cdg: regulations.txt English text improvements by caleb (thanks a bunch!)

[glen]

Author: glen                         Date: Thu Jan 27 13:31:32 2011 GMT
Module: cdg                           Tag: HEAD
---- Log message:
English text improvements by caleb (thanks a bunch!)

---- Files affected:
cdg:
   regulations.txt (1.8 -> 1.9) 

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Index: cdg/regulations.txt
diff -u cdg/regulations.txt:1.8 cdg/regulations.txt:1.9
--- cdg/regulations.txt:1.8	Thu Jan 27 13:05:07 2011
+++ cdg/regulations.txt	Thu Jan 27 14:31:26 2011
@@ -4,20 +4,21 @@
 Core-Developers-Group
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Core Developers Group operates in favor of PLD Linux Distribution.
-CDG takes decisions democratically. Taking decisions that are critical for
-the distribution are solving conflicts are in management of CDG.
+The Core Developers Group operates on behalf of the PLD Linux Distribution.
+CDG makes decisions democratically. The CDG is responsible for making
+decisions that are critical for the distribution and for solving conflicts
+among the management.
 
-CDG should mean general ellection. And belonging to CDG should mean the
-second stage of developer status (after getting the RW).
+CDG members are appointed by general ellection. Belinging to the CDG is
+the second stage of developer status (after being granted RW).
 
 
 *** Conflicts.
 
-CDG can take decisions, which cannot be taken by developers during
-discussion. For example:
+CDG is able to make decisions which cannot be made by other developers
+in the course of discussion. For example:
   1. Revoking somebody's RW in CVS
-  2. Disputes about contents of a specific specfile
+  2. Disputes about the contents of a specific specfile
 
 
 *** Decisions.
@@ -26,68 +27,68 @@
 timing.
 
 
-*** Membrance.
+*** Membership.
 
-Withrawal/admitation a CDG member is possible as effective decision with
-2/3 votes and at least 50% turnout. CDG memebers vote.
+The admision/removal of a CDG member is accomplished by a 2/3 majority
+vote with a minimum of 50% turnout. Only CDG members vote.
 
-Proposal concerning a member withrawal is voted after 3 months of his/her
-inactivity in CDG (lack of comments, no voting, etc.).
+A proposal for removing a member is to be voted on after 3 months of
+that members inactivity as a CDG (lack of comments, no voting, etc.).
 
-A CDG member may resign. It does not require voting.
-
-A member, who temporarily cannot take part in CDG activity may suspend
-himself. It's done by adding ":suspended till <date>" text after login
-in sklad.txt file. Suspension begins from the next day (in UTC timezone)
-after adding the entry and lasts till specified day. A member can return
-to CDG earlier by removing suspention entry from file - in such case the
-last day of suspension is the day previous (in UTC timezone) to removing
-the entry. During suspension
-- nie biegnie okres bezczynności członka, o którym mowa w sekcji Skład,
-- członek nie jest brany pod uwagę przy obliczaniu kworum głosowania, w
-  czasie trwania którego był on nieustannie zawieszony.
-Łącznie okresy zawieszenia członka nie mogą przekraczać 6 miesięcy w ciagu
-roku kalendarzowego.
+A CDG member may resign. This does not require a vote.
+
+A member who temporarily cannot participate in CDG activities may choose
+to suspend themselves. This is done by adding the text ":suspended till
+<date>" after their login in sklad.txt. Suspension is effective the next
+day (by UTC time) after commiting the entry and lasts until the specified
+day. A member may return to the CDG earlier by removing the suspention
+entry from the file - in which case the last day of suspension is the day
+prior (according to the UTC timezome) to removing the entry. Durring
+suspension:
+- the member is not counted idle as defined in the Membership section.
+- the member is not taken into account when calculating a quarum for a
+  vote held entirely inside of the suspension period.
+The total period of suspension must not exceed six months durring a
+calendar year.
 
-Withdrawal from CDG does not mean revoking RW access.
+Withdrawal from CDG does not imply the revoking of RW access.
 
-Active list of CDG members can be found from "sklad.txt"
+A list of active CDG members can be found in "sklad.txt"
 
 *** Voting.
 
-Voting proposal may be filled by any PLD developer (not necessary member
-of CDG), proposal than lays in CVS for at least 24h, during which it
-should be dicussed and changed, if needed.
-
-Proposal must be then seconded by three members of CDG, which is
-followed by a voting. Proposal that does not get enough support in
-30 days from the day it filled is automatically withdrawn. Proposal may
-be also withdrawn by its author, provided that the voting phase has not
-begun yet.
-
-Voting will take place through the cdg cvs module
-(cvs://cvs.pld-linux.org/cdg/). Voting is public, with a possibility of
-changing the vote through the voting period. CDG members may also vote
-using PGP-signed email sent to the CDG mailing list. Public key should
-be placed in PGP-keys module of mentioned cvs server.
-
-Voting lasts for 48h since the beginning announced on the list. In case
-of insufficient turnout, voting may be prolonged by the next 48h at most
-three times.
-
-Votes that were not cast are treated as abstenation after the voting was
-finished.
-
-Changes to this regulations or changes of the CDG makeup require the
-number of YES votes to be at least twice higher than the number of NO
-votes with at least 50% turnout and at least one non-abstain vote.
+A proposal for a vote may be filled by any PLD developer (not just
+mebmers of the CDG). The proposal must stay in CVS for at least 24h
+durring which time it should be discussed and, if needed, modified.
+
+A proposal must be seconded by three members of the CDG before being
+taken to a vote. If a proposal does not gain enough support in the 30
+days following being filed it is automatically withdrawn. A proposal may
+also be withdrawn by its author provided that the voting phase has not
+yet begun.
+
+Voting is accomplished in the cdg cvs module
+(cvs://cvs.pld-linux.org/cdg/). Voting is public and motes maybe changed
+durring the durration of the voting phase. CDG members may also cast
+their votes by sending a PGP-signed email to the CDG mailing list. The
+public key should be placed in the PGP-keys module on the cvs server.
+
+The voting period is 48h from the time it is announced on the list. In
+the event of an insufficient turnout, voting may be extened for another
+48h to a maximum of three extentions.
+
+After the completion of voting, uncast votes are treated as abstentions.
+
+Changes to these regulations or modifications to the membership of CDG
+require the number of YES votes to be at least twice as high as the
+number of NO votes, a minimum turnout of at least 50% and at least one
+non-abstain vote.
 
-All other votings require usual majority of votes, regardless of
+All other votes require a simple majority of votes, regardless of the
 turnout.
 
-
 *** Changes
 
-Changes in this document are in management of CDG.
+Changes to this document are managed by the CDG.
 
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