Nobody commented on this motion... who is +1? who is -1? On Sun, 2011-05-08 at 17:56 -0400, Bernie Innocenti wrote: > As part of my attempt to simplify bureaucracy within Sugar Labs, I felt > that Decision Panels were a redundant mechanism to find consensus within > the community. The existing paragraph on Referenda offers a better way > to make democratic decisions: > > At times an issue may arise that merits gathering consensus from the > community. Any member of the Sugar Labs Foundation can suggest a > referendum. To be accepted, a request for a referendum must be > endorsed by 10% of all of the membership. The overall referendum > process is overseen by the Membership and Elections Committee, > which can be reached at electi...@sugarlabs.org. A 75% vote of > all of the members can override an Oversight Board decision. > > > MOTION: Apply the following patch to the Governance page: > > > --- Governance.orig 2011-04-30 20:37:41.284321281 -0300 > +++ Governance 2011-05-08 15:21:38.264523580 -0300 > @@ -77,20 +77,6 @@ following the election of a new Represen > the authority to instruct the Conservancy on the Project's behalf on all > matters. > > -====Decision Panels==== > - > -The Oversight Board's role is to manage the day-to-day affairs of Sugar Labs > -and to help the community to build consensus. On the rare occasion of a > -contentious issue on which no general consensus can be reached, the Oversight > -Board is responsible for convening a Decision Panel. The Oversight Board will > -be responsible for determining when a Decision Panel is required and for > -selecting members for the Decision Panel. Members of the Oversight Board are > -not permitted to serve on a Decision Panel. A Decision Panel will solicit > -community input, discuss (in private if they deem it necessary), reach a > -conclusion internally, and produce a report documenting their conclusion. > -(Anyone may submit advice to a Decision Panel.) The Oversight Board will > review > -and ratify Decision Panel reports. > - > ===Advisory Board=== > > The [[Sugar Labs/Governance/Advisory Board|Advisory Board]] is made up of >
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