[csw-maintainers] [POLICY] Policy-team

[Peter FELECAN]

Philip Brown <phil at bolthole.com> writes:

> On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 12:55 AM, Peter FELECAN <pfelecan at opencsw.org> wrote:
>> Philip Brown <phil at bolthole.com> writes:
>
>>> In my opinion, there should be a *minimum* of 1 week discussion
>>> period, for all policy decisions.
>>>
>>> If it isnt important enough to reserve a week's period of time for
>>> discussion for it, then it
>>> doesnt belong as "policy" in the first place.
>>
>> Policy is not only enforcement but also agreement.
>
>
> You made a true statement there, but I'm not sure on which side of the
> issue you mean it to be. So I will expand on my original email to say:
> agreement is good. *informed*, *well thought out* agreement is better.
> So, especially given that not all people read their email every day,
> it is better to give room for that, with a 1 week minimum discussion
> period for policy.

A week seems alright for me. What about a maximum after which, if
there's no consensus we proceed to a vote? 10 days seems enough and
prevents evaporation.
-- 
Peter