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uncontroversial proposals to be accepted as the number of members in
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the working group grows. Specifically, the number of approving votes
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required will remain 50% of the members for one week, then be decreased
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- to 33% for two weeks, and then if no concerns are raised any number of
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- approvals will accept the proposal .
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+ to 33% for two weeks, and then if no concerns only two approvals by members
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+ other than the proposer are required for acceptance .
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Considerations are also made for notifying working group members of
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outstanding voting issues.
@@ -43,31 +43,32 @@ After one week has passed, the threshold is reduced to 33%, and remains at 33%
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for two weeks. There must still be zero unresolved concerns; but only 33% of
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the members need to approve for a proposal to be accepted.
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- After those two weeks have passed (three weeks in total), _ any_ number of
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- approvals will permit a vote to be accepted, so long as there are no unresolved
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- concerns. A member is explicitly permitted to raise a concern that there are
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- not sufficient approvals or an issue has not received sufficient attention and
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- thereby block it from being accepted until that concern is addressed. An
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- exception is made if the only approval is from the proposer, in which case
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- one further approval will be required.
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+ After those two weeks have passed (three weeks in total), two approvals from
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+ members who are not the propser will permit a vote to be accepted, so long as
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+ there are no unresolved concerns. A member is explicitly permitted to raise a
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+ concern that there are not sufficient approvals or an issue has not received
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+ sufficient attention and thereby block it from being accepted until that
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+ concern is addressed.
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## Notifying Members
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At each weekly meeting, outstanding votes will be identified, and members
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- present at the meeting reminded to consider voting. After each meeting,
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- all members of the relevant group will be emailed with a reminder of any
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- pending votes.
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+ present at the meeting reminded to consider voting. It is the responsibiltiy
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+ of the proposer to ensure the vote is listed on a meeting's agenda. Weeks
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+ where a vote is not listed on a meeting's agenda will not count towards
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+ reducing the required voting threshold.
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- By notifying members of outstanding votes each week , it is hoped that every
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- member will have sufficient time to consider whether they have concerns over
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- a specific vote. If the full three weeks elapses with no concerns raised,
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- we conclude no members have concerns.
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+ By notifying members of outstanding votes at the weekly meetings , it is hoped
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+ that every member will have sufficient time to consider whether they have
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+ concerns over a specific vote. If the full three weeks elapses with no concerns
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+ raised, we conclude no members have concerns.
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## Self Voting
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We clarify that members may approve their own proposals in order to help reach
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the required majority, but such votes will not be sufficient alone to accept a
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- proposal.
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+ proposal, and at least two approvals by members other than the proposer will
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+ always be required to accept a proposal.
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# Alternatives
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