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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional-Based Extension//EN"
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"http://www.FreeBSD.org/XML/share/xml/xhtml10-freebsd.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY title "Core Bylaws">
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]>
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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
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<head>
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<title>&title;</title>
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<cvs:keyword xmlns:cvs="http://www.FreeBSD.org/XML/CVS">$FreeBSD$</cvs:keyword>
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</head>
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<body class="navinclude.docs">
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<p>These bylaws were approved by a vote of active committers on
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August 28, 2000.</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Active committers have made a commit to the tree in the last 12
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months.</li>
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<li>Core consists of 9 elected active committers.</li>
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<li>Core elections are held every 2 years, first time September 2000.</li>
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<li>Core members and committers may be ejected by a 2/3 vote of core.</li>
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<li>If the size of core falls below 7, an early election is held.</li>
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<li>A petition of 1/3 of active committers can trigger an early
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election.</li>
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<li>All elections will be run as follows:
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<ul>
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<li>Core appoints and announces someone to run the election.</li>
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<li>1 week to tally active committers wishing to run for core.</li>
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<li>4 weeks for the actual vote.</li>
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<li>1 week to tally and post the results.</li>
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<li>Each active committer may vote once in support of up to nine
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nominees.</li>
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<li>New core team becomes effective 1 week after the results are
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posted.</li>
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<li>Voting ties decided by unambiguously elected new core
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members.</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>These rules can be changed by a 2/3 majority of committers if at
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least 50% of active committers cast their vote.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>Additional Information</h2>
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<p>The last core election was held in May-June of 2014. The next core
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election is scheduled for June of 2016.</p>
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<h2>Core Interpretations of the Bylaws</h2>
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<p>Core will issue interpretations of the bylaws from time to time
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as necessary to clarify areas that might be ambiguous in the
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bylaws as enacted to ensure the smooth operation of the project.</p>
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<ul>
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<li><b>20020503</b> The next election is always scheduled for two
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years after the previous election. This means that early elections
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reset the date of the succeeding election such that it will
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occur two years following the early election.</li>
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</ul>
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<a href="developer.html">Resources for FreeBSD Committers Home</a>
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</body>
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</html>
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