Discovery Governance Process Steps
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The following sequences of steps apply to each Discovery Change Proposal (DCP).
Call for change proposals
- Editors invite community to submit change proposals
- Include Context: ‘background’, ‘problem addressed’, ‘proposed solution’, ‘rationale for the solution’
Proposal review period
- Community reviews and comments on change proposal
- set a time limit for the review period.
Proposal revision
- Editors revise proposal based on community feedback from the review.
- Make sure community sees the revised version before voting.
Vote
- ESIP wiki account holders can vote.
- Change proposal adopted with majority of community votes and agreed upon by majority of editors.
- Need 3/5 majority of Yays to Nays
- The editors can veto.
Final review
- Editors provide revised version of document on wiki.
- Community provides final comments before finalization.
Ratified
- Proposal is approved by the community.
- Should start looking into implementation conformance.
