or another example if something is downvoted, this also implies that after a vote is over, it’s approprorate to continue pushing the subject trying to just wear everyone down even though the outcome is clear. We’ve seen this before, actually.
On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 5:41 PM Chris Olivier <cjolivie...@gmail.com> wrote: > -1 “strive to meet consensus”? This seems to imply the consensus is the > natural expected state. So in the case where someone submits that we should > start a nuclear war, then our bylaws would state that we should all try to > agree to start a nuclear war. > > On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 4:41 PM Tianqi Chen <tqc...@apache.org> wrote: > >> Hi Carin: >> Sorry for the last minute request, but given the way we write down the >> PMC, committer privileges, I feel we need to add an additional line: >> >> - "PMC/committer should strive to be diplomatic and reach consensus >> with >> discussion when possible." >> >> Since I don't really want us to give an impression of abusing veto >> rights. >> >> Thanks! >> Tianqi >> >> On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 3:47 PM Carin Meier <carinme...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > This vote is to adopt the document >> > >> > >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/Become+an+Apache+MXNet+%28incubating%29+Committer+and+PPMC+Member+Proposal >> > to replace the current document >> > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/Becoming+a+Committer >> > >> > The dev discussion thread is here >> > >> > >> https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e61ffa26af374de7a99c475d406e462a00b26cfc1155e232198dd53e@%3Cdev.mxnet.apache.org%3E >> > >> > The vote will be a procedural issue vote as defined >> > https://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html >> > >> > Votes on procedural issues follow the common format of majority rule >> unless >> > otherwise stated. That is, if there are more favourable votes than >> > unfavourable ones, the issue is considered to have passed -- regardless >> of >> > the number of votes in each category. (If the number of votes seems too >> > small to be representative of a community consensus, the issue is >> typically >> > not pursued. However, see the description of lazy consensus >> > <https://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html#LazyConsensus> for a >> > modifying factor.) >> > >> > The vote will run until Friday Nov 2nd at 6:00 am EST >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Carin >> > >> >
