[FFmpeg-devel] [ANNOUNCE] upcoming GA vote

[Andreas Rheinhardt]

Thilo Borgmann via ffmpeg-devel:
> Hi,
> 
> Am 24.10.23 um 23:15 schrieb Anton Khirnov:
>> Hi all,
>> as discussed at the dev meeting at VDD, we need to have a series of
>> votes, the first of which concerns defining when is the GA voter list to
>> be updated.
>>
>> As the previous attempt to vote on this was hampered by email delivery
>> issues, and also criticized due to inadequate advance announcement, the
>> vote was closed and we are going to try again.
>>
>> This time, to avoid any confusion, let me clearly state that this is a
>> declaration of intent to initiate a GA vote next Monday (2023-10-30),
>> unless there are substantial objections.
>>
>> The vote question will be:
>>     How do we update the list of active members of the general assembly?
>>
>> Proposed possibilities so far are:
>> * twice a year (1st Jan & 1st July)
>>    (suggested at VDD)
>> * before each vote
>>    (suggested at VDD)
>> * never (keep the 2020 version)
>>    (suggested at VDD)
>> * keep everyone who had vote rights but add active developers each
>> jan/july
>>    (suggested by Michael on the ML)
>>
>> Feel welcome to propose additional possibilities until Friday
>> 2023-10-27.
>>
>> Other constructive comments also welcome.
>>
> 
> To test the voting beforehand this time, I created a test vote with a
> fake-GA member list. All of the following people should have received a
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