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Re: [CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT] Disambiguation of 4.1.5



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> "MS"  => Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
> "CMC" => C.M. Connelly <c@eskimo.com>
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>     CMC> I've made the following changes:
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>     CMC> 1. Added a 2:1 majority requirement to issue, modify, or
>     CMC>    withdraw nontechnical policy documents.
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>     MS> I formally reject this change to my proposal. You shall
>     MS> need to create your own amendment and get seconds
>     MS> separately if you wish for this to be voted upon.
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> That's fine.  I would love to see some discussion before I went to
> the trouble of putting together an amendment, however.

I'm not sure you meant it, but a "2:1 majority" requirement looks like 
a supermajority requirement -- twice as many supporters as opponents.

Right now, a nontechnical policy document or statement can be issued 
with a simple majority (modulo the fact that the Condorcet method isn't 
as simple as "simple majority").  It does not require a supermajority.  
Requiring a 2:1 majority is a major change, and one that does not tie 
in well with Manoj's or Branden's proposals.

Did you mean to create a supermajority requirement, or simply a 
majority requirement?

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>    CMC
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