Bringing in new projects.

Carl Trieloff cctrieloff at redhat.com
Tue Oct 18 15:30:23 UTC 2011


On 10/11/2011 05:33 PM, Ayal Baron wrote:
>> The board does not need to convene for this, votes can be started
>> > 24/7/365 days a year. As long as they are left open long enough for
>> > people to comment. typically 72 hours. see the page on voting.
> That doesn't sound right to me.  In the least, there should be a minimal number of board members required to vote (i.e. 3 acks with 10 people absent because they're on national holiday is not good).
>

That is why there is the 72 hour rule, or 3 working days so people can
see the votes. It is also considered bad form to run votes over common
vacations or to extend the vote timeline to account for that.

Carl.



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