Hi. This proposal is identical to the one issued before christmas, but based on a suggestion now formulated as a formal VOTE.
This change in the bylaws [2] requires 2/3 vote +1 of the PMC members. VOTE runs until 19 January 2014. Vote +1 if you agree to to following change of bylaws: - Every ASF committer can ask for one or more labs. The lab creation requires PMC lazy concensus, if no PMC sends a mail with -1 to l...@apache.org within the lazy consensus period, the lab request is accepted. from - Every ASF committer can ask for one or more labs. The creation of the lab requires a PMC lazy consensus vote (at least three +1 and no -1, 72 hours). Reasoning: The charter [1] and homepage [2] for labs says: - Every ASF committer can ask for one or more labs. The creation of the lab requires a PMC lazy consensus vote (at least three +1 and no -1, 72 hours). However the foundations glossary [3] defines lazy consensus today as: *Lazy consensus*(Also called 'lazy approval'.) A decision-making policy which assumes general consent if no responses are posted within a defined period. For example, "I'm going to commit this by lazy consensus if no-one objects within the next three days." Also see Consensus Approval<http://www.apache.org/foundation/glossary.html#ConsensusApproval>, Majority Approval <http://www.apache.org/foundation/glossary.html#MajorityApproval>, and the description of the voting process <http://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html>. rgds jan I. [1] http://www.apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2006/board_minutes_2006_11_15.txt [2] http://labs.apache.org/bylaws.html [3] http://www.apache.org/foundation/glossary.html
