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<!ENTITY title "TRB Dispute Resolution charter">
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<h2>TRB Dispute Resolution:</h2>
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<p>This document outlines the procedure that the Technical Review Board (TRB)
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follows when resolving disagreements of a technical nature. This document
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does not describe the whole of the TRB responsibilities and procedures.
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If at any time during the resolution of the conflict the two parties come
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to a mutual agreement the TRB arbitration process will end.</p>
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<p>A technical dispute is brought to the TRB. This may happen at the
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request of a participant in a deadlocked dispute. It may also happen
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if it becomes clear to a member of the TRB or core that the disputing
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parties are not able to resolve the issue in a timely or professional
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manner.</p>
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<p>The TRB will announce on arch@ that it is considering an issue. A
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request is made for all interested parties to submit one email
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stating their position on this issue to the trb@ mailing list. These
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emails are available to all committers via the trb archive.</p>
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<p>The TRB makes requests of those who have submitted their opinions on
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the subject to clarify points. This discussion will continue on the
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trb@ list. If possible the TRB will steer the involved parties
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towards resolving the issue themselves.</p>
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<p>A member of the TRB produces a brief document describing the core
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technical issues and a summary of the opinions of either side. If
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the involved parties can not come to a conclusion themselves the
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TRB will decide on a best plan of action based on the facts
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presented.</p>
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<p>A vote is held on trb-private@. This is done privately to mitigate
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any impressions of bias either way from individual members of TRB.
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If a member of TRB has some non technical interest in the vote they
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are required to abstain from voting.</p>
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<p>The results of the private vote are announced on arch@ and trb@.
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This will include a short statement detailing the position of the
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TRB on this issue and the number of votes for each option. The
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decision will be based on a majority vote. The results are
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considered final and all appeals must go through core@.</p>
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