"Binding" Votes

[Recordon, David]

Just to add a little clarity to this.  My proposal is that anyone on
this list can have a "binding" vote in all votes.  At the end of the
vote, the results will be posted with the votes from the listed authors
separated from the total.  If the outcome of the two groups is the same,
obviously there is a prevalent choice.  If the outcome differs, then it
will be up to the authors to make the final decision.

--David 

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From: specs-bounces at openid.net [mailto:specs-bounces at openid.net] On
Behalf Of Recordon, David
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 3:33 PM
To: specs at openid.net
Subject: "Binding" Votes

Realized we haven't really decided who has a binding vote for spec
proposals.  Up to this point the listed authors have been making all
final decisions, but we also didn't have a mailing list like this one
with a smaller distribution and technical membership.

So the question comes up, should only the listed authors (Brad, Josh,
Dick, and myself) have binding votes or can the vote of anyone on this
list be binding?  Up to now I've been counting votes in terms of anyone
who votes on this list.

I don't have a problem continuing down this path until it becomes a
problem.  I will however capture vote results broken up between authors
and the larger community.  I'd imagine that in most cases the vote
result will be the same.  In the case when it isn't, I'd propose we
leave it to the authors to further discuss the proposal and reasoning
behind both sides, and then ultimately make the final decision.

Does that sound alright to everyone?

--David
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