Hi there, The vote.ffmpeg.org URL appears to be down, happy to help however I can but just wanted to let you know.
Some recommendations for changes might be: - "arbitrate" instead of "arbitrage" - potentially rename Technical Committee to Technical Conflicts Committee to avoid the confusion you documented around it's position describing technical direction - "make decisions" rather than "take decisions" - "re-elected" rather than "reelected" - "Decisions are made" rather than "Decisions are taken" - "They will consider the merits of all the positions, judge them and take a decision." might be phrased as "Decisions will be made on meritorious grounds". I would also consider stating whether those merits will be available for review by the public (if they are in the form of a mailing list or similar). Thank you for this work, I think that it will help this ffmpeg community thrive. *Chris Miceli* On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 8:12 AM Jean-Baptiste Kempf <j...@videolan.org> wrote: > General Assembly + Main Elections > --- > doc/dev_community/community.md | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 doc/dev_community/community.md > > diff --git a/doc/dev_community/community.md > b/doc/dev_community/community.md > new file mode 100644 > index 0000000000..4e17ce4d4f > --- /dev/null > +++ b/doc/dev_community/community.md > @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ > +# FFmpeg project > + > +## Organisation > + > +The FFmpeg project is organized through a community working on global > consensus. > + > +Decisions are taken by the ensemble of active members, through voting and > are aided by two committees. > + > +## General Assembly > + > +The ensemble of active members is called the General Assembly (GA). > + > +The General Assembly is sovereign and legitimate for all its decisions > regarding the FFmpeg project. > + > +The General Assembly is made up of active contributors. > + > +Contributors are considered "active contributors" if they have pushed > more than 20 patches in the last 36 months in the main FFmpeg repository, > or if they have been voted in by the GA. > + > +Additional members are added to the General Assembly through a vote after > proposal by a member of the General Assembly. > + > +## Voting > + > +Voting is done using a ranked voting system, currently running on > https://vote.ffmpeg.org/ . > + > +Majority vote means more than 50% of the expressed ballots. > + > +## Technical Committee > + > +The Technical Committee (TC) is here to arbitrage and take decisions when > technical conflicts occur in the project. They will consider the merits of > all the positions, judge them and take a decision. > + > +The TC resolves technical conflicts but is not a technical steering > committee. > + > +Decisions by the TC are binding for all the contributors. > + > +Decisions taken by the TC can be re-opened after 1 year or by a majority > vote of the General Assembly, requested by one of the member of the GA. > + > +The TC is elected by the General Assembly for a duration of 1 year, and > is composed of 5 members. > +Members can be reelected if they wish. A majority vote in the General > Assembly can trigger a new election of the TC. > + > +The members of the TC can be elected from outside of the GA. > +Candidates for election can either be suggested or self-nominated. > + > +The conflict resolution process is detailed in the [resolution process] > document. > + > +## Community committee > + > +The Community Committee (CC) is here to arbitrage and take decisions when > inter-personal conflicts occur in the project. It will decide quickly and > take actions, for the sake of the project. > + > +The CC can remove privileges of offending members, including removal of > commit access and temporary ban from the community. > + > +Decisions taken by the CC can be re-opened after 1 year or by a majority > vote of the General Assembly. Indefinite bans from the community must be > confirmed by the General Assembly, in a majority vote. > + > +The CC is elected by the General Assembly for a duration of 1 year, and > is composed of 5 members. > +Members can be reelected if they wish. A majority vote in the General > Assembly can trigger a new election of the CC. > + > +The members of the CC can be elected from outside of the GA. > +Candidates for election can either be suggested or self-nominated. > + > +The CC is governed by and responsible for enforcing the Code of Conduct. > + > -- > 2.28.0 > > _______________________________________________ > ffmpeg-devel mailing list > ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org > https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel > > To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email > ffmpeg-devel-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe". _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-devel-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".
