[Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 4/4] Addressed comments on quorum and security team members

[Lars Kurth <lars.kurth@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Main changes
Leadership team decisions: express quorum in terms of +1 votes
Security Team Members: election
Project Wide Decision Making: minor text changes

Signed-off-by: Lars Kurth <lars.kurth@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 governance.pandoc | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/governance.pandoc b/governance.pandoc
index 051317b..b1c5d87 100644
--- a/governance.pandoc
+++ b/governance.pandoc
@@ -410,18 +410,26 @@ resolution. There is no differentiation between **+1**/ 
**+2** and
 **-1**/**-2**: in other words a **+2** is counted as a vote for, a **-2** as a 
 vote against the resolution. The number of votes for and against a resolution 
 is called **active vote**. **0** votes **are not counted** as an active vote.
--   A **quorum of more than 50% of active votes** is required for a resolution 
-to pass. In other words, if the leadership team has 7 members, at least 4 
-active votes are required for a resolution to pass.
+-   A **quorum of at least 1/3 of +1 votes for a proposal** is required for a 
+resolution to pass. In other words, if the leadership team has 7 members, at 
+least 3 members need to vote for the resolution. 
 -   The resolution passes, if a 2/3 majority of active votes is in favour of 
 it. 
 
+The table below maps the number of leadership team members against the 
+required quorum:
+
+  ------------------------------- --- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
+  **Leadership team members**      10  9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2
+  **+1 votes needed for quorum**    4  3  3  3  2  2  2  1  1  
+  ------------------------------- --- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
+
 The table below maps active votes against votes needed to pass:
 
-  ---------------------------- --- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
-  **Active Votes**              10  9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2
-  **+1 votes needed to pass**    7  6  6  5  4  4  3  2  2
-  ---------------------------- --- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
+  ------------------------------- --- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
+  **Active Votes (+1 or -1)**      10  9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2
+  **+1 votes needed to pass**       7  6  6  5  4  4  3  2  2
+  ------------------------------- --- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
 
 ### Conflict Resolution {#conflict}
 
@@ -463,11 +471,11 @@ new maintainer. Discussion should happen on the mailing 
list using the normal
 decision making process. If there is disagreement or doubt, the decision is 
 handled by the project leadership.
 
-#### Committer, Security Team Member and other Project Leadership Elections
+#### Committer and other Project Leadership Elections
 
 Developers who have earned the trust of committers in their project can 
through 
-election be promoted to Committer, Security Team Member or Project Leadership 
-(if not covered otherwise). A two stage mechanism is used
+election be promoted to Committer or Project Leadership (if not covered 
otherwise). 
+A two stage mechanism is used
 
 -   Nomination: Community members should nominate candidates by posting a 
 proposal to *appointments at xenproject dot org* explaining the candidate's 
@@ -479,7 +487,14 @@ nomination and publish suitable nominations on the 
project's public mailing
 list for wider community input.
 -   Election: A committer will be elected using the decision making process 
 outlined earlier. In other words, the decision is delegated to the [project 
-leadership team](#leadership).
+leadership team](#leadership). 
+
+#### Security Team Members 
+
+Developers who have earned the trust of other security team members can 
+be promoted to be on the security team. Due to the specific needs of the 
+security team, promotions are typically made by the security team itself
+and confirmed by lazy consensus within the team.
 
 #### Project Lead Elections
 
@@ -553,10 +568,10 @@ as outlined below.
 -   Project leadership team members vote for or against a proposal (there is 
no 
 differentiation between **-1**/**-2** and **+1**/**+2**). A **0** vote is not 
 counted as a valid vote.
--   A **quorum of more than 50%** of each project's leadership team members is 
-required. In other words: if more than half of a project's leadership team 
+-   A **quorum of at least 50%** of each project's leadership team members is 
+required. In other words: if fewer than half of a project's leadership team 
 members do not vote or abstain, the entire sub-project's vote is not counted. 
-This avoids situations where only a minority of leadership team members votes, 
+This avoids situations where only a minority of leadership team members vote, 
 which would skew the overall result. If it becomes clear, that a sub-project 
is 
 not likely to meet the quorum, the voting deadline can be extended by the 
 community manager.
@@ -572,7 +587,7 @@ and 1 abstains, the share is 5/7th and 2/7th respectively).
 -   Votes in favour are averaged as percentages across all projects (say we 
 have per project figures of 50%, 80%, 70% in favour, then the total vote in 
 favour is 66.67%).
--   If the total vote is more than 2/3rds in favour, the proposal passes. 
+-   If the total vote achieves a 2/3rd majority in favour, the proposal 
passes. 
 Otherwise it fails.
 
 Community Decisions with Funding and Legal Implications (#funding-and-legal)
-- 
2.5.4 (Apple Git-61)


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