[aur-general] TU Bylaws amendment proposal

[Eric Bélanger]

On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 6:20 PM, Xyne <xyne at archlinux.ca> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Given the recent wave of TU applications, I think it might be a good idea to
> amend the TU Bylaws regarding quorum for addition of a TU. The section
> currently contains the following specification:
>
>> Following the announcement, standard voting procedure commences with a
>> discussion period of 5 days, a quorum of 66%, and a voting period of 7 days.
>
> I recommend that it be changed to this:
>
>> Following the announcement, standard voting procedure commences with a
>> discussion period of 5 days, a quorum of 66%, and a voting period of 7 days.
>> The quorum is counted among TUs who are active throughout both the discussion
>> period and the voting period.
>
> This would prevent ambiguity and possible arguments regarding the establishment
> of quorum. Considering how lax we seem to be when it comes to the bylaws, I
> doubt it would ever really be an issue, but an extra line to clarify wouldn't
> hurt either, plus it would provide clear logic if we ever encode the members
> list and tie it to the voting interface (you know, when we're all downloading
> the signed Duke Nukem Forever package via pacman on Hurd).
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Xyne
>
> *heads off to find other non-issues*
>

FYI: it's already in the by-laws:

"Following the discussion period, a voting period opens. Simple YES,
NO  , or ABSTAIN votes are to be cast under the Trusted User section
of the AUR homepage by at least a quorum of active TUs. "

and

"A TU may declare themselves inactive... <snip> They are exempt from
quorums and in fact cannot vote."