<h2>OpenSSL Bylaws</h2>
<h5>
First issued 13th February 2017<br/>
+ Last modified 20th December 2017
</h5>
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to certain contractual requirements. To do so they should send a
request to any existing OSS director.</p>
- <h2>OMC Voting Procedures</h2>
+ <h2><a name="voting">OMC Voting Procedures</a></h2>
<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
<p>All votes and their outcomes should be recorded and available to
all OMC members.</p>
+ <h2><a name="leave">Leave of absence</a></h2>
+
+ <p>An active OMC member or committer may request a leave of absence
+ from the project. A leave of absence from the OMC or committer shall
+ suspend inactivity determination for the specified role. All access to
+ OMC or committer resources shall be suspended (disabled) and the OMC
+ member shall be excluded from voting and the committer shall be excluded
+ from reviewing or approving source changes. On return from a leave of
+ absence, the OMC member or committer will be deemed to have become active
+ as of the date of return.</p>
+
+ <p>All of the following criteria must be met in order to qualify as a
+ leave of absence:</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>a) the member must request via email to the OMC a leave of
+ absence at least one week in advance of the requested
+ period of leave;</li>
+ <li>b) only one leave of absence is permitted per calendar year;</li>
+ <li>c) the leave of absence must specify the date of return from
+ the leave of absence; </li>
+ <li>d) the length of the leave of absence shall be a minimum of one calendar
+ month and shall not exceed three calendar months (one quarter); and </li>
+ <li>e) the leave of absence applies to all the roles within the
+ project (i.e. both OMC and committer if both roles apply).</li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <h2><a name="update">Bylaws Update History</a></h2>
+ <p>
+ The following changes have been made since the bylaws were first
+ issued 13-February-2017.
+ </p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>20-December-2017.
+ Added <i>Leave of absence</i> section.</li>
+ </ul>
+
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