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These bylaws were approved by a vote of active committers on
August 28, 2000.
- Active committers have made a commit to the tree in the last 12
months.
- Core consists of 9 elected active committers.
- Core elections are held every 2 years, first time September 2000.
- Core members and committers may be ejected by a 2/3 vote of core.
- If the size of core falls below 7, an early election is held.
- A petition of 1/3 of active committers can trigger an early
election.
- All elections will be run as follows:
- Core appoints and announces someone to run the election.
- 1 week to tally active committers wishing to run for core.
- 4 weeks for the actual vote
- 1 week to tally and post the results.
- Each active committer may vote once in support of up to nine
nominees.
- New core team becomes effective 1 week after the results are
posted.
- Voting ties decided by unambiguously elected new core
members.
- These rules can be changed by a 2/3 majority of committers if at
least 50% of active committers cast their vote.
Additional Information
- The last core election was held in September of 2000. The next core
- election is scheduled for September of 2002.
+ The last core election was held in May of 2002. The next core
+ election is scheduled for May of 2004.
Core Interpretations of the Bylaws
Core will issue interpretations of the bylaws from time to time
as necessary to clarify areas that might be ambiguous in the
bylaws as enacted to ensure the smooth operation of the project.
- 20020503 The next election is always scheduled for two
years after the previous election. This means that early elections
reset the date of the succeeding election such that it will
occur two years following the early election.
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