Hi, Looks like as part of the graduation process that we didn't get together and come up with a list of bylaws for Apache Flex.
Some example Apache project bylaws: http://hadoop.apache.org/bylaws.html http://cloudstack.apache.org/bylaws.html https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/Bylaws https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Bylaws http://ant.apache.org/bylaws.html As well as listing out the roles and responsibilities on the project it needs to spell out the voting rules. Here's some of the things we would need to reach consensus on. If PMC members (and others) could indicate their preferences to there questions below we'll start getting a document together based on this what other Apache projects have done. If you have no strong preference indicate that and this is not a vote, just more of what you think bests fits in our community. 1. Voting procedure for committers a) lazy-majority (more +1s than -1s) b) lazy-consensus (no -1's) c) consensus (3 +1's no -1's) 2. Voting procedure for PMC members a) lazy-majority (more +1s than -1s) b) lazy-consensus (no -1's) c) consensus (3 +1's no -1's) d) 2/3 majority (3 +1's and twice an many +1 as -1) 3. Voting procedure for Chair a) lazy-majority (more +1s than -1s) b) lazy-consensus (no -1's) c) consensus (3 +1's no -1's) d) 2/3 majority (3 +1's and twice an many +1 as -1) 4. Length of term of Chair a) until they resign b) 1 year d) reviewed every year with option to continue c) other 5. Voting procedure on changing bylaws a) lazy-majority (more +1s than -1s) b) lazy-consensus (no -1's) c) consensus (3 +1's no -1's) d) 2/3 majority (3 +1's and twice an many +1 as -1) I notice other Bylaws use the word active a lot eg "active PMC", "active committers", but don't seem to define it. Should we try and define or at least give some guidelines what an active person on the project is? There seems to be a vague "not contributing to the project for 6 months" in one or two of the existing bylaws. There are several other thing in the bylaws eg removal of PMC or committer but as they are hopefully unlikely to happen so I can't see consensus being hard to reach there. I assume once we have a complete document put together we would need to take a vote and inform the board. Thanks, Justin
