By-laws voting definitions

[mark.reinhold at oracle.com]

2011/6/2 9:39 -0700, daniel.smith at oracle.com:
> On Jun 1, 2011, at 9:59 PM, mark.reinhold at oracle.com wrote:
>> ...
>> 
>> A "nay" in a lazy-consensus vote is more than a simple "no" -- it's
>> an actual veto, and to count as such it must be accompanied by a
>> justification which itself is subject to discussion and (potential)
>> resolution.
>> 
>> A "nay" in any type of majority vote is just a simple "no".  It need
>> not, and usually will not, be accompanied by a justification.
> 
> This is the key point missing from the by-laws draft.  It uses
> "objection" to refer to both kinds of "nays", when it really needs to
> distinguish them with different terms and explain how they are
> different.

Exactly.  I'll fix that.

> It would also be useful to separate the kinds of votes into
> subsections.
> 
> - Consensus votes: Lazy, Three-vote, and Unanimous; objections are
>   vetos; vary in the number of "yes" votes required (1/3/all).
> 
> - Majority votes: Simple, Two-thirds; objections are simple "nos"; vary
>   in the yes-no ratio required (1-1/2-1).

Good idea.

Thanks again for your careful comments!

- Mark