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Jun Kuriyama 5631229d44 Add a note for Core's Voting Procedures.
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<h2>Core's Voting Procedures</h2>
<h3>Committers</h3>
<ul>
<li>All core members vote "yes", "no" or "no objection".</li>
<li>Successful candidates must get at least one yes vote.</li>
<li>Successful candidates must not get any 'no' votes.</li>
<li>At least three people must vote.</li>
<li>Voting period is normally 1 week, or ending sooner when the
result is certain.</li>
<li>Core secretary to deal with the details of voting, notification,
etc.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Personnel</h3>
<ul>
<li>All core members vote "yes" or "no".</li>
<li>Successful candidates must get at least (2/3 * core-size)
yes vote.</li>
<li>At least (2/3 * core-size) people must vote, or the measure
will fail.</li>
<li>Voting period is normally 1 week, or ending sooner when the
result is certain.</li>
<li>Core secretary to deal with the details of voting, notification,
etc.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Issues</h3>
<ul>
<li>Discussion takes place.</li>
<li>When a consensus resolution appears to have been reached,
a vote on that takes place.</li>
<li>All core members vote "yes" or "no".</li>
<li>Successful resolutions must get at least (2/3 * core-size)
yes vote.</li>
<li>At least (2/3 * core-size) people must vote, or the measure
will fail.</li>
<li>Voting period is normally 1 week, or ending sooner when the
result is certain.</li>
<li>Core secretary to deal with the details of voting, notification,
etc.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Unanimous Consent</h3>
<ul>
<li>Any core member be get unanimous consent of core to do
something.</li>
<li>This person shall send mail to core asking for unanimous
consent.</li>
<li>If no one objects within 48 hours, then core has approved it
(or sooner if (2/3 * core-size) members say yes).</li>
<li>If there are any objections, then it will be resolved via the
issue voting proceedure.</li>
</ul>
<p>Any committer may get unanimous consent of core to do something so
long as at least one core member says 'yes' and the previous paragraph
is otherwise followed.
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