Re: [virtio] Re: TC by mailing list/ballots: how to get new voters?

["Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>]

> Question is, how can non-voting members become voting members then?

For the record, these rules are relevant:

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(b) A Voting Member must be active in a TC to maintain voting rights. In TCs
that hold Meetings, a Voting Member who is absent from two consecutive Meetings
(as recorded in the minutes) loses his or her voting rights at the end of the
second Meeting missed. If a TC has adopted a standing rule to conduct business
only by electronic ballot, without Meetings, then a Voting Member who fails to
cast a ballot in two consecutive Work Product Ballots loses his or her voting
rights at the close of the second ballot missed.

(c) A TC Member who has lost his or her voting rights shall regain them for a
TC that holds Meetings by attending two consecutive Meetings (as recorded in
the minutes), thus regaining voting rights after the end of the second Meeting
attended or, if less than two Meetings are called within 60 days after the loss
of such rights, at the close of that 60th day. A Member of a TC that does not
hold Meetings may regain voting rights by making a request to the chair(s) to
regain them, effective at the close of the 60th day after the request.
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Summary:
	- to gain voting rights, make a request to the chair(s),
	  you will get voting rights after 60 days.
	- to lost voting rights, fail to vote in two consecutive ballots

Note: you can also ask to be marked on "leave of absence".
This is the right thing to do e.g. if you plan to go on vacation.
You are then exempt from the above rules for this period.
See: https://www.oasis-open.org/policies-guidelines/tc-process#leavesAbsence
for detail.

Let me know if I missed something.

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MST