[aur-general] [PATCH] tu-bylaws: Amend Standard Voting Procedure

[Xyne]

I've tried to remove further ambiguity from the sections about quorum,
acceptance and rejection. I've also reformulated the first case in the
rejection section to use similar wording to the acceptance section.





Third version:

Standard Voting Procedure (SVP) describes the formal procedure used by TUs to
accept or reject proposals regarding TU affairs.

SVP begins with a proposal, for example the addition of a TU or an amendment to
the bylaws. The proposal should be clear and concise and it must be posted on
the aur-general mailing list (aur-general).

The discussion period begins when the proposal is posted on aur-general. The
duration of the discussion period shall be 5 full days UNLESS otherwise stated
in a section of the bylaws pertaining to the proposal. Official discussion
shall take place on aur-general. During the discussion period, votes shall not
be cast.

The voting period begins when the discussion period ends. The duration of the
voting period shall be 7 full days UNLESS otherwise stated in a section of the
bylaws pertaining to the proposal. During the voting period, TUs may vote YES,
NO or ABSTAIN. Votes shall be cast under the Trusted User section of the AUR
homepage. At the end of the voting period, all votes shall be tallied.

In the context of SVP, TUs are considered active if they are marked as active
when the voting period ends.

Quorum shall be 66% of all active TUs and participation shall be measured by
the sum of YES, NO and ABSTAIN votes, UNLESS otherwise stated in a section of
the bylaws pertaining to the proposal.

The proposal is accepted if EITHER
  A) the number of YES votes is greater than half the number of active TUs OR
  B) quorum has been established and the number of YES votes is greater than
the number of NO votes UNLESS otherwise stated in a section of the bylaws
pertaining to the proposal.

The proposal is rejected if EITHER
  A) the number of NO votes is greater than or equal to the number of active
TUs have voted NO OR B) quorum was established and the number of NO votes is
greater than or equal to the number of YES votes UNLESS otherwise stated in a
section of the bylaws pertaining to the proposal.

A rejected proposal may not be presented again before a waiting period has
passed. The duration of the waiting period shall be 3 full months UNLESS
otherwise stated in a section of the bylaws pertaining to the proposal. The
waiting period begins at the end of the voting period.

If quorum is not established by the end of the voting period then the proposal
is neither accepted nor rejected. A second SVP shall begin to establish the
status of the proposal. If the proposal is not accepted at the end of the
second SVP then it shall be rejected.