Hi, First,
> Many thanks to Russ and Wouter for all their work on this. +1 If I understand correctly, most agree that we would like to keep the discussion period short in most cases. But at the same time, in exceptional circumstances, some would like a way to extend it. Instead of the quite complex procedure proposed by Wouter, couldn't we patch the DPL's power to increase or decrease the the discussion period to allow the DPL to extend it beyond three weeks? The change could be as simple as replacing 'original values in point A.1.1' with 'former values' in The Project Leader may, at any point in the process, increase or decrease the minimum and maximum discussion period by up to 1 week from their original values in point A.1.1, except that they may not do so in a way that causes the discussion period to end within 48 hours of when this change is made. The length of the discussion period is then recalculated as if the new minimum and maximum lengths had been in place during all previous ballot changes under points A.1.1 and A.1.4. I think that it is reasonable to assume that the DPL will make such decisions based on what is best for the project. If the DPL abuses this, there's still the possibility to override the decision. There could be a loophole if the DPL extends indefinitely a GR to recall the DPL or to override the DPL, so maybe those should be excluded though. Lucas
