I vote against making any use of "formal" voting. :-)

Seriously, I think when a controversy remains, it is worth taking the
trouble to continue discussing it until a near-consensus arises. This can
happen because almost everyone gets convinced, or because some people
voluntarily defer to others who they respect or who are doing more of the
work, or because they agree to put something off for now because it's not
worth continuing to discuss it right now. This informally allows the
community to have more influential members, without requiring a formalized
"insider group" that alienates some people. Anyone who "loses an argument"
is always allowed to keep arguing if it's important enough to them or if
things change. Whereas a vote would artificially cut off discussion. (And
besides, the decision about when to hold the vote, and what exactly to vote
on, would have to be made somehow....)

That said, I agree with others who are eager for clarification from Alex
(and/or Richard) about how much and what kind of influence he hopes or
expects to continue having. (And personally, I hope it's as much as
possible.)

- Bruce

On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Richard Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> ...
> A decision making process would be nice. We could easily hold such
> votes in a invitation only group managed by all the committers....

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