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Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 14:29:48 -0600
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Who are the current eligible voters?
From: larry@garfieldtech.com ("Larry Garfield")

On Wed, Jan 15, 2020, at 2:12 PM, Ben Ramsey wrote:
> > On Jan 15, 2020, at 14:02, Paul M. Jones <pmjones@pmjones.io> wrote:=

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> >> On Jan 15, 2020, at 13:21, Ben Ramsey <ben@benramsey.com> wrote:
> >>=20
> >> Everyone with a php.net account is able to vote. The public list is=
 here: https://people.php.net/
> >=20
> > I don't think that's *quite* the case? As has been noted elsewhere, =
the rules are:
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> >> =E2=80=A2 People with php.net VCS accounts that have contributed co=
de to PHP
> >> =E2=80=A2 Representatives from the PHP community, that will be chos=
en by those with php.net VCS accounts
> >> 	=E2=80=A2 Lead developers of PHP based projects (frameworks, cms, =
tools, etc.)
> >> 	=E2=80=A2 regular participant of internals discussions
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> > It's clear that the second point has not really taken hold, but the =
first point adds the caveat "that have contributed code to PHP", and tha=
t part *does* seem widely accepted.
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> > So unless I am wrong, merely having a php.net account doesn't appear=
 sufficient -- code or docs contributions are an additional prerequisite=
 to getting a vote.
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> > Ben (and others) -- your thoughts? Is it really as straightforward a=
s "having a php.net account alone is enough to be eligible to vote=E2=80=
=9D ?
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> I wasn=E2=80=99t answering based on the rules. My answer is based on p=
ractice.=20
> AFAIK, everyone with a php.net account also has access to the wiki (yo=
u=20
> log into the wiki using your php.net account), and therefore, also has=
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> the ability to vote on RFCs.
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> Maybe there are some who have access to the wiki without a php.net=20
> account, and maybe there are some who can access the wiki who can=E2=80=
=99t=20
> vote. Whomever has admin access on the wiki can provide more=20
> information.
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> -Ben
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FTR, I have Wiki access (I was able to write a pre-RFC) but I have no vo=
ting access.  Whatever the mechanism is, there is a separate setting.

--Larry Garfield