I agree completely, this would greatly improve the transparency of and
engagement with the process.

Rob

On Thu, Jul 7, 2022 at 12:53 PM Erin Canning via Crm-sig <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I would like to raise three items for discussion, regarding the SIG
> meetings and processes. "Improve voting process" would be the second of
> these:
>
> *Background:* At the SIG meetings we are voting for decisions after
> discussion. It is often unclear why some participants vote and others do
> not. Typically newcomers feel that they should not or cannot vote. When
> documenting the votes, there is no clarity on how many participants
> abstained and how many were not eligible to vote. At the moment, the
> recorded votes do not represent this situation accurately.
>
> *Proposal:*
>
>    1. In each vote, all present participants respond in one of four
>    categories: yes, no, abstain, ineligible (for those participants who have
>    not been voted as SIG members). All responses are recorded. Reasoning for
>    opposing votes should be recorded in the minutes, and participants are
>    encouraged to provide rationale if desired.
>    2. During the first session, the status of voting members is explained
>    and when everyone introduces themselves participants who are not already
>    voted are asked whether they would like to be voted as SIG members so that
>    they can have voting capacity.
>
>
> I look forward to your thoughts.
>
> All the best,
> Erin Canning
>
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Yale University
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