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.