Overall this is very good, and quite steeped in "legalese". Nevertheless, there are a couple of minor tweaks I have.
> From: Stephen McConnell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] <snip/> > (c) Normal Majority Vote > > A vote undertaken within the scope of a Normal Vote as defined > by definition [4] shall require a 50% majority before the vote > may be considered as binding, shall be subject to the quorum > calculations as defined under Article 1 (b), vote duration > as defined by Article 1 (e), and validity shall be subject to > reasonable engagement towards actions as defined under the > voting preconditions of Article 1 (a), where the notion of > reasonable shall rest with the PMC Chair. The definition of majority means more than 50%. Strictly speaking, 50% means deadlock. It should read "shall require greater than 50% majority" or "shall require 51% majority". > (e) Vote Duration > > Any vote conducted by the PMC may be closed within 7 > days of its > initiation providing that quorum has been met in > accordance with > Article 1 (b). A vote not meeting quorum during the initial 7 > day period shall default to a 14 day duration. On > expiration of > a 14 day vote duration, if quorum has not been achieved, the > vote shall be consider as s failed vote. ^^^ "as a failed vote" > (f) Post-conditions to Voting > > A vote shall be concluded by a result announcement presented by > email under a thread commencing by the "[VOTE-RESULT]" tag with > the message title. The PMC Chair count shall stands as the > final authority on vote counts. Non announcement of a vote > result by the chair within 60 days of the initiation of a vote > shall render the vote null and void. Generally speaking, I like the post-condition. However it leaves too much open for the Chair not doing his job. For instance, if all PMC members except the chair voted for a proposal and the chair voted against the proposal, all he would have to do is sit on the results for 60 days to make the proposal void. I would put the responsibility on the PMC as a whole instead of merely one person. It puts the power back into the community--preserving a certain balance of power. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
