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[Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>]

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Andrew Stitt wrote:
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> I cant think of a single instance when we've voted on policy change,
> and as far as I know our voting policys were only intended for lead
> votes. At least, that was my understanding of that document since it
> was created, all the input I gave for it was framed under that
> understanding. Historically issues and policys have been decided by some
> sort of rough consensus and eventually moved to resolution (or tabling on
> contentious stuff) by the PL. There really isnt any formal policy for
> that either, which is what this adds, I think thats a good thing.
> However this presents a chicken and egg problem, how do we enact a new
> project organization policy when theres no policy on how to enact it
> (other than rough consensus (which we seem to have attained)).
> 
> That being said, I havent voted on this yet because I want to know how
> people besides the leads and feel about it. It obviously effects all
> the developers so its important to me that people agree with it before
> I vote yes on it. Im somewhat disappointed with the lack of response
> after Jeremy's initial posting, but assumed that was silent agreement,
> and that most people arent too interested in politics. Im encouraged
> by people voting +1 on it though. However I'd rather be certain the majority
> feels a certain way than assume they do.
> 
> So, I motion that we abort the current vote and use the team lead voting
> guidelines[0] to vote for (or against) the new project organization policy
> proposal. I'd rather we be certain as a community that the majority has
> at least glanced at the proposal and agree with it before enacting it.
> 
> -Andrew
> 
> [0] http://www.sourcemage.org/TeamLeadVotingProcess

To best transition to a new voting policy in the most correct manner we
will extend the Team Lead Voting Process[0] to this vote (I will start a
new vote including the rules and close the old vote) so that we can
guarantee that the majority of developers are in favor of it outside of
assume silence is equal to acceptance. ;)

- -sandalle

[0] http://www.sourcemage.org/TeamLeadVotingProcess

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Eric Sandall                     |  Source Mage GNU/Linux Developer
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http://eric.sandall.us/          |  SysAdmin @ Shock Physics @ WSU
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