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The project leader, Fabien Potencier, is responsible for publicly appointing
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- five (5) key players of the initiative to provide guidance and drive it forward,
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- but also retains the right to revoke any of the key players at any time. These
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- guiding key players should:
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+ five (5) members of the initiative to provide guidance and drive it forward,
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+ but also retains the right to revoke any of the appointed members at any time.
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+ This guidance team should:
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* Be committed to the initiative's cause and have joined because they want to
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help the initiative to deliver its purpose most effectively for the
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The project leader (Fabien Potencier) will have the right to veto any actionable
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- item, regardless of the vote of the initiative's key players . The project leader
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- may, at their discretion, also appoint other people from among the initiative's
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- key players to also have the right to veto - in such a case these people are
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- expected to use appropriate judgement to know when to use a "no" vote or a veto.
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- Any single veto will reject an actionable item.
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+ item, regardless of the vote of the initiative's guidance team . The project
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+ leader may, at their discretion, also appoint other people from among the
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+ initiative's guidance team to also have the right to veto - in such a case these
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+ people are expected to use appropriate judgement to know when to use a "no" vote
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+ or a veto. Any single veto will reject an actionable item.
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The purpose of having members with the right to veto is to prevent a "people's
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majority" from overruling the core interests of the Symfony project. This will
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- encourage communication between proposing members, the initiative's key players
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- and the Core Team to create realistic proposals, and in return any veto will
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- come with a full explanation (not just a justification).
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+ encourage communication between proposing members, the initiative's guidance
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+ team and the Core Team to create realistic proposals, and in return any veto
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+ will come with a full explanation (not just a justification).
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Advice Process
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requested from the wider community - this will aim to include both those who
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will be meaningfully affected and those with meaningful expertise in the matter
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at hand.
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- This feedback will enable the key players to have the confidence to vote for the
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- best possible decision according to the information they have available, knowing
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- that the responsibility they accept for said vote is justified.
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+ This feedback will enable the guidance team to have the confidence to vote for
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+ the best possible decision according to the information they have available,
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+ knowing that the responsibility they accept for said vote is justified.
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Voting
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- Key players have the right to vote on proposals for actionable items.
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+ The guidance team have the right to vote on proposals for actionable items.
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The quorum of "yes" or "no" votes required for a decision to be considered valid
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- is at least 75% of active, appointed key players - to abstain from voting means
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- that vote will not be counted towards the quorum.
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- For an actionable item to pass, approval from greater than 50% of the voting key
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- players is required. Use or management of finances/donations require at least a
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- two-thirds majority to pass.
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+ is at least 75% of active, appointed members of the guidance team - to abstain
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+ from voting means that vote will not be counted towards the quorum.
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+ For an actionable item to pass, approval from greater than 50% of the voting
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+ guidance team members is required. Use or management of finances/donations
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+ require at least a two-thirds majority to pass.
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Guidance Principles
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Purpose
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- The initiative should be led by an effective team of key players that provide
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+ The initiative should be led by an effective guidance team that provides
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strategic guidance in line with the initiative's aims and values, including a
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- shared understanding with fellow key players to ensure that these are being
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- delivered effectively and sustainably.
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+ shared understanding with fellow initiative members to ensure that these are
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+ being delivered effectively and sustainably.
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Integrity
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- Key players should act with integrity: adopting values which help achieve the
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- initiative's purposes, even where difficult or unpopular decisions are required.
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- Key players should undertake their duties, aware of the importance of confidence
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- and trust in the initiative from the wider community, and ultimately
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- acknowledges shared responsibility for the reputation of the Symfony project
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- like the Core Team.
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+ The guidance team should act with integrity: adopting values which help achieve
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+ the initiative's purposes, even where difficult or unpopular decisions are
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+ required. Guidance team members should undertake their duties, aware of the
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+ importance of confidence and trust in the initiative from the wider community,
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+ and ultimately acknowledges shared responsibility for the reputation of the
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+ Symfony project like the Core Team.
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Decision-making Effectiveness
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- Key players should work as an effective team, using the appropriate balance of
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- skills, experience, backgrounds and knowledge to make sure its decision-making
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- processes are informed and equitable. Risk assessment and management systems
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- should be set up and monitored.
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+ Guidance members should work as an effective team, using the appropriate balance
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+ of skills, experience, backgrounds and knowledge to make sure its
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+ decision-making processes are informed and equitable. Risk assessment and
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+ management systems should be set up and monitored.
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Openness and Accountability
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- The behaviour and conduct of the initiative's key players sets the tone for the
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- rest of the community. Key players should lead by example to create a culture
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- that enables members to feel it is safe to suggest, question and challenge -
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- rather than avoid - difficult ideas and topics. Key players guide the initiative
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- in being transparent, accountable and open.
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+ The behaviour and conduct of the initiative's guidance team sets the tone for
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+ the rest of the community. The guidance team should lead by example to create a
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+ culture that enables members to feel it is safe to suggest, question and
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+ challenge - rather than avoid - difficult ideas and topics. The team should
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+ guide the initiative in being transparent, accountable and open.
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Adaptability
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The initiative should establish processes that do not require any one person to
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hold specific positions while being adaptable to accommodate unforeseen needs of
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the community, especially as membership and involvement grows over time (changes
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- to key player appointment will have to be approved by the current system, which
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- is Fabien Potencier).
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+ to guidance team member appointment will have to be approved by the current
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+ system, which is Fabien Potencier).
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.. _`lsmith77` : https://github.com/lsmith77/
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.. _`michellesanver` : https://github.com/michellesanver/
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