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W3C Process Document
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Adjust AC appeal vote threshold based on participation #886

Closed frivoal closed 3 months ago

frivoal commented 5 months ago

(Split from https://github.com/w3c/process/issues/882).

To avoid making momentous decisions based on a slim majority in vote with low participation, the W3C's bylaws have provisions for what they call "Requisite Member Vote" where decisions are confirmed by :

I think it would be reasonable to adopt the same concept for AC appeals, which currently can overturn decisions via a 50% majority without quorum or any other consideration for the level of participation.

frivoal commented 4 months ago

This would look something like this: https://github.com/w3c/process/pull/888/commits/7bc50584aac354e3a8a7112eadcbc4f4408e2c9d

frivoal commented 4 months ago

From the AB:

RESOLUTION: Adopt supermajority requirements for low-quorum AC Appeals using same ramp as Bylaws; add minimum quorum of 5%.