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[Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>]

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David Brown wrote:
> On 4/26/06, Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us> wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> As Jeremy Blosser (emrys) has requested a vote of the Team Leads if his
>> proposal (attached) is seconded (it was, by David Kowis
>> (dkowis/kittah)), we have here a vote. :)
>>
>> I believe Jeremy (correct me if I'm wrong) would like this vote to
>> follow the guidelines attached, which means:
>> * All votes must be GPG signed by a valid key listed on
>> http://www.sourcemage.org/keysigning
>> * Only Team Leads have a binding vote
>> * Other developers may post a vote, but it is advisory only
>> * Votes go to the mailing list (sm-discuss) with a +1 (yes) ,+/-0
>> (abstain) ,-1 (no)
>> * At least 51% of the Leads must vote for the vote to be valid
>> * At least 51% of the voting Leads must vote +1 for the issue to pass
>> * Non-Leads may veto the process after the vote has finished
>>   * At least 51% of all developers (Lead + General) must vote
>>   * At least 67% of the voting  developers must vote +1 for the veto to 
>> pass
> 
> I think 'Simple Majority' or 'Two-thirds Majority' [0] should be the
> terms used instead of raw percentages since if it's 50.5% for and
> 49.5% against in a 'simple majority' case that would pass...
> 
> Unless 51% is actually what you want...
> 
> - David Brown

In the documents "Simple Majority" is defined as 51% and "Super
Majority" as 67%, so I used those percentages to keep it short.

- -sandalle

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