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Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:07:28 +0000
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Subject: Re: [VOTE] sed bylaws.html -e 's/lazy\s+consensus/consensus
 approval/gi'
From: Noah Slater <nslater@apache.org>
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Bobby, they're on to us! ;)


On 26 March 2013 08:35, Steve Loughran <stevel@apache.org> wrote:

> On 25 March 2013 18:28, Robert Evans <evans@yahoo-inc.com> wrote:
>
> > As per Aaron's request I am starting a new voting thread to make it
> > obvious that there is a vote happening.
> >
> > I propose that we change the term "lazy consensus" to "consensus
> approval"
> > (aka s/lazy\s+consensus/consensus approval/gi) in the bylaws so that it
> > matches the terms used in the apache foundation glossary.  No actual
> change
> > to our voting would take place, just the term we use to describe that
> > voting.
> >
> > As per the by-laws this would take a "lazy majority" of active PMC
> members
> > (although others are encouraged to speak up).
> >
> > Lazy Majority - A lazy majority vote requires 3 binding +1 votes and more
> > binding +1 votes than -1 votes.
> >
> > Voting lasts 7 days, so it closes Monday April 1st (But this is not a
> > joke).
> >
> > I am +1 (binding)
> >
>
>
> +!, non-binding, with the caveat that my sed skills aren't enought to
> verify that when the title of this vote is executed it isn't going to
> insert a mandate that all future work will be done in Perl and Z80
> assembler.
>


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