Re: [tsc-devel] CALL FOR VOTES: Voting rules document

Brian Allen Vanderburg II | Wed, 02 Sep 2015 12:23:22 UTC

I vote for Option 1: Accept the voting rules document

Brian Allen Vanderburg II

On 09/01/2015 03:07 AM, Quintus wrote:
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> 1st vote                                     September 1st, 2015
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> Hi everyone,
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> this is the formal call for votes (CfV) for the voting rules
> document. The voting period is now open!
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> For your information again, this is the voting rules document draft we
> want to accept or reject:
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> http://team.secretchronicles.de/~quintus/votingrules/votingrules-2015-08-15.pdf
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> Proponent
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> The voting was proposed by me, Quintus <…s@q…>.
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> Vote subject
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> This vote is aimed at the ratification of the voting rules document
> itself.
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> Vote options
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> These are the possible voting options:
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> Option 1: Accept the voting rules document
> Option 2: Reject the voting rules document
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> Voting period
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> The voting period is now open, and lasts until 2015-09-30 23:59
> UTC.
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> Procedure
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> As nobody (thankfully) requested a covert vote, this vote will be held
> as an open vote. Please vote by sending an email indicating the option
> you voted for to the mailinglist or make an according post to the forum
> topic corresponding to this message. Everybody has only one vote. If you
> have a GPG keypair, please use it to sign the message (this is optional,
> but recommended).
>
> As per §1 of the voting rules, these are the people who are allowed to
> vote:
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> * brianvanderburg2
> * DarkAceZ
> * datahead8888
> * Luiji
> * Quintus
> * sauer2
> * sydneyjd
> * xet7
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> Note this is a special vote as it has a specific majority requirement as
> per §21 of the voting rules document: At least two thirds of the team
> members must choose the acceptance option, otherwise the vote is
> failed. Conversely, if more than one third votes for the rejection
> option, the vote is also failed. In any case, we’ll have to revise the
> document then. If not enough people participate, we may vote on the same
> document without changes again.
>
> From the above list you can surmise that eight people are allowed to
> vote, which means that 5 ⅓ people have to be in favour of the voting
> document. Since a third of a person is a little problematic, but 5
> persons are not the required majority, at least 6 people must be in
> favour of it. In turn, if at least 3 people vote against the document,
> it is rejected.
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> Quintus
> TSC project lead.
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