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Document voting process for `formal-vote` patches 

A while ago it was decided[0] that motions, before being
merged/approved, should be discussed and voted on during the Technical
Committee meetings. This worked well back in the days but it's not
necessary anymore. This was carried over even though we now have an
asynchronous voting system and it was never properly documented or
re-evaluated.

This patch documents how formal-vote patches are voted on and eventually
approved.

[0] http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2013-August/013339.html

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@ -76,16 +76,23 @@ minimum of 7 people present). Non-members affected by a given discussion are
strongly encouraged to participate in the meeting and voice their opinion,
though only TC members can ultimately cast a vote.
.. _charter-motions-section:
Motions
=======
Before being put to a vote, motions presented before the TC should be discussed
publicly on the development mailing-list for a minimum of 4 business days to
give a chance to the wider community to express their opinion. TC members can
vote positively, negatively, or abstain. Decisions need more positive votes
than negative votes (ties mean the motion is rejected), and a minimum of
positive votes of at least one third of the total number of TC members (rounded
up: in a 13-member committee that means a minimum of 5 approvers).
Motions presented before the TC should be discussed publicly to give a chance to
the wider community to express their opinion. Motions should therefore be
announced on the development mailing list and posted to Gerrit for review for a
minimum of 7 calendar days.
TC members can vote positively, negatively, or abstain (using the
"RollCall-Vote" in Gerrit). Decisions need more positive votes than negative
votes (ties mean the motion is rejected), and a minimum of positive votes of at
least one third of the total number of TC members (rounded up: in a 13-member
committee that means a minimum of 5 approvers). After a motion receives
sufficient votes to pass, it must stay open for further comments and voting for
a minimum of 3 calendar days.
Election for PTL seats
======================

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House rules for governance changes approval
=============================================
While most of the governance changes call for a formal discussion and
vote by the Technical Committee membership, we also have a number of
exceptions to that general rule, in order to speed up the processing
of smaller changes. This document lists those "house rules" for reference.
While most of the governance changes follow the rules described in the
:ref:`charter-motions-section` section and call for a formal discussion and vote
by the Technical Committee membership, we also have a number of exceptions to
that general rule, in order to speed up the processing of smaller changes. This
document lists those "house rules" for reference.
Typo fixes
----------