+1 and i agree with the sentiment of the things you've been saying in the other emails about labs.
...ant On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 7:32 PM, jan i <j...@apache.org> wrote: > 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 >
