On Jul 28, 2014 4:55 PM, "Noah Slater" <nsla...@apache.org> wrote: > > Hello folks, > > In a discussion between myself, Joan, and Bob on IRC today, it became > clear that there are some major errors that need fixing ASAP. > > Here's my candidate doc that we are voting on: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=44302814 > > This vote uses majority approval model and expires in 72 hours. > > Please review and cast your vote. > > The page history is messy, but here is a list of the changes I made, > in order of importance. The last half are a wrap-up of all the > outstanding errata. > > - Dropped "majority approval" approval model, as this allowed blocking > -1 votes on non-technical decisions. Confirmed with other major > contributors to the bylaws that this did not match our intentions > > - Updated decision table to use "lazy majority" or "lazy 2/3 majority" > instead of "majority approval" as necessary > > - Clarified that "veto" only applies to -1 votes using RTC > > - Change our most preferred method of decision making to "Lazy > consensus or RTC" per Bob's feedback that we actually have two primary > decision making models, one for code and one for everything else > > - Dropped a redundant sentence about the Chair not being a leader > > - Changed "RTC Approval & Vetos" to "RTC and Vetos" so anchors work > > - Fixed internal anchors, and added a few additional ones > > - Added example about using email TAGS > > - Tightened up wording about the PMC delegating responsibility > > - Minor fixes for wording and case > > Thank you, > > -- > Noah Slater > https://twitter.com/nslater
why this 2/3 rule? what is the reason to not have simple "majority" ? - benoit
