Hi everyone, Thanks for the feedback in the bylaws document discussion thread! As suggested, I have removed all the topics that require further debates, and created this new doc to serve as the initial version that we can review and later vote.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S3igb5NqSlYE3dq_qRsP3X2gwhe54fx-Sxq5hqyOe6I/edit I will organize new devlist threads to discuss other topics to amend the guidelines step by step, once this initial version is in. A few additional changes that I have already incorporated: 1. modified the name from "bylaws" to "community guidelines", following the latest ASF guideline 2. renamed "lazy majority" and "lazy 2/3 majority" to "majority approval" and "2/3 majority approval" 3. changed "Propose Removing Committer", "Propose Removing PMC Member" to consensus approval, and added "Propose PMC Chair Change" decision following the default Apache project community guidelines. 4. changed "Release Product" voting period to 5 days instead of 3 days excluding weekends. 5. clarified the copyright of code in Apache Iceberg codebases The most important thing is probably to agree upon the 2/3 majority approval for modifying the project guidelines, so we can have a consistent voting method going forward. This initial introduction of the bylaws will be voted using consensus approval. Please take a look and comment about any additional changes needed, and I will host a vote in 3 days. Best, Jack Ye
