----- Original Message ----- > From: William A. Rowe Jr. <wr...@rowe-clan.net> > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Cc: > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 8:47 PM > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes > > On 1/30/2012 7:44 PM, Dave Fisher wrote: >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jan 30, 2012, at 5:34 PM, "William A. Rowe Jr." > <wr...@rowe-clan.net> wrote: >> >>> On 1/30/2012 6:06 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote: >>>> It is clear that with all the turmoil of late and people >>>> lightly tossing around -1's that the notion of having veto >>>> authority over personnel matters makes little sense on this >>>> PMC. Therefore I propose we adopt the policy that personnel >>>> votes are by straight majority consensus, iow no vetoes allowed. >>> >>> -1 >>> >>> The argument is very simple, you don't allow a simple majority to >>> tyrannize the minority. So the ASF has long held a simple standard >>> of consensus on all committee additions and subtractions. Some >>> majority might be irked at [insert name here]'s [actions|inaction| >>> comments|silence] but that was never grounds to remove a committee >>> member. If you want to propose some supermajority metric other than >>> "unanimous", that could work (e.g. 2/3 or 3/4 in agreement >> >> In your plan then a -1 is really a -2 or -3? >> >> Sounds like a filibuster... > > No, I'm -1 to this proposal. I'd support his proposal if it were > modified to provide for a measurable super-majority consensus.
Define supermajority in a way that isn't patently absurd and perhaps I'll consider amending it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
