NOTE: This document is being kept updated with votes and changes
made AFTER the initial passing of these .us-EFNet
Guidelines by Disciple@EFnet
The purpose of this document is to outline the guidelines and
procedures for the voting body of the .US portion of EFnet.
Guidelines set here obsolete those set previously on
voting.blackened.com and/or anywhere else.
1) Voter Eligibility
- Each server entity within .US will receive 1 (one) equal vote.
on all issues that arise.
An EFnet server entity is defined as any server or group of servers
that meet two or more of the following:
o Any of the same Administrators (people with any machine level
access)
o On the same network or ASN
o Hosted or sponsored by the same company/entity (i.e. AOL, etc.)
o Same relationship to hosting company/entity (i.e. employee)
o has the same domain (i.e. *.example.com)
- If any question is raised as to whether or not a server or
servers should be considered the same entity, a vote with
with a simple majority requirement open to all eligible
.us-efnet servers may be called.
2) Majorities and Quorums
- A simple majority is defined as:
(number of YES votes) / (number of YES and NO votes) > 50% (1/2)
- A 2/3rd majority is defined as:
(number of YES votes) / (number of YES and NO votes) > 66.6% (2/3)
- A 3/4th majority is defined as:
(number of YES votes) / (number of YES and NO votes) > 75% (3/4)
- Servers voting "ABSTAIN" will not be counted toward the majority,
but will count as the server casting a vote.
- The quorum is set to anything > 50% (1/2). That is > 50% of all
eligible .us-EFnet servers must vote on an item in order for
the vote to be valid.
3) Voting Definitions
- The following types of votes require a simple majority from
all eligible .US EFnet servers:
o Determine Server Entity
o New Server Applications
o "Full Hub" Applications
o Trial Server Delink Votes
o Trial Server Extension Votes
o New-server-guidelines Changes
o IRCD Changes with global impact
o Define global/local IRCD changes
o Changes to this document
o Any issue which has not been defined above
- The following types of votes require a 2/3rd majority from
all eligible .US EFnet servers:
o Delink a post-trial client server
o Delink or dehub a current "Full Hub"
- Votes may be called by any eligible .US EFnet server, and
require a second by a different server entity to be made active.
- The default voting period is 1 (one) week. The server calling
the vote may specify a longer period, but it may not be less
than 1 (one) week.
- If a vote is called to delink or dehub a current post-trial
server, the server in question IS permitted to vote on itself.
- IRCD changes which do not globally effect the network (I.E.
remote whois notification) do NOT require a vote. If any
question is raised as to whether or not an IRCD change is
a "global" or "local" change, a vote with a simple majority
amongst all eligible .US-EFnet servers may be called.
4) Infrastructure
- To insure that no one small group of servers has more "power"
or influence over any other, all .US servers are to be able
to connect to one other, regardless of their client or hub
server status.
Client servers should continue to link behind "Full Hub"
servers whenever possible, however should there be no
other alternative, or a situation were to arise, non-hub
servers would then be permitted to link behind normally
non-hubbing (client) servers.
- Non "Full-Hub" servers are permitted to link outside of
.us-efnet while holding other servers behind them.
5) Trial Servers
- The .US EFnet trial period for new servers is 45
(forty-five) Earth days.
- Rules and guidelines for new servers will be contained in the
new-server-guidelines which changes must be voted on by all
eligible .US EFnet servers.
- There is no automatic or mandatory vote called at the end of
a new servers trial, however a vote during or at the end of
a servers trial, may be called to terminate the servers link.
- Servers in trial are NOT eligible to receive partial
H:Lines, or hold other servers, and should be L:lined on all
other servers for the duration of their trial period.
- Trial servers are permitted read-only access to the admin
lists, but may not have posting privileges or vote on any
items.
Any item NOT covered in this document is implicitly denied until
it has been passed by a vote with simple majority amongst all
eligible .US-EFnet servers.
Results from the original vote:
The results were as follows (summary at end):
irc.limelight.us: YES
irc.isprime.com: YES
irc.nac.net: YES
irc.blessed.net: YES
irc.wh.verio.net: YES
irc.aol.com: YES
irc.aloha.net: YES
irc.concentric.net: NO
irc.weblook2k.com: YES
ircd.lagged.org: YES
irc.choopa.net: YES
irc.secsup.uu.net: YES
irc.umich.edu: YES
YES: 12
NO: 1
ABSTAIN: 0
The following .us servers did not vote:
irc.prison.net
irc.servercentral.net
irc.vrfx.com
irc.easynews.com
irc.lightning.net
irc.mindspring.com