Berin Loritsch wrote:
Noel J. Bergman wrote:Looking at the three proposals, can we take pieces from all? * Auto PMC membership for committers who have been active for at least six months. * Charter and Bylaw voting time period is a week * A motion passes with 2/3 majority vote of quorum * In the event that quorum cannot be met, voting remains open until quorum is met. * Size of quorum shall be [insert your percentage here], with a floor of 3 people (i.e. if percentage of PMC is less than three, then Quorum is still 3)So basically, the three variables are: 1) Minimum period within which to count votes [1 week] 2) The definition of a quorum (3+, 33%, 50%) [ ? ] 3) Percentage required to carry the vote [ 66% ] Is that correct?
That's what I am thinking. The 3+ is an absolute minimum. I.e.
if Quorum is 33% and there are only 6 PMC members, quorum is still
3 (i.e. 50% of the PMC). As the PMC grows to something like 21,
33% is 7, so that is used instead of the 3.
I personally would prefer 50% Quorum to have better representation,
but I am not going to obstruct something else. (I think that 33%
should be considered an absolute minimum percentage).
Berin: Quick check - aside from the question of what is legally binding, do you see the following two as viable (assuming a minimum voting period of one week): Case Quorum Majority 1. 50% 50% 2. 33% 66%
Also, as with most communities using quorum (including home owners associations) there is the idea of a rolling time period. I.e. voting remains open as long as necessary to reach quorum--even if it exceeds the 1 week period.
I think you have to cap this. You can easily end up with several rolling votes that get lost in the time. I would prefer no rolling extension, instead, its up to the individial to re-raise the issue in the light of the fact that the membership was unwilling to express its opinion.
Cheers, Steve.
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