From b9e7dead3f65890297a95434840ff62d0ec1abe3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Patrick Donnelly Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 11:12:55 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] doc/governance: updates based on 2024q4 election https://vote.heliosvoting.org/helios/elections/e03494ce-e04c-41d0-bb05-ec5ccc632ce4/view Question #1 Update election requirements for Ceph Executive Council Elections? Remove "ranked-choice" requirement 13 Keep "ranked-choice" requirement (no change) 16 Question #2 Require periodic elections in governance charter? No (no change) 8 Annual 15 Semi-annual 3 Quarterly 2 Question #3 Update the Ceph Executive Council term length? Change to 3 years 14 Keep 2 years (no change) 14 Question #4 Amend governance document to require a supermajority of votes for amendments to the governance model? The current requirement is a simple majority. Require a supermajority 20 Require a simple majority (no change) 9 Question #5 Clarify "supermajority" and "majority" election requirements? Of members voting on a given question (abstaining does not bias the vote) 18 Of members voting on the election (abstaining is an implicit "no") 6 Of members in the CSC 3 Signed-off-by: Patrick Donnelly --- doc/governance.rst | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/governance.rst b/doc/governance.rst index bc88560f18a..b7bcb4a1171 100644 --- a/doc/governance.rst +++ b/doc/governance.rst @@ -60,21 +60,25 @@ Responsibilities ---------------- * Elect executive council - * Amend governance model (by majority vote) + * Amend governance model by supermajority vote * Meet regularly to discuss and decide on tactical and strategic projects and improvements + * Hold an annual election Membership ---------- * Developers, users, community members - * Voting members can be nominated and added/removed by existing - members (2/3 majority) + * Members can be nominated and added/removed by existing members via a + supermajority vote * Anyone may attend steering committee meetings as a non-voting participant * Existing Ceph Leadership Team members are grandfathered in * Membership reflected by an email list and on the Ceph website and docs +.. note:: A "supermajority" is a 2/3 majority of votes on a particular item + in an election. Abstaining does not bias a vote. + Current Members ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^