[cabfpub] Fixing our voting process, again

[Jacob Hoffman-Andrews]

This seems like a good change.

On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 7:48 AM, Gervase Markham via Public <
public at cabforum.org> wrote:

> On 21/09/17 01:54, Kirk Hall via Public wrote:
> > Technically, the Discussion period ended at 22:00 UTC today (which was
> > 3:00 pm Pacific Time).  Josh, as the Proposer of the Ballot, accepted
> > Gerv and Tim’s email suggestion as to a 3-month transition period, but
> > this acceptance occurred at 5:05 pm Pacific Time, two hours after the
> > end of the discussion period.  Also, we don’t have specific amendment
> > language to consider, only a concept.
>
> <sigh> What an incompetent shower this makes the lot of us all look, eh
> :-( Yet another ballot-related tangle for the CAB Forum to sort out.
>
> How about we change the ballot process slightly so that there is a
> discussion period of a _minimum_ of 7 days (and, to prevent submarine
> ballots, you could say a maximum of 21), and that after at least 7 days
> have elapsed, the proposer has to then take a positive affirmative step
> to move the ballot from discussion to voting? I.e. they have to kick off
> the voting period themselves?
>
> That would have prevented this SNAFU, and any others where we find we
> are desperately trying to agree a small amendment to ballot language
> before the 7-day guillotine cuts in and freezes the ballot.
>
> Anyone think this is a good idea?
>
> Gerv
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