Generally (ideally?) people cast their vote in a separate email. Even wait a little while before doing so.
You're obviously partial - you wouldn't call the vote otherwise! But keep that separate from the actual vote message itself. Regards, Upayavira On Fri, Jun 1, 2012, at 01:50 PM, Herbert Duerr wrote: > Hi, > > I was wondering how other projects under the ASF umbrella handle the > question, whether the one calling a vote should always stay neutral or > whether he should be allowed to cast his vote. > > Or is it assumed that the one proposing a vote automatically approves > his proposal with a +1? > > I had found http://s.apache.org/IqE from the Avalon project that > summarizes the voting process very well. My particular question wasn't > answered in it though, so I discussed that topic with Ross Gardler, > where he gave some good advise and allowed me to share it: > > You should vote. Unless you formally record your vote it will not be > > counted. > > > > In some cases other factors might make your impartiality questionable, > > e.g. you may be nominating a new committee who is a work colleague. In > > such circumstances you may choose to declare your relationship when you > > make the nomination or when you vote. However, since everyone is an > > individual in the ASF this is not required. > > > > If there is a genuine conflict of interest you need to recuse yourself > > from the vote. This might happen in circumstances such as requesting PMC > > approval of the projects trademarks for an event sponsored by your employer. > > Are there additional criteria one should consider or are there any other > opinions on this topic? > > Herbert
