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Add quorum rules #253
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It doesn't seem that the TSC has quorum defined. I think (in practice) it has been "a majority of the TSC" for the rule.
So, ya'll can simply write that down... or maybe bikeshed over something more creative; like: "a majority of active TSC members." And then define what "active" means. Of course, new attendance rules will make the idea of "active" irrelevant over time (right?).. but in the interim, quorum could be obtainable without removing people. Food for thought.
Aside: @Trott put effort towards this for the CTC:
add information about CTC quorum rules
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jasnell commentedon Apr 20, 2017
Before we go too far down this road, I would like us to give some serious thought to how the TSC is fundamentally structured in the first place.
williamkapke commentedon Apr 20, 2017
Adding a simple quorum rule could be fast- so I think it could be done in parallel- restructuring is pretty major and I'd guess it would take a really long time.
nebrius commentedon Apr 20, 2017
Reading through the charter, I believe this is already defined. In the TSC charter section on voting:
FWIW we don't use the term "quorum" in any of our documents, but we do define voting as being a simple majority of the TSC (active or not, present or not).
williamkapke commentedon Apr 20, 2017
@nebrius Fair enough I guess. We'd just need to stop saying phrases like "Not enough people attending meetings to reach quorum" because the TSC just doesn't operate on "quorum."
Fishrock123 commentedon Apr 20, 2017
let's just amend that
Simple majority winswith("quorum")if we must be so... nitpicky?williamkapke commentedon Apr 20, 2017
quorumis specifically about a meeting and, if achieved, its qualification to produce official decisions- whereas the text that @nebrius quoted is about an individual decision.joshgav commentedon May 10, 2017
@williamkapke
I believe this means that if a meeting has quorum its decisions would be binding independent of other means of consensus. I don't think we want that - IMHO meetings are simply an avenue to speed up consensus, but binding decisions should always be based on that consensus.
So I suppose I'm -1 for now to adding the concept of quorum to the TSC.
jasnell commentedon Sep 16, 2017
Closing due to lack of any further activity. Can reopen if necessary. A PR would likely be better than an issue tho