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@@ -44,11 +44,12 @@ for two weeks. There must still be zero unresolved concerns; but only 33% of
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the members need to approve for a proposal to be accepted.
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After those two weeks have passed (three weeks in total), _any_ number of
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approvals will permit a vote to be accepted, so long as there are no
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unresolved concerns. A member is explicitly permitted to raise a concern
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that there are not sufficient votes or an issue has not received sufficient
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attention and thereby block it from being accepted until that concern is
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addressed.
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approvals will permit a vote to be accepted, so long as there are no unresolved
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concerns. A member is explicitly permitted to raise a concern that there are
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not sufficient approvals or an issue has not received sufficient attention and
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thereby block it from being accepted until that concern is addressed. An
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exception is made if the only approval is from the proposer, in which case
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one further approval will be required.
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## Notifying Members
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a specific vote. If the full three weeks elapses with no concerns raised,
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we conclude no members have concerns.
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## Self Voting
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We clarify that members may approve their own proposals in order to help reach
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the required majority, but such votes will not be sufficient alone to accept a
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proposal.
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# Alternatives
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## Status Quo
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We could omit the final stage where any number of approvals accepts a vote,
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always requiring at least the 33% (or 25%) majority.
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## No Self Voting
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At the moment the voting majority rules implicitly permit self voting. We could
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explicitly prohibit this instead.

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