Reminder that there is about 24 hours remaining for this vote. -David
David Crossley wrote: > David Crossley wrote: > > The proposal addresses two separate issues: > > > > ------------------------ > > A) Remove each mention of "Active" from guidelines.html > > > > So this will mean that the people who have binding votes > > are "PMC Members". > > > > Also change the definitions of "Unanimous consensus" and > > "2/3 majority" to stop saying "All voters with binding > > votes must vote" and instead refer to number of "votes cast". > > > > Add a note about the chair deciding whether a quorum > > has been reached. > > > > Add a note to reinforce that PMC members can be as active > > as they choose, with no pressure from the project. > > People can be quiet and speak up occasionally when they > > see a topic that motivates them enough to contribute > > to the discussion or to cast a vote. > > > > PMC members can still declare themselves "emeritus" > > if they so choose. Nicola Ken was an example. In such > > a case we notify the board and remove them from the > > list of PMC members. > > > > ------------------------ > > B) Remove the separation of "active" committers from who.html > > > > There will be one list. The PMC members will be marked. > > Emeritus PMC members will be marked in a different way. > > > > There will be explanations of how to see who is "active" > > for those who care, e.g. search the mail archives; look > > at changes.html; etc. > > > > Add a note to explain the evolution of Forrest to > > a top-level project and hence the introduction of > > a PMC which did not include the old absent committers. > > > > ------------------------ > > Anyone can vote. It is good to hear the opinions of developers. > As usual the binding votes are those of PMC members. > Using "Consensus approval": > http://forrest.apache.org/guidelines.html#approvals > The vote will run for the normal one week and so finish at > midnight UTC on 2005-05-10 > http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/customcounter.html?year=2006&month=05&day=11 > > Please vote on these two proposals: > > A) Remove each mention of "Active" from guidelines.html > > B) Remove the separation of "active" committers from who.html > > -David
