While the Project aims to operate as a consensus-based community, many decisions will require a vote in order to move forward: approval of new repositories or subprojects, approval of archival/abandonment of repositories or subprojects, approval of new maintainers, selection of Project Lead, etc.
Voting will happen either within a meeting, or via electronic vote.
For purposes of this document, when 50% results in a fraction, ceil(50%) is
implied.
Meetings will happen on the first Monday of each month. An agenda will be provided in the repository, with the ability for anybody to request an item be added, modified, or removed via pull request.
Per the charter, quorum for a meeting requires at least 50% of all TSC members present. If quorum is not met, the meeting may continue, but no votes or decisions may be made.
A vote may be called during a meeting. Such votes pass only if a simple majority of those present in the meeting approve. If a vote passes, but does not receive 50% of all TSC members (not just those present) approving, we will hold an asynchronous electronic vote to validate the decision.
A vote may be initiated outside meetings, using technologies such as Google Forms or ADoodle; anonymous votes are encouraged, but all voting results must be published publicly on completion (per the charter). In such cases, per the charter, a decision is only binding if at least 50% of all TSC members approve.
The voting period for asynchronous votes is 2 weeks, or until all TSC members have voted, whichever comes first.
The following list is non-exhaustive.
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Approval of new Maintainers (only requires a simple majority approval).
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Approval of a new TSC member.
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Selection of Project Lead.
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Acceptance of a new repository to the Project or a subproject.
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Acceptance of a new subproject.
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Abandonment of a repository.
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Abandonment of a subproject.
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Approval of a cross-repository or cross-project initiative.
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Expulsion of any Maintainer, TSC member, or the Project Lead.