[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] clarifying the TC conflict of interest rule

[Cosmin Stejerean]

> On Feb 20, 2024, at 12:41 PM, Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Feb 20, 2024 at 05:10:11PM +0100, Anton Khirnov wrote:
>> Quoting Michael Niedermayer (2024-02-20 15:01:11)
>>> On Tue, Feb 20, 2024 at 09:22:57AM +0100, Anton Khirnov wrote:
>>> [...]
>>>> their preferred wording, and then we can have the GA vote on it.
>>> 
>>> Before this GA vote, we need another extra member discussion/vote.
>>> Because the last GA reset droped several developers from the GA
>> 
>> I see neither why would we "need" such a vote, or why should it be
>> related to this one.
> 
> Because thats what was done in the past.
> The extra member vote was done between a GA reset and the following votes
> like the CC/TC votes
> The exception was the STF vote because there just was not enough time
> 
> We should do this consistently, and
> given that we reset the GA every 6 months, thats the natural rate
> at which to do a extra member vote (unless there is no other vote then
> the extra member vote can be skiped as it would make no difference)

It's not clear from https://www.ffmpeg.org/community.html that the extra members should be refreshed every time the GA is updated or that a vote should get held up if that hasn't happened yet. 

> Additional members are added to the General Assembly through a vote after proposal by a member of the General Assembly. They are part of the GA for two years, after which they need a confirmation by the GA.

It looks like a request to add extra members to the GA should be done explicitly by someone requesting a vote on it, which can be done at any time. Waiting until something else comes up for a vote seems suboptimal because it then delays that first decision by at least a couple of weeks (given the rules for voting).

- Cosmin