Voting Rules
The ESCo Voting process (as per resolution of 2016-01-29 - ESCo - Meeting agenda / minutes) follows the following rules:
- The Quorum required to deliberate is 2/3 of the ESCo Project Leads. This applies both to offline and online meetings.
- The Majority required to deliberate is absolute majority (50% + 1). This means that in case of tie the motion is not passed as the majority needs to be absolute (50% + 1).
- Can votes be approved by silent consensus? No
- Does the ESCo adopt resolutions by super-majority? No
In person or online votes
The ESCo meets on a weekly basis (see ESCo Meeting notes) and during that meeting resolutions are passed with quorum and majority rules stated above.
Offline / mailing list votes
Votes can also be initiated by any member of the ESCo on the esco-private@symphony.foundation mailing list.
- The vote is initiated with an email with the subject line starting with [VOTE]
- The default deadline for email votes is 72h, unless otherwise specified
- Votes are cast via email to the same list, with simple +1/0/-1 preferences
- The initiator of the vote confirms the results on the list sending an email with the subject line starting with [VOTE][RESULT]