to vote on and participate in discussions. They retain access to OMC
internal resources.</p>
- <h4><a name="voting">OMC Voting Procedures</a></h4>
+ <h4><a name="omc-voting">OMC Voting Procedures</a></h4>
<p>A vote to change these bylaws will pass if it obtains an in favour
vote by more than two thirds of the active OMC members and less than
to vote on and participate in discussions. They retain access to OTC
internal resources.</p>
- <h4><a name="voting">OTC Voting Procedures</a></h4>
+ <h4><a name="otc-voting">OTC Voting Procedures</a></h4>
<p>A vote will pass if it has had a vote registered from
a majority of active OTC members and has had more votes registered in
<p>All votes and their outcomes should be recorded and available to
all OTC and OMC members.</p>
- <h4><a name="transparency">OTC Transparency</a></h4>
+ <h4><a name="otc-transparency">OTC Transparency</a></h4>
<p>
The majority of the activity of the OTC will take place in public.
Non-public discussions or votes shall only occur for issues such as:
by the OTC in accordance with the <a href="omc-bylaws.html">project bylaws</a>
and the requirements specified by the OMC.</p>
+ <h3><a name="voting-procedure">Voting Procedure</a></h3>
+
+ The following regulations complement the
+ <a href="omc-bylaws.html#otc-voting">OTC Voting Procedures</a>
+ stated in the project bylaws:
+
+ <p>The proposer of a vote is ultimately responsible for updating the
+ <a href="https://git.openssl.org/?p=otc.git;f=votes.txt;hb=HEAD">votes.txt</a>
+ file in the <a href="https://git.openssl.org/?p=otc.git">OTC Git repository</a>.
+ Outside of a face to face meeting, voters MUST reply to the vote email indicating
+ their preference and optionally their reasoning. Voters MAY update the votes.txt
+ file in addition.</p>
+
+ <p>The proposed vote text SHOULD be raised for discussion before calling the vote.</p>
+
+ <p>Public votes MUST be called on the project list, not the OTC list and the
+ subject MUST begin with “VOTE:”. Private votes MUST be called on the
+ OTC list with “PRIVATE VOTE:” beginning subject.</p>
<h2><a name="update">Update History</a></h2>
<ul>