Re: Charter.txt

[Nicola Ken Barozzi]

Berin Loritsch wrote:

[...]

it looks like we should stick
as close to the board pattern as possible.  So it looks best for:

* Strict majority ( > 50% ) with a quorum of 50% of the PMC.  I
  honestly like something to win with more than 51% because in my
  opinion if the resolution can be written better it will win by
  more.  Nevertheless, this is representative enough of the
  community that I will not resist it as long as point number 2
  is accepted.

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* PMC votes are open for a minimum of one week.

* If quorum cannot be met within one week, voting remains open
  until quorum is met.  Should we have a time limit on this?  For
  example, if an issue is on the table for a year, and quorum
  has not been made yet on an issue it makes little sense to
  keep it on the table.

IMHO if the quorum cannot be met in, let's say 2-3 weeks, we should have it dropped automatically.
Imagine that after 5 months someone issues a +1 and we reach the quorum, but in the meantime conditions have changed...

* PMC members are nominated by the community, and voted in by
  the existing PMC.  Do we have minimum qualifications?  I.e.
  should the PMC members be active committers in the community
  for six months?

IMHO PMC members are to be invited in as committers are, with a similar qualification system.

* Projects that depend on Avalon have the ability to nominate
  one representative each to the PMC.

The idea is nice, but don't think it would scale. If 40 projects start depending on Avalon? And depending on which grounds?
I repeat, I like the idea, let's see if we can make this thing into something.

I'd also like to see the chair nominated by all the committers, not only the PMC. This would make the PMC truly representative of the community while keeping the entrance by invitation to the PMC.

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