On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 4:51 PM, Stuart Monteith <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, We have a majority vote (4 +1s out of 6). If Konstantin and > Nicholas don't vote by tomorrow, shall I go ahead and ask for a Confluence > wiki tomorrow?
fine just a few points for style ;-) (this is not normative - feel free to develop your own but at least it might get the community thinking) there's no need to wait until everyone's voted - indeed anyone in the community who has an opinion (whether a committer or not) is encouraged to vote but only some are binding (these are the ones that count towards the decision). i would probably have split this into a couple of posts since Konstantin and Nicholas haven't voted yet, i would probably have posted one reply saying something like "i'll tally this one no early that tomorrow noon". it's not so important for votes like this but some votes (eg releases) may require energy before a vote can be cast so this encourages any stragglers to cast a vote (even if it's a +/-0). it's a good idea to announce the tally by editing the subject to prefix with [RESULT] eg "[RESULT][VOTE] Wiki choice". it provides a clear closure. i tend to list votes against names so that people can jump in just in case i've miscounted (which sometimes happens on bigger lists). for example "i count: +1 Stuart Monteith (binding) +1 Sonal Goyal (binding) +1 Steve Poole (binding) +1 Carmine Cristallo (binding) please jump with any corrections before XYZ that's binding 4 +1's." but these are just my personal preferences - feel free to innovation - robert
