Joan, how would you prefer my feedback? Edits made directly to the doc, or via email? There are some things I'd like to change.
On 17 July 2014 06:23, Joan Touzet <woh...@apache.org> wrote: > After discussion with Noah Slater today, and as discussed in the CouchDB > IRC meeting today, I will be driving the bylaws and CoC through to votes > and formal adoption. > > Based on unaddressed comments in the previous mailing list discussion, I > have updated the proposed bylaws text. Those updates are here: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=40511017 > > Changes made since the last version can be viewed here: > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/diffpagesbyversion.action?pageId=40511017&selectedPageVersions=70&selectedPageVersions=69 > > The primary changes were: > > 1. Bolded text now serves as a intro guide for new participants and > highlights the important points of which they should be aware. > This should make absorbing the long document easier for newcomers. > > 2. Reworked text in the veto section to clarify misinterpretations. > There *are* some semantic changes here, so please re-read this > section carefully. > > 3. Compromise on the COPDOC section: acronym removed, concept remains. > > 4. Various grammar edits for clarity. > > At this point, the bylaws are mostly stable, but there may remain some > tweaks to the text necessary to ensure they match how we have been > running the project for some time now. We (the PMC) acknowledge that > they are not perfect, but we do not want to let the perfect to be the > enemy of the good (thanks to Voltaire), so we're moving ahead with them > in the state they're in. > > Further, use of these bylaws, or especially any loopholes or imprecise > language therein, as a weapon against others acting in good faith is > neither within the spirit of the bylaws themselves nor considered > acceptable behaviour - and will be dealt with accordingly by the PMC. > > It is my intent to call a formal vote on these bylaws as of Monday, June > 21. PLEASE take the time to make a final read-through and get any > corrections to me before then. > > Per the proposed terms in the bylaws, this non-technical vote will > be by majority approval with no vetos allowed. Further, ALL ACTIVE > COMMITTERS are respectfully asked to cast their vote at that time. > > -Joan Touzet -- Noah Slater https://twitter.com/nslater
