On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 05:45:03PM +0100, Simon Phipps wrote: > For us outsiders, can you explain who is allowed to vote and in what way, > please?
Official policy: http://incubator.apache.org/incubation/Incubation_Policy.html#Entry+to+Incubation Entry Into Incubation ... In order to enter the Incubator, a Candidate MUST * be nominated for incubation by a member of the Apache Software Foundation ("The Champion"); and * be approved by a Sponsor. ... Approval of Proposal by Sponsor The decision to approve the candidate proposal MUST be taken on a vote by the Sponsor, in accordance with that Entity's charter. In this case, the Sponsor is the Apache Incubator. The only binding votes are those cast by members of the Incubator PMC. Others may cast advisory votes; they are usually tallied by the person calling the vote, but not counted towards the official result. Sam Ruby, the project's Champion, described the criteria for passing the vote in his "Vote plans for OOo proposal" mail: http://s.apache.org/gB (link to mail-archives.apache.org) Binding votes are ones that are cast by Incubator PMC members. Quorum is 3 binding +1 yes votes. Once quorum is met, if more +1 votes are received than -1, the vote carries. Otherwise, the vote fails. That's standard operating procedure for votes of the Incubator PMC and other PMCs across Apache. The OOo podling, should it be approved, will likely take similar votes on releases and such. http://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html I hope this makes things clear for the benefit of our many newcomers. Please feel free to ask for clarification, as it smoothes the path of incubation when community members have a thorough understanding of Apache governance rules and traditions. Cheers, Marvin Humphrey --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
