Hi, I am not worried; this is a process outline, not a constitution. It’s enough for us to now say “yes, let’s try this” (which implies “if it goes badly, we’ll reconsider”) and just give it a try! We could replace
After these four weeks, the proposal with the current tally gets accepted by the secretary, and defines GHC20xx
with
After these four weeks, the proposal with the current tally gets, as a whole, voted on by the committee.
Is that your intention? Im inclined to be optimistic and hope that the process will lead to a result that does no need another vote. But I also think that if, at that time, you or anyone else on the committee says “hold a moment, this doesn’t feel right, can we have a final vote”, neither or nor the Chairs will deny that wish. As to how much discussion we have in phase two – again noting to worry about now. The mailing list will not be suddenly moderated, and if discussion comes up and turns out to be productive and fruitful, nobody will stop it. Cheers, Joachim -- Joachim Breitner mail@joachim-breitner.de http://www.joachim-breitner.de/