Re: [aur-general] voting period for Dave Reisner

2010-12-12 Thread Cédric Girard
On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Florian Pritz
wrote:

>
>
> Welcome and good job reaching 100% ;)
>
> --
> Florian Pritz -- {flo,bluewi...@server-speed.net
>
>
Now let's get OVER 9000 !!!

What !? Can't be done ?

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Re: [aur-general] voting period for Dave Reisner

2010-12-12 Thread Peter Lewis
On Saturday 11 December 2010 20:21:53 Dave Reisner wrote:
> > yes 29
> > no  0
> > abstain 1
> > 
> > Welcome in our team.
> > 
> > Todo:
> > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR_Trusted_User_Guidelines#TODO_lis
> > t_for_new_Trusted_Users
> 
> Wow! I'm just going to play dumb and assume that the high voter turnout
> was because of all the discussion regarding reform of SVP. Thanks for
> this opportunity, I'm really looking forward to being a part of the
> community.

Congratulations Dave! Welcome :-)


Re: [aur-general] voting period for Dave Reisner

2010-12-12 Thread Florian Pritz
On 11.12.2010 21:05, Ionuț Bîru wrote:
> On 12/05/2010 02:54 AM, Dave Reisner wrote:
>> On Sun, Dec 05, 2010 at 01:39:13AM +0100, PyroPeter wrote:
>>> On 12/04/2010 07:29 PM, Ionuț Bîru wrote:
 Hi,

 the 5 days discussion period have ended.

 http://aur.archlinux.org/tu.php?id=42

>>>
>>> 42!
>>>
>>
>> Yup, that's right. 42. Vote wisely, gentlemen. We may very well unfold
>> the meaning of life here.
> 
> good news. This is the first time, since i'm a TU, when we reached 100% 
> quorum.
> 
> yes 29
> no  0
> abstain 1
> 
> Welcome in our team.
> 

Welcome and good job reaching 100% ;)

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Re: [aur-general] voting period for Dave Reisner

2010-12-12 Thread Lukáš Jirkovský
On 11 December 2010 21:05, Ionuț Bîru  wrote:
> On 12/05/2010 02:54 AM, Dave Reisner wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 05, 2010 at 01:39:13AM +0100, PyroPeter wrote:
>>>
>>> On 12/04/2010 07:29 PM, Ionuț Bîru wrote:

 Hi,

 the 5 days discussion period have ended.

 http://aur.archlinux.org/tu.php?id=42

>>>
>>> 42!
>>>
>>
>> Yup, that's right. 42. Vote wisely, gentlemen. We may very well unfold
>> the meaning of life here.
>
> good news. This is the first time, since i'm a TU, when we reached 100%
> quorum.
>
> yes     29
> no      0
> abstain 1
>
> Welcome in our team.
>
> Todo:
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR_Trusted_User_Guidelines#TODO_list_for_new_Trusted_Users
>
>
> --
> Ionuț
>

Welcome in the team Dave!


Re: [aur-general] voting period for Dave Reisner

2010-12-11 Thread Kaiting Chen
On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 9:41 PM, Xyne  wrote:

> * gets out some snacks and sits down in his designated TU comfy-chair *
>

Oh man that's a great idea. Why don't I have a designated TU comfy-chair?
Welcome to the team Dave. --Kaiting.

-- 
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Re: [aur-general] voting period for Dave Reisner

2010-12-11 Thread Xyne
On 2010-12-12 05:18 +0800 (49:7)
Ray Rashif wrote:

> On 12 December 2010 04:05, Ionuț Bîru  wrote:
> > good news. This is the first time, since i'm a TU, when we reached 100%
> > quorum.
> 
> First time in the history of the AUR as we know it. Congrats and welcome!

> >>42!
> >>  
> >
> >Yup, that's right. 42. Vote wisely, gentlemen. We may very well unfold
> >the meaning of life here. 

> yes 29
> no  0
> abstain 1

42 indeed. I hope that the abstainer hasn't doomed us all with his doubt.
Repent, oh ye of little faith! The chosen one now walks the AUR! He shall cast
out the impure packages and smite their maintainers! No packages shall enter
into [community] but through him! We live in the time of legend. The might of
the chosen one shall free us from the dark shadow of the overlord's tyranny. He
trembles in his basement fortress at this very moment, for he knows the end
times are upon us and that not even Allan, Breaker of Worlds, may save him
from his fate.

Glory awaits us, my TU brethren!

Now on with the show!

* gets out some snacks and sits down in his designated TU comfy-chair *


Re: [aur-general] voting period for Dave Reisner

2010-12-11 Thread Thorsten Töpper
On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 15:21:53 -0500 Dave Reisner 
wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 10:05:42PM +0200, Ionuț Bîru wrote:
> > On 12/05/2010 02:54 AM, Dave Reisner wrote:
> > >On Sun, Dec 05, 2010 at 01:39:13AM +0100, PyroPeter wrote:
> > >>On 12/04/2010 07:29 PM, Ionuț Bîru wrote:
> > >>>Hi,
> > >>>
> > >>>the 5 days discussion period have ended.
> > >>>
> > >>>http://aur.archlinux.org/tu.php?id=42
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >>42!
> > >>
> > >
> > >Yup, that's right. 42. Vote wisely, gentlemen. We may very well
> > >unfold the meaning of life here.
> > 
> > good news. This is the first time, since i'm a TU, when we reached
> > 100% quorum.
> > 
> > yes 29
> > no  0
> > abstain 1
> > 
> > Welcome in our team.
> > 
> > Todo:
> > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR_Trusted_User_Guidelines#TODO_list_for_new_Trusted_Users
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Ionuț
> 
> Wow! I'm just going to play dumb and assume that the high voter
> turnout was because of all the discussion regarding reform of SVP.
> Thanks for this opportunity, I'm really looking forward to being a
> part of the community.
> 
> dave

Welcome to the team, and no it was because of the answer Ionuț gave us
at the end of his mail, after all, we all know that we always have to
take towels with us when we're about to leave the house. ;-)

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Re: [aur-general] voting period for Dave Reisner

2010-12-11 Thread Laurent Carlier
Le samedi 11 décembre 2010 21:05:42, Ionuț Bîru a écrit :
> On 12/05/2010 02:54 AM, Dave Reisner wrote:
> > On Sun, Dec 05, 2010 at 01:39:13AM +0100, PyroPeter wrote:
> >> On 12/04/2010 07:29 PM, Ionuț Bîru wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>> 
> >>> the 5 days discussion period have ended.
> >>> 
> >>> http://aur.archlinux.org/tu.php?id=42
> >> 
> >> 42!
> > 
> > Yup, that's right. 42. Vote wisely, gentlemen. We may very well unfold
> > the meaning of life here.
> 
> good news. This is the first time, since i'm a TU, when we reached 100%
> quorum.
> 
> yes 29
> no  0
> abstain 1
> 
> Welcome in our team.
> 
> Todo:
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR_Trusted_User_Guidelines#TODO_list_
> for_new_Trusted_Users

Welcome Dave!


Re: [aur-general] voting period for Dave Reisner

2010-12-11 Thread Ray Rashif
On 12 December 2010 04:05, Ionuț Bîru  wrote:
> good news. This is the first time, since i'm a TU, when we reached 100%
> quorum.

First time in the history of the AUR as we know it. Congrats and welcome!


Re: [aur-general] voting period for Dave Reisner

2010-12-11 Thread Dave Reisner
On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 10:05:42PM +0200, Ionuț Bîru wrote:
> On 12/05/2010 02:54 AM, Dave Reisner wrote:
> >On Sun, Dec 05, 2010 at 01:39:13AM +0100, PyroPeter wrote:
> >>On 12/04/2010 07:29 PM, Ionuț Bîru wrote:
> >>>Hi,
> >>>
> >>>the 5 days discussion period have ended.
> >>>
> >>>http://aur.archlinux.org/tu.php?id=42
> >>>
> >>
> >>42!
> >>
> >
> >Yup, that's right. 42. Vote wisely, gentlemen. We may very well unfold
> >the meaning of life here.
> 
> good news. This is the first time, since i'm a TU, when we reached
> 100% quorum.
> 
> yes 29
> no  0
> abstain 1
> 
> Welcome in our team.
> 
> Todo:
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR_Trusted_User_Guidelines#TODO_list_for_new_Trusted_Users
> 
> 
> -- 
> Ionuț

Wow! I'm just going to play dumb and assume that the high voter turnout
was because of all the discussion regarding reform of SVP. Thanks for
this opportunity, I'm really looking forward to being a part of the
community.

dave


Re: [aur-general] voting period for Dave Reisner

2010-12-11 Thread Ionuț Bîru

On 12/05/2010 02:54 AM, Dave Reisner wrote:

On Sun, Dec 05, 2010 at 01:39:13AM +0100, PyroPeter wrote:

On 12/04/2010 07:29 PM, Ionuț Bîru wrote:

Hi,

the 5 days discussion period have ended.

http://aur.archlinux.org/tu.php?id=42



42!



Yup, that's right. 42. Vote wisely, gentlemen. We may very well unfold
the meaning of life here.


good news. This is the first time, since i'm a TU, when we reached 100% 
quorum.


yes 29
no  0
abstain 1

Welcome in our team.

Todo:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR_Trusted_User_Guidelines#TODO_list_for_new_Trusted_Users


--
Ionuț


Re: [aur-general] voting period for Dave Reisner

2010-12-05 Thread Shacristo
On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Kaiting Chen  wrote:
>>
>> We could amend the bylaws to state that quorum is not required if an
>> absolute
>> majority has voted to pass the motion (an absolute majority being more than
>> half of all active TUs). I think that makes sense because as it stands now,
>> voting against the motion or simply abstaining is completely meaningless.
>> If
>> one were opposed to the motion, it would be more beneficial to simply not
>> vote
>> at all and to hope that others do the same so that quorum cannot be
>> established.
>>
>
> This is basically what I've been spamming aur-general with. I did some
> research today and it appears that what you are talking about actually does
> happen.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quorum
>
> When a vote is decided, politicians will sometimes abuse the quorum system
> to try to manipulate the result. --Kaiting.
>
> --
> Kiwis and Limes: http://kaitocracy.blogspot.com/
>

Isn't this why the automatic motion for removal exists?  If a TU
abuses the quorum system he could be removed for inactivity.


Re: [aur-general] voting period for Dave Reisner

2010-12-05 Thread Kaiting Chen
>
> We could amend the bylaws to state that quorum is not required if an
> absolute
> majority has voted to pass the motion (an absolute majority being more than
> half of all active TUs). I think that makes sense because as it stands now,
> voting against the motion or simply abstaining is completely meaningless.
> If
> one were opposed to the motion, it would be more beneficial to simply not
> vote
> at all and to hope that others do the same so that quorum cannot be
> established.
>

This is basically what I've been spamming aur-general with. I did some
research today and it appears that what you are talking about actually does
happen.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quorum

When a vote is decided, politicians will sometimes abuse the quorum system
to try to manipulate the result. --Kaiting.

-- 
Kiwis and Limes: http://kaitocracy.blogspot.com/


Re: [aur-general] voting period for Dave Reisner

2010-12-05 Thread Xyne
Loui Chang wrote:

> On Sun 05 Dec 2010 08:19 -0500, Shacristo wrote:
> > On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 3:07 AM, Kaiting Chen  wrote:
> > > This is sort of what I was talking about in my previous mail about
> > > the refinement of the bylaws. Thirteen hours have passed since the
> > > beginning of the voting period and at this point according to this
> > > page:
> > >
> > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Trusted_Users
> > >
> > > There are thirty Trusted Users. Seventeen yay's have been cast and a
> > > simple majority has already been reached. We should amend the bylaws
> > > such that the voting period may end because no amount of nay's can
> > > change the outcome of the vote at this point. There is no reason for
> > > falconindy to wait another seven days to receive his Trusted User
> > > privileges. --Kaiting.
> >
> > 17/30 does not make a 66% quorum, so yes, the motion could still fail.
> 
> Kaiting is saying that even though quorum hasn't been met, that it's
> impossible for the vote to fail on the basis of opposition.
> 
> If the rest of the TUs voted nay, then it would be 17 aye vs 13 nay
> which would still be a majority for the motion.
> 
> How do they do it in real life if quorum isn't met, but support for the
> motion is enough that it shouldn't really matter.
> 

If quorum is required then the motion would still fail in that case.

Quorum really just prevents votes from passing with low participation, e.g. 5
participate and 3 vote yes... that would be a simple majority but clearly not
enough people to carry any real weight.

We could amend the bylaws to state that quorum is not required if an absolute
majority has voted to pass the motion (an absolute majority being more than
half of all active TUs). I think that makes sense because as it stands now,
voting against the motion or simply abstaining is completely meaningless. If
one were opposed to the motion, it would be more beneficial to simply not vote
at all and to hope that others do the same so that quorum cannot be established.

That actually applies in general to our application voting system. If you're
against the application, it would be more effective to simply not vote, which
seems wrong to me. Voting against the application should have some meaningful
effect and thus be different from abstaining. I wouldn't mind having some extra
clause that stipulates e.g. (#yes - #no)/#total >= x. The reasoning is that
even with a simple majority, if a large portion of the team is against an
application then it may be disruptive to accept it.

I realize that the argument against this will be that it isn't KISS and I'm not
really bothered about it either way. I'm just floating the idea.


Btw, I actually think it would make sense to have a script that accepts the
number of active TUs, and the number of votes to determine the outcome. It
would be completely unambiguous and amusingly geeky. It could also be tracked
with Git. ;)


Re: [aur-general] voting period for Dave Reisner

2010-12-05 Thread Loui Chang
On Sun 05 Dec 2010 08:19 -0500, Shacristo wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 3:07 AM, Kaiting Chen  wrote:
> > This is sort of what I was talking about in my previous mail about
> > the refinement of the bylaws. Thirteen hours have passed since the
> > beginning of the voting period and at this point according to this
> > page:
> >
> > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Trusted_Users
> >
> > There are thirty Trusted Users. Seventeen yay's have been cast and a
> > simple majority has already been reached. We should amend the bylaws
> > such that the voting period may end because no amount of nay's can
> > change the outcome of the vote at this point. There is no reason for
> > falconindy to wait another seven days to receive his Trusted User
> > privileges. --Kaiting.
>
> 17/30 does not make a 66% quorum, so yes, the motion could still fail.

Kaiting is saying that even though quorum hasn't been met, that it's
impossible for the vote to fail on the basis of opposition.

If the rest of the TUs voted nay, then it would be 17 aye vs 13 nay
which would still be a majority for the motion.

How do they do it in real life if quorum isn't met, but support for the
motion is enough that it shouldn't really matter.



Re: [aur-general] voting period for Dave Reisner

2010-12-05 Thread Shacristo
17/30 does not make a 66% quorum, so yes, the motion could still fail.

On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 3:07 AM, Kaiting Chen  wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 7:54 PM, Dave Reisner  wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Dec 05, 2010 at 01:39:13AM +0100, PyroPeter wrote:
>> > On 12/04/2010 07:29 PM, Ionuț Bîru wrote:
>> > >Hi,
>> > >
>> > >the 5 days discussion period have ended.
>> > >
>> > >http://aur.archlinux.org/tu.php?id=42
>> > >
>> >
>> > 42!
>> >
>>
>> Yup, that's right. 42. Vote wisely, gentlemen. We may very well unfold
>> the meaning of life here.
>>
>
> This is sort of what I was talking about in my previous mail about the
> refinement of the bylaws. Thirteen hours have passed since the beginning of
> the voting period and at this point according to this page:
>
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Trusted_Users
>
> There are thirty Trusted Users. Seventeen yay's have been cast and a simple
> majority has already been reached. We should amend the bylaws such that the
> voting period may end because no amount of nay's can change the outcome of
> the vote at this point. There is no reason for falconindy to wait another
> seven days to receive his Trusted User privileges. --Kaiting.
>
> --
> Kiwis and Limes: http://kaitocracy.blogspot.com/
>


Re: [aur-general] voting period for Dave Reisner

2010-12-05 Thread Kaiting Chen
On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 7:54 PM, Dave Reisner  wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 05, 2010 at 01:39:13AM +0100, PyroPeter wrote:
> > On 12/04/2010 07:29 PM, Ionuț Bîru wrote:
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > >the 5 days discussion period have ended.
> > >
> > >http://aur.archlinux.org/tu.php?id=42
> > >
> >
> > 42!
> >
>
> Yup, that's right. 42. Vote wisely, gentlemen. We may very well unfold
> the meaning of life here.
>

This is sort of what I was talking about in my previous mail about the
refinement of the bylaws. Thirteen hours have passed since the beginning of
the voting period and at this point according to this page:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Trusted_Users

There are thirty Trusted Users. Seventeen yay's have been cast and a simple
majority has already been reached. We should amend the bylaws such that the
voting period may end because no amount of nay's can change the outcome of
the vote at this point. There is no reason for falconindy to wait another
seven days to receive his Trusted User privileges. --Kaiting.

-- 
Kiwis and Limes: http://kaitocracy.blogspot.com/


Re: [aur-general] voting period for Dave Reisner

2010-12-04 Thread Dave Reisner
On Sun, Dec 05, 2010 at 01:39:13AM +0100, PyroPeter wrote:
> On 12/04/2010 07:29 PM, Ionuț Bîru wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >the 5 days discussion period have ended.
> >
> >http://aur.archlinux.org/tu.php?id=42
> >
> 
> 42!
> 

Yup, that's right. 42. Vote wisely, gentlemen. We may very well unfold
the meaning of life here.


Re: [aur-general] voting period for Dave Reisner

2010-12-04 Thread Sven-Hendrik Haase
On 05.12.2010 01:39, PyroPeter wrote:
> On 12/04/2010 07:29 PM, Ionuț Bîru wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> the 5 days discussion period have ended.
>>
>> http://aur.archlinux.org/tu.php?id=42
>>
>
> 42!
>
1.40500612 × 10^51


Re: [aur-general] voting period for Dave Reisner

2010-12-04 Thread PyroPeter

On 12/04/2010 07:29 PM, Ionuț Bîru wrote:

Hi,

the 5 days discussion period have ended.

http://aur.archlinux.org/tu.php?id=42



42!

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[aur-general] voting period for Dave Reisner

2010-12-04 Thread Ionuț Bîru

Hi,

the 5 days discussion period have ended.

http://aur.archlinux.org/tu.php?id=42

--
Ionuț