On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 11:10 AM, Marvin Humphrey <mar...@rectangular.com> wrote:
> However, please do not change the text of any VOTE (graduation, entry > into incubation, release approval, anything...) while it is underway. > That retroactively changes the meaning of votes already cast, which is > problematic. There are better ways to be flexible. > To be concrete, some of the ways that I know about include: 1) cancel this vote and start a new one with an edited proposal. Since the podlings suggested text is effectively only a suggestion just as the resolution that the IPMC provides to the board is just a suggestion, this is a fine procedure 2) start a side vote to include a note asking the board to change the resolution. This is finicky and not as straightforward as (1).