Re: Re: PEAR Group Regulations

Hi Stan, --- Stan Lemon <insyder@myrealbox.com> wrote: > Granted I am the last person who should be commenting about this but > this statement: > > Each voting period lasts four days. Votes > that haven't been cast by the end of the voting period default to > "abstain". > > Would seem to me to be a problem. Why not simply not count members who > don't vote? The voting referred there is for the "rules and regulations" part of PEAR, it has nothing to do with package proposals, etc., and that voting rule was taken by general consensus of the current members of the PEAR Group. > Also, do you take into account presence? What if people are on > vacation? That could royally screw up your vote. > Not really. There is the possibility of reactivating an issue if too fewer votes are casted. Also, members that are going on a prolonged vacation will say so, that way measures can be taken (e.g. designating a proxy). > Furthermore, how do you confirm the vote has been casted legally? Maybe > each member should register a specific e-mail address and are only > allowed to vote with that? Reason is, I know I use several e-mail > addresses on PEAR mailing lists and the same may apply for voting members. The PEAR Group has its own list with explicitly given emails. The ones that are part of this group know each other and each has a designated email that is using for this purpose. Again, this document refers to the workings of the PEAR Group, not package approval, or other issues which are done throught a community process. > And finally, you mention nothing about by proxy or other methods of > voting which may be used and undesired. We already talked about that and some solutions are in place ;-) > > Hope maybe some of that helps. Cya. Tnxs for the feedback. > - Stan > > Pear Group wrote: > > Hi, > > > > With Stig's announcement the PEAR Group was expected to first decide > > on how it should internally regulate itself. > > > > Attached you will find the result of our first coordination steps that > > constitute how votings and membership inside the Group will be > > handled. > > > > PEAR Group > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > 1) Voting > > > > When a vote is called, each member can vote "yes", "no" or > > "abstain". > > In the case of a tie, the issue is considered unresolved until a > > compromise can be reached and a positive re-vote is achieved. If more > > than half of the voting members choose to abstain, the vote is also > > considered unresolved. > > > > Outside of the Group, individual voting shall be anonymous. > > Published results would appear as: > > > > 4 yes, 1 no, 1 abstention > > > > Examples (for a 7 member group): > > > > 7 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain Pass > > 2 yes, 4 no, 1 abstain Fail > > 3 yes, 3 no, 1 abstain Unresolved (Fail) > > 2 yes, 1 no, 4 abstain Unresolved (Fail) > > > > Any member can call a vote, but it must be seconded by one other > > member before the vote can begin. The voting period will begin the > > following midnight (UTC). Each voting period lasts four days. Votes > > that haven't been cast by the end of the voting period default to > > "abstain". > > > > 2) Membership > > > > Membership is essentially for life. A member can resign whenever they > > like or can be voted out of the Group by a majority vote of the other > > members. > > > > Proposing a new member works the same way. The maximum size of the > > Group shall be limited to nine members to keep things manageable. > > > -- > PEAR General Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > ===== -- Jesus M. Castagnetto (jcastagnetto@yahoo.com) Research: http://metallo.scripps.edu/ Personal: http://www.castagnetto.org/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com