On 23 July 2015 at 10:23, Kevin Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > On 23 Jul 2015, at 08:58, Dave Cridland <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dave abstains, Fippo, Kev, Lance, Matt to vote on list. > > > > > > > For the record, I didn't abstain. > > He who writes the minutes… > > But less flippantly, I think this was an abstention. XEP-0001 uses the > word ‘neutral’ to describe a vote of 0, (with +1 being approve and -1 being > disapprove, with reasons), and formally stating that you are not voting for > or against is, at least by the only dictionary I have to hand, the > definition of abstention - meaning a neutral vote is an abstention. > > Neutral is probably the better term, but not abstention.
An abstention would not count in terms of finding at least a simple majority, and would also be illegal by XEP-0001, too, which says we must vote. > > Advancement requires a majority vote, and Council members also have a > veto. I didn't vote for it, but didn't veto it - I just voted. You could > describe it as a vote against (but not a veto). If three of my colleagues > vote the same way, it won't pass, lacking the required majority. > > But there isn't the opportunity to vote against and not veto, per > XEP-0001. One can informally say they don’t like it or have concerns, and > formally abstain (0) in the vote, which I think is what this is. > > /K
