Who can vote?

[Colin Clark]

Hey everyone,

A few people have asked me off-list about who is allowed to  
participate in our community's formal votes. Great question!

Unlike Apache, we don't want to restrict votes only to people who have  
commit access, since in many cases we'll want input from non- 
developers. So everyone can vote. That said, there's a responsibility  
here: you probably won't want to vote on issues you're not deeply  
experienced or invested in, or when you aren't able to contribute to  
the effort.

I've added the following section to the voting page on our wiki:

"Everyone in the community can vote. Voting implies a commitment to  
get involved, so please refrain from weighing in on issues that aren't  
within your area of expertise, or more broadly, within your ability to  
contribute."

Hope this helps,

Colin

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Colin Clark
Technical Lead, Fluid Project
Adaptive Technology Resource Centre, University of Toronto
http://fluidproject.org