"Binding" Votes

[Mike Glover]

  How does this effectively differ from 'only authors get a binding vote'?  If everyone agrees with the authors, the authors get what they want.  If they disagree, the authors still get what they want.

-mike

On Thu, 5 Oct 2006 16:09:01 -0700
"Recordon, David" <drecordon at verisign.com> wrote:

> 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 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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