rfc:who_can_vote
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| ====== PHP RFC: Who Can Vote (2024) ====== | ====== PHP RFC: Who Can Vote (2024) ====== | ||
| - | * Version: 0.1 | + | * Version: 0.2 |
| * Date: 2024-08-20 | * Date: 2024-08-20 | ||
| * Author: Jim Winstead, jimw@php.net | * Author: Jim Winstead, jimw@php.net | ||
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| This RFC establishes a list of voters who will be allowed to vote on future RFCs, and clearly define a process for new voters to be added, voters to remove themselves, or voters to be removed. | This RFC establishes a list of voters who will be allowed to vote on future RFCs, and clearly define a process for new voters to be added, voters to remove themselves, or voters to be removed. | ||
| - | It proposes only the mechanism for adding and removing members, it does not seek to specify the criteria by which people are added or removed and instead leaves that up to the voting membership to decide | + | It proposes only the mechanism for adding and removing members, it does not seek to specify the criteria by which people are added or removed and instead leaves that up to the voting membership to decide. |
| - | The initial active voter list will consist of all those who have voted on any RFC opened before | + | The initial active voter list will consist of all those who have voted on any RFC between August 20, 2021 and August 20, 2024. (This is a list of approximately |
| - | The initial emeritus voter list will consist of all of those having a PHP VCS account prior to August 20, 2024. (This is a list of approximately 1,500 people.) | + | The initial emeritus voter list will consist of all of those having a PHP VCS account prior to August 20, 2024. (This is a list of approximately 1,650 people.) |
| Any active voter can nominate someone else to be an active voter. The nomination must be seconded by another active voter. The nominee must affirmatively accept their nomination. | Any active voter can nominate someone else to be an active voter. The nomination must be seconded by another active voter. The nominee must affirmatively accept their nomination. | ||
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| Any active voter can request to be moved to the emeritus voter list at any time. | Any active voter can request to be moved to the emeritus voter list at any time. | ||
| - | Any active voter can nominate a voter to be removed from the active and/or emeritus voter lists. This must be seconded by another active voter. This nomination will require the affirmative vote by 2/3 of the voters in that round of voting. (This means 2/3 of the full quorum that votes in that round, an abstention is treated as a ' | + | Any active voter can nominate a voter to be removed from the active and/or emeritus voter lists. This must be seconded by another active voter. This nomination will require the affirmative vote a super-majority (2/3) of the votes on that action. |
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| ===== Implementation ===== | ===== Implementation ===== | ||
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| * Nominations will take place on the internals@lists.php.net mailing list. | * Nominations will take place on the internals@lists.php.net mailing list. | ||
| * Voting will take place using the wiki.php.net voting system with announcements about the opening of voting and results made to internals@lists.php.net. | * Voting will take place using the wiki.php.net voting system with announcements about the opening of voting and results made to internals@lists.php.net. | ||
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| - | (Any change to the tools used for this will be noted here.) | ||
| ===== Open Issues ===== | ===== Open Issues ===== | ||
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| ===== Rejected Features ===== | ===== Rejected Features ===== | ||
| - | * None yet! | + | * None yet. |
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