Reviving this thread. I've invited others to join in as well. As a reminder, the proposed changes are here: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/201310.mbox/%3cC e743d6a.14a96%25aha...@adobe.com%3e
And my goal is not just to fix up the voting doc, but to try to define a default set of bylaws so projects don't have to, or have less to decide. -Alex On 10/4/13 11:25 AM, "Doug Cutting" <cutt...@apache.org> wrote: >On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 9:55 AM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: >> Who is permitted to vote is, to some extent, a community-specific thing. >> However, the basic rule is that only PMC members have binding votes, and >> all others are either discouraged from voting (to keep the noise down) >>or >> else have their votes considered of an indicative or advisory nature >>only. > >I'd suggest dropping the bit about 'discouraged from voting' and >replace 'advisory only' with simply 'advisory'. A non-PMC vote may be >taken quite seriously or it might not be. The only points you need to >make here is that non-PMC votes are not binding but are generally >welcome. > >> Unless otherwise specified by a project's bylaws, only [active >> members)(glossary.html#ActiveMembers) who have been active in the last 6 >> months may cast binding votes. A different definition of active member >> may also be set in a project's bylaws. > >I think that policy is less universal and I'd suggest not implying it >was a default rule for all projects without bylaws. Some projects >have periods of low activity and I'd expect votes of PMC members to >still be considered valid even if they've not contributed for six >months. For example, we want a low-activity project to be able to >apply a few patches and make a release even if fewer than three PMC >members were active in applying those patches over the last six >months. My thinking here is that the definition of "active" includes other activities besides just applying changes to code so that even low-activity projects must have folks who count as active because they've at least filed board reports. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
