After discussion with Noah Slater today, and as discussed in the CouchDB IRC meeting today, I will be driving the bylaws and CoC through to votes and formal adoption.
Based on unaddressed comments in the previous mailing list discussion, I have updated the proposed bylaws text. Those updates are here: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=40511017 Changes made since the last version can be viewed here: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/diffpagesbyversion.action?pageId=40511017&selectedPageVersions=70&selectedPageVersions=69 The primary changes were: 1. Bolded text now serves as a intro guide for new participants and highlights the important points of which they should be aware. This should make absorbing the long document easier for newcomers. 2. Reworked text in the veto section to clarify misinterpretations. There *are* some semantic changes here, so please re-read this section carefully. 3. Compromise on the COPDOC section: acronym removed, concept remains. 4. Various grammar edits for clarity. At this point, the bylaws are mostly stable, but there may remain some tweaks to the text necessary to ensure they match how we have been running the project for some time now. We (the PMC) acknowledge that they are not perfect, but we do not want to let the perfect to be the enemy of the good (thanks to Voltaire), so we're moving ahead with them in the state they're in. Further, use of these bylaws, or especially any loopholes or imprecise language therein, as a weapon against others acting in good faith is neither within the spirit of the bylaws themselves nor considered acceptable behaviour - and will be dealt with accordingly by the PMC. It is my intent to call a formal vote on these bylaws as of Monday, June 21. PLEASE take the time to make a final read-through and get any corrections to me before then. Per the proposed terms in the bylaws, this non-technical vote will be by majority approval with no vetos allowed. Further, ALL ACTIVE COMMITTERS are respectfully asked to cast their vote at that time. -Joan Touzet
