DMB: proposal for adjustment to quorum rule

[Dan Streetman]

On Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 5:57 PM Dan Streetman <ddstreet at canonical.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 8:46 AM Dan Streetman <ddstreet at canonical.com> wrote:
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> > On Mon, Oct 4, 2021 at 4:28 PM Dan Streetman <ddstreet at canonical.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 9:42 AM Robie Basak <robie.basak at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 05:46:52PM -0400, Dan Streetman wrote:
> > > > > > D: A unanimous vote of members present is required.
> > > > >
> > > > > I think this is really a separate discussion, if applications need a
> > > > > unanimous vote or not. Against this as a solution to this problem, but
> > > > > I'm not necessarily against it as a separate motion.
> > > >
> > > > Sorry, I worded this one badly. Let me try again:
> > > >
> > > > D2: if an absolute majority is not possible because the number of voters
> > > > required are not present at a meeting, then a unanimous vote of members
> > > > who are present is sufficient to pass a motion that grants upload access
> > > > to an applicant.
> > >
> > > ah ok, thanks.
> > >
> > > Since we're coming up to the holiday season, and meeting attendance
> > > probably will be too sparse to vote on the proposals, I'd like to
> > > suggest we vote on this proposal (and my previous proposal) over
> > > email, as well as finishing any further discussion that's needed.
> > >
> > > For this proposal, since we have multiple options, should we set up a
> > > condorcet vote? That may help the DMB members to proceed to voting.
> >
> > I've set up a poll to vote on these options, and sent a private email
> > to board members. I tried to reduce the poll options down to the
> > shortest accurate description of each option, and there is also 'needs
> > more discussion' if anyone thinks we do need to continue discussing
> > this. Please try to vote before the next scheduled board meeting on
> > Nov 1.
>
> Currently, only 4 board members have voted in this poll. I'm unable to
> tell exactly which members have voted and which haven't voted, but if
> any board member needs me to resend an invitation to vote please let
> me know. I'm also unable to see the voting results until I close the
> poll, so I don't know if consensus has already been reached with only
> 4 members or not.
>
> Any board member who has not voted yet, PLEASE VOTE. I'd like to close
> this poll before the next scheduled meeting on Nov 15.

We reached 5 voting board members, so I closed the poll, and the
results are here:
https://civs1.civs.us/cgi-bin/results.pl?id=E_999c241f81e961d0

The winner is "Quorum votes are required, however if quorum is not
reached at first meeting, at the next meeting majority present votes
are required".

I'll update the DMB KB page to reflect this.