cdg: regulations.txt - spelling

[Caleb Maclennan]

I had a look at the cdg regulations file, and the English version is
very rough. I took the liberty of re-writing it in clearer English.
Since I do not speak Polish I am unable to compare this to the
original. I am attatching my update for review before attempting to
commit to to CVS. Since I am not a member of the CDG I figure I'll
wait for a nod from somebody before commiting this.

There should be no factual content changes, only better English.

Caleb
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[ NOTE: this document contains a translation of Polish version, which is the
        official one at the moment ]

Core-Developers-Group
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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 members are appointed by general ellection. Belinging to the CDG is
the second stage of developer status (after being granted RW).


*** Conflicts.

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 the contents of a specific specfile


*** Decisions.

Decisions about issuing sequential versions of the distribution and the
timing.


*** Membership.

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.

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. 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 imply the revoking of RW access.

A list of active CDG members can be found in "sklad.txt"

*** Voting.

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 votes require a simple majority of votes, regardless of the
turnout.

*** Changes

Changes to this document are managed by the CDG.

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