On 1/30/2012 7:44 PM, Dave Fisher wrote: > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 30, 2012, at 5:34 PM, "William A. Rowe Jr." <wr...@rowe-clan.net> > wrote: > >> On 1/30/2012 6:06 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote: >>> It is clear that with all the turmoil of late and people >>> lightly tossing around -1's that the notion of having veto >>> authority over personnel matters makes little sense on this >>> PMC. Therefore I propose we adopt the policy that personnel >>> votes are by straight majority consensus, iow no vetoes allowed. >> >> -1 >> >> The argument is very simple, you don't allow a simple majority to >> tyrannize the minority. So the ASF has long held a simple standard >> of consensus on all committee additions and subtractions. Some >> majority might be irked at [insert name here]'s [actions|inaction| >> comments|silence] but that was never grounds to remove a committee >> member. If you want to propose some supermajority metric other than >> "unanimous", that could work (e.g. 2/3 or 3/4 in agreement > > In your plan then a -1 is really a -2 or -3? > > Sounds like a filibuster...
No, I'm -1 to this proposal. I'd support his proposal if it were modified to provide for a measurable super-majority consensus. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
