|http:~/~/wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Board_Elections
5 -|Open Source Geospatial Foundation|"charter members"- individuals who are contributors to the project; members are nominated by an existing member and confirmed by existing membership|?|?|http:~/~/www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/incorporation/bylaws.html
6 -|Open Street Map Foundation|voting members are anyone who pays the yearly membership fee|?|?|http:~/~/wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM14/Election_to_Board
7 -|Software in the Public Interest (affiliated with Debian)|"contributing members" (may be individuals or organizations) approved by a membership committee; organizational members have 1 vote each, like individual members|Two year term|?|http:~/~/spi-inc.org/corporate/by-laws/
8 -|Apache Software Foundation|Members vote for board; members are all individuals approved by the existing membership on basis of their contribution.|?|?|
9 -| CACert|Members vote at annual general meeting (held on IRC)|7 members; 3 must be Australian|Annual| https:~/~/wiki.cacert.org/AGM/Next
10 -|//**Self-selecting board**//| | | |
11 -|Creative Commons|Community and affiliates may nominate members but do not directly select them|?|?|http:~/~/creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/38704
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13 -| //**External authority**//|e.g., appointed by a single corporation, or by the project/Foundationfounder| | |
14 -| Metabrainz Foundation (affiliated with Musicbrainz project)| President chooses|No term limits | As needed| (((
15 -|http:~/~/metabrainz.org/
16 -)))
17 -|//**Election by sub-groups**//| | | |
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20 -|//**Donor election**//|e.g., most 501(c)6s| | |
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22 -|//**Hybrid model**//|e.g., two or more of the above| | |
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25 -Others not yet in the table:
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28 -PostgreSQL can be a survey in itself:
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30 -PostgreSQL.US
31 - Election of membership, who are defined as donors which meet a minimum
32 - level. However, elections are not regularly scheduled.
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34 -PostgreSQL Community Association of Canada
35 - Self-appointing board. All corporation members are also on the board.
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37 -PostgreSQL Europe
38 - Annual general election by certified members.
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40 -JPUG (Japan)
41 - Annual election by local officers of the local chapters.
1 +|= Type of selection/specific examples|=Details about selectors|=Details about board structure|=Link to more details
2 +|//General membership election//| | |
3 +|GNOME Foundation|Comprised of Foundation members; members must be contributors to the project.| One year term| http:~/~/www.gnome.org/foundation/governance/
4 +|Humanitarian Open Street Map|Comprised of "voting members"- individuals who are contributors to the project.| One year term| http:~/~/wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Board_Elections
5 +|Software in the Public Interest (affiliated with Debian)|"contributing members" (may be individuals or organizations) approved by a membership committee; organizational members have 1 vote each, like individual members| Two year term|http:~/~/spi-inc.org/corporate/by-laws/
6 +|Apache Software Foundation|Members vote for board; members are all individuals approved by the existing membership on basis of their contribution.| |
7 +|//Self-selecting board//| | |
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