From 1cd6a338d522b2bcafc321ebb795712e167d9748 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Meusel <tim@bastelfreak.de> Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2025 21:14:10 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] governance.md: Clarify elections This updates the governance.md with details about past elections. --- share/governance.md | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/share/governance.md b/share/governance.md index 676d3d4..dde8a5f 100644 --- a/share/governance.md +++ b/share/governance.md @@ -94,14 +94,16 @@ the community code of [conduct](https://voxpupuli.org/coc/) and ensure its values. The PMC has to make decisions when community consensus cannot be reached. -The PMC has final say over who can become a committer and will use lazy -consensus for approval. Discussion over committer nominations will be done in -private. +The PMC has final say over who can become a committer and will use lazy consensus for approval. +Discussion over committer nominations will be done in private. Membership of the PMC is by election. -[Condorcet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method) voting is held once -a year. A non-running election official is appointed by the PMC and runs the -election. There are 5 members of the PMC. Terms are 1 year. +[Condorcet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method) voting is held once a year. +A non-running election official is appointed by the PMC and runs the election. +There are 5 members of the PMC. +Terms are 1 year. +The election official desides when exactly the election starts and how long the nomination period is. +Previously, elections (the monination period) started during config management camp. The PMC doesn't have specific roles or a chairperson. From 5f8f0f56faafb35441f6a5e2214e77196897e485 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Meusel <tim@bastelfreak.de> Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2025 21:21:19 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update share/governance.md Co-authored-by: Ben Ford <binford2k@gmail.com> --- share/governance.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/share/governance.md b/share/governance.md index dde8a5f..85a1617 100644 --- a/share/governance.md +++ b/share/governance.md @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ A non-running election official is appointed by the PMC and runs the election. There are 5 members of the PMC. Terms are 1 year. The election official desides when exactly the election starts and how long the nomination period is. -Previously, elections (the monination period) started during config management camp. +Traditionally, elections (the nomination period) starts during config management camp. The PMC doesn't have specific roles or a chairperson.