[IAEP] [SLOBS] next SLOBs meeting reminder/agenda: 2009-10-30

[Sean DALY]

It's important to have a mechanism for overruling anyone who might
wish to be obstructionist... or simply totally absent.

None in the present company of course :-) but longer term to conserve
decision-making ability we need a safety valve to escape paralysis if
for any reason an OB member always votes against consensus, or is
unwilling or unable to exercise the function. For this second case,
naturally, the devil is in the details concerning how to determine
when a member is considered no longer available. Lack of meeting
participation plus responses to formal votes within a time limit could
be the way to deal with that. Of course, taking into account
communicated absences... I'm thinking of my move + summer vacation
which had me out of circulation for awhile.

thanks

Sean



On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu at sugarlabs.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 23:46, Mel Chua <mel at melchua.com> wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>> * We need a good laying-out of options on
>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Requesting_a_SLOBs_decision. I'll call for
>> help on Planet and the mailing lists again shortly.
>
> Have summarized the main points about decision-making in the wiki:
>
> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Requesting_a_SLOBs_decision#How_a_SLOBs_decision_is_made
>
> "How a SLOBs decision is made
>
> Once the board has agreed on making a decision on a particular issue,
> we need to define how such decision will be made. Some questions that
> would matter:
>
>    * should all decisions require the same level of agreement? Maybe
> changing the rules require a stronger agreement such as unanimity or a
> greater quorum?
>
>    * voting medium: IRC, email, something else? If an async medium
> such as email is chosen, which is the time limit for voting? Some
> decisions will be urgent.
>
>    * voting system, some options, 1: unanimous consensus needed, 2:
> unanimous nondissent needed (either consensus or abstain), 3: majority
> needed, no dissent (at least 4 yea, no nay), 4: simple voting (more
> yeas than nays). "
>
> Please chime in here or add to the wiki if there's anything relevant missing.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tomeu
>
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