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• A vote on a motion may be called by any member or guest

• A quorum should be present for a vote to be called (it is implicitly required if threshold is 1/2 of members or greater)

• A vote may happen in either Zoom or Slack

  • Rules TBD, could be based upon quorum, broadly same as option 2

• Votes must be yes/no

• A member may abstain from voting

• A member may delegate their vote (preferably to another member)

• Motion carries when yes votes exceed threshold

  • Default must be set, may be overridden for individual motions

  • Examples of threshold:

    • Greater than 1/2 of members

    • Greater than 2/3 of members

  • For comparison purposes, there are 11 members and 1/2 of members threshold is used

• Motion carrying (pass) is only decision that is important (fail / no decision are equivalent, and only mean the motion does not carry)

  • This could mean that a malicious actor could repeatedly ask for a vote on the same motion

Option #4 - Simple majority (Florian)

Principles:

• Decisions can only be made with a simple majority of all members.

• Members can nominate proxies at any time for any time period. They replace the member during this time period concerning these rules.

• The Chair writes an Agenda prior to the Session and publishes it (=makes it accessible for all elected members). Thus, the Chair decides which topics will be discussed (and maybe need to be decided on) in the forthcoming session.

Simple majority is when more than (number of members - abstains)/2 votes are made for either yes or no.

Options for votings:

1. Lazy consensus: During meetings in zoom, a lazy consensus can be conducted. If any present member wants a vote, lazy consensus is stopped and a vote will be called.
   During lazy consensus all members, that do not express a “no” or a “abstain”, will be counted as “yes”. The time to express this has to be long enough.
   Due to the Simple majority principle, a lazy consensus can not lead to decision if not more than 50% of the members are present.
   

2. Zoom vote: During meetings a Zoom vote can be conducted. Every member can vote for yes, no or abstain.
   A decision is made when the simple majority principle is fulfilled. So with 11 members, when 2 abstain and 5 vote for yes and the rest is still thinking about, the vote is passed.
   Same: Due to the Simple majority principle, a zoom vote can not lead to decision if not more than 50% of the members are present.
   

3. Slack vote: Slack votes can be conducted. Every member can vote for yes, no or abstain.
   Same: A decision is made when the simple majority principle is fulfilled. So the slack vote can lead to a decision within minutes or within days or weeks.
   A slack vote can have a end date. The end date should give all members the possibility to vote. If the end date is passed, all remaining votes are counted as abstains.

Comparison

Considerations

Things we should be mindful of when weighing the options.

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