[Name of the project]
[Short description about the purpose of the project and previous work on which the project builds (e.g. previous documents)]
[Results of the project must be publicly available under an open source license approved by the Open Source Initiative, see http://www.opensource.org/licenses. Define the license used in this project here.]
[Rules under which this project are carried out. Recommendations:
Project meetings
Project meetings are open to the public.
Project members
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Project members are individual persons or organizations according to § 3 of the MA Bylaws.
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Every member has one vote.
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Every member needs to sign the MA CLA or a project CLA.
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A person applying for project membership must have already actively contributed to this project. This requires usually to have attended at least two project meetings in the last 12 months.
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Membership is approved at a project meeting with a simple majority of the votes submitted (according to § 14 of the MA Bylaws).
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Membership resignation from this project applies immediately after written application to the project leader.
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The project leader is elected for two years. The election is performed with the same rules as for a MA board member. Usually, voting is performed at the MA Assembly Meeting where the MA board is elected.
Project results
New releases of project results (documents, libraries, code) must be approved by the project members with a qualified majority of the number of votes submitted, according to § 14 of the MA Bylaws. Voting can take place at a project meeting, or it can be performed electronically. Electronic voting is performed according to § 14 of the MA Bylaws where the term "MA members" is replaced by the term "project members" and the regulations regarding "Chairperson" and "Vice-Chairperson" do not apply.
New releases are to be sent to MA for approval according to § 2 of MA Bylaws.
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Initial project members
[A list of the initial project members and their affiliation]
Initial project leader
[The initial project leader elected by the initial project members, and its affiliation]