[Board] Clarifying Board voting rules

[Jeff McKenna]

Board, I have recorded the voting procedure on the wiki (wow it had 
never been done) at http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Voting_Procedure 
Please verify and make changes directly there.  Sorry for this 
confusion. Thanks,

-jeff



On 2015-02-09 11:17 AM, Jeff McKenna wrote:
> Hello Board,
>
> There was some confusion at the last OSGeo Board meeting regarding what
> a "-0" vote does for a motion.  I tried to explain that a -0 is a slight
> disagreement and that the motion would proceed (only a "-1" stops the
> process).  It was explained to me that a "-0" stops the process, and
> explained to me that the MapServer project does not pass a motion with a
> "-0" vote.
>
> The voter in this case confirmed that the desired effect was to
> "slightly not agree" (see logs[1]).
>
> I have verified that the example used, the MapServer Project Steering
> Committee, in fact does *not* stop a motion with a "-0" vote, as
> explained from the PSC Guidelines[2] here:
>
>    - A vote of -0 indicates mild disagreement, but has no effect. A 0
> indicates no opinion. A +0 indicate mild support, but has no effect.
>
>    - Respondents may vote “-1” to veto a proposal, but must provide
> clear reasoning and alternate approaches to resolving the problem within
> the two days.
>
> Therefore, as I explained in the Board meeting, if someone does slightly
> disagree with a "-0", the motion will not be affected.
>
> This will apply to the results of this email vote occurring now on the
> mailing list.
>
> Sorry for this confusion everyone,
>
> -jeff
>
> [1] http://irclogs.geoapt.com/osgeo/%23osgeo.2015-02-05.log
> [2] http://mapserver.org/development/rfc/ms-rfc-23.html#detailed-process
>
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