We do not currently have bylaws, so we default we are in sort of nebulous territory from what I can tell. Take the voting on code modifications, for instance, we are bound by the rules here <http://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html>, from my understanding (since we don't have voted-in bylaws): > > For code-modification votes, +1 votes are in favour of the proposal, but > -1 votes are vetos <http://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html#Veto> and > kill the proposal dead until all vetoers withdraw their -1 votes. > > Unless a vote has been declared as using lazy consensus > <http://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html#LazyConsensus> , three +1 > votes are required for a code-modification proposal to pass. > > We, however, have adopted a de facto 2 +1's for code modification. The bylaws that we put up originally state a lazy consensus of 1 +1 is sufficient.
What I propose is that we figure out what they SHOULD be and abide by the stated bylaws that we advertise. There is not a good way to see the diff because we abide by de facto rules that do not seem to be written down. I would read the original proposed bylaws and see if you see differences in how we act day-to-day and if you're ok with those differences. If not, then bring it up on this thread and we can hash it out. I am not champing at the bit for a vote, but I would like us to have bylaws, so I wanted to make sure this wasn't a "consensus of silence" situation. I think we can stand a bit of discussion on this and thus far there has been only crickets. Casey On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 10:42 AM, Nick Allen <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't quite understand the proposal. How do these bylaws differ from > what is already in-place? Is there a way I can see the diff between what > we have now? > > On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Casey Stella <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Ok, it's been a month of crickets. I'm going to put this up for a vote. > > > > On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 11:29 AM, Casey Stella <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > I'd like to get the Apache bylaws that we have on the website discussed > > > and possibly voted in. > > > > > > Does anyone have anything to object to in the bylaws as listed here > > > < > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/METRON/Apache+Metron+Bylaws > > >? > > > > > > Casey > > > > > > > > > -- > Nick Allen <[email protected]> >
