Category:Votes

About this page

This page contains information about our voting process, how to start a vote, and every member vote that happens at Pumping Station: One.

Voting process

Pumping Station: One is a member-run organization, driven by membership vote.

Voting is a process established in the bylaws and promulgated by the Board of Directors. As of February 22, 2020, all members may write a proposal for a vote, and so long as it is possible to vote it "up or down" ...meaning that it must be phrased so that a voter can vote for, against, or abstain; it cannot be essay format or multiple choice or anything other than yes or no.

The vote language is circulated well before the vote for community review, generally by posting on the PS1 wiki and linked to on Discourse and Discord, for commentary, support, dissent, editing and for other sponsors to attach themselves to the vote. It is recommended that you post this at least seven days before locking the language.

Please aim to have two or more cosponsors. This is highly encouraged to ensure votes are supported by the community rather than just one individual.

Once the vote language has been refined and either a consensus has been achieved (de facto) or the sponsors decide simply that they wish to freeze the vote language and put the matter before the Membership, the language is locked, and the vote is displayed on the PS1 wiki for review. After some time has passed, but at least 5 days the vote date is announced, by the Secretary, and a survey monkey link is sent to each member.

An official Member Meeting must be announced for a vote. At the Member Meeting, the Secretary takes attendance, and at the designated time the vote is closed. The Secretary, will then announce if quorum has been met, and if it has, the outcome of the vote. The results are binding on the organization and the Board of Directors is obligated to carry out whatever elements of the vote require their action, including but not limited to writing checks or making other payments.

How to set up a vote

Background

Please refer to the Bylaws for the up-to-date rules on votes. The Bylaws are guaranteed to be accurate, and this page is not.

The Bylaws will tell you the deadlines for when votes need to be announced to the board of directors and to the membership.

How to set up a vote on the wiki

• How to create a page to represent your vote
  • Type the name of your vote into the search box. This will become the name of your page.
  • There is text that says "Create the page XX on this wiki" (or something to that affect). Click on the link within the text.
• Page content
  • The best thing to do is to copy the source of the Vote Proposal Template page into your new page. Click Edit at the top of the template page, copy all the source, and then paste it into the editor on your new vote.
  • Generally, there are four parts to vote text.
    • Sponsor - The person who is proposing the vote
    • Background - All explanatory text and language that will not be voted on
    • Language - The actual voted upon text
    • History - This is going to contain the dates for a vote, like when it was proposed
  • Category
    • You will need to make sure that [[Category:Votes]] is on the page so it becomes index here. We also use the [[Category:[CurrentYear] Votes]]. For exmample assuming it is the year 2099, that means that the page should be in the category [[Category:2099 Votes]].
    • In the visual editor, find the icon that is 3 lines towards the right. Click page settings. Click on the categories section. Add the "Votes" category.
    • In the source editor, type [[Category:2099 Votes]] on its own line.
• Votes page
  • You now need to add it to the votes page. Do this by going to the page and finding the current year. Add your vote to the Upcoming Votes table.
  • The description needs to be a link to the vote page you just created.

General Tips

• As determined by the Bylaws, the language must stop changing some number of days before it is to be voted on (please see the Bylaws for the exact number). We would recommend giving the membership a full week of discussion for feedback before the language stops changing.
  • As an example, if the language deadline is 5 days, we would recommend that you announce it at least 5 + 7 days before the vote date.
• Generally, don't put much in the language. The background is not binding, and is best for most details.
  • A good example is Compressed Air System Updates.