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Refactor AC Appeals
This extracts the 5% confirmation vote, followed by the actual vote into a separate procedure, invoked by the AC Appeal, making it reusable. Co-authored-by: Ted Thibodeau Jr <[email protected]>
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and can be appealed only by 5 or more [=Members=],
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through their [=Advisory Committee representative=],
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formally objecting to the decision within 8 weeks of the decision being announced.
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In this case the [=Team=] <em class=rfc2119>must</em> start an [=appeal vote=]
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In this case the [=Team=] <em class=rfc2119>must</em> start an [=override vote=]
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on whether to overturn the [=Team Decision=].
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(No action is required to be taken when fewer than 5 members object.)
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The [=Advisory Committee=] votes in <a href="#AB-TAG-elections">elections for seats on the TAG or Advisory Board</a>,
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and in the event of an [=Advisory Committee Appeal=]
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achieving the required support to trigger an [=appeal vote=].
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achieving the required support to trigger an [=override vote=].
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Whenever the [=Advisory Committee=] votes,
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each Member or group of [=related Members=] has one vote.
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An [=Advisory Committee representative=] initiates an [=appeal=] by sending a request to the [=Team=],
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and should also share this request with the [=Advisory Committee=].
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The request should say “I appeal this Decision”
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The request <em class=rfc2119>should</em> say “I appeal this Decision”
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and identify the decision,
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and may also include their rationale for appealing the decision.
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and <em class=rfc2119>may</em> also include their rationale for the [=appeal=].
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Note: See [[DECISION-APPEAL inline]] for a recommendation
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on how to communicate an appeal request to the [=Team=] and the [=AC=].
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Within one week the [=Team=] <em class="rfc2119">must</em> announce the appeal process
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Within one week, the [=Team=] <em class="rfc2119">must</em> initiate the [=appeal=]
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in the form of an [=Advisory Committee Override=]
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on the proposal to overturn the decision.
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The conclusion of the [=Advisory Committee Override=] is final;
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the same decision cannot be appealed more than once.
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If the [=Advisory Committee Override=]
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approves the proposal to overturn the decision,
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those who had initiated the proposal <em class=rfc2119>may</em> revise it
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to address the causes of rejection
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and follow the ordinary applicable process
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to submit the revised proposal.
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<h3 id="ac-override">
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Advisory Committee Override</h3>
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An <dfn export>Advisory Committee Override</dfn> is an exceptional two-step procedure
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used to resolve certain matters where neither the usual [=consensus=]
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process nor its [[#addressing-fo|escalation path]] is sufficient.
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Note: Currently, this only applies to [=AC Appeals=].
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First, the [=Team=] <em class="rfc2119">must</em> announce the proposal for an [=Advisory Committee Override=]
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to the [=Advisory Committee=]
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and provide a mechanism for [=Advisory Committee representatives=]
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to respond with a statement of positive support for this appeal.
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to respond with a statement of positive support for holding a vote.
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The archive of these statements <em class="rfc2119">must</em> be [=member-only=].
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If, within <span class="time-interval">one week</span> of the Team's announcement,
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5% or more of the [=Advisory Committee=] support the appeal request,
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the Team <em class="rfc2119">must</em> organize an <dfn>appeal vote</dfn>
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5% or more of the [=Advisory Committee=] support holding the vote,
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the Team <em class="rfc2119">must</em> organize an <dfn>override vote</dfn>
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asking the [=Advisory Committee=]
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“Do you approve of the Decision?”
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together with links to the decision and the appeal support.
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whether they approve of the Advisory Committee Override proposal,
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including details of the proposal
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and links to support for holding the vote.
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The ballot <em class="rfc2119">must</em> allow for three possible responses:
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“Approve”,
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(including explicit “abstain” ballots)
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by [=Advisory Committee Representatives=]:
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* if fewer than 5% participate,
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the vote fails.
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the proposal is rejected.
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* if at least 5% but no more than 15% participate,
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and the number of “Approve” ballots exceeds three times (3x) the number of “Reject” ballots,
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the vote passes.
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the proposal is approved.
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* if more than 15% but fewer than 20% participate,
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and the number of “Approve” ballots exceeds twice (2x) the number of “Reject” ballots,
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the vote passes.
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the proposal is approved.
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* if 20% or more participate,
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and the number of “Approve” ballots exceeds the number of “Reject” ballots,
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the vote passes.
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the proposal is approved.
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If the vote passes,
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the decision is overturned.
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Following such rejection,
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those who had initiated the proposal may revise it
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to address the causes of rejection
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and follow the ordinary applicable process
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to submit the revised proposal.
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Otherwise,
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the proposal is rejected.
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<h2 id="Reports">
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W3C Technical Reports</h2>

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