New resolution to "pause" fedi membership #690

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decentral1se · 2026-03-09T08:05:40Z

decentral1se commented

2026-03-09 08:05:40 +00:00

Some fedi members are inactive for some time. Large votes are stalled if we can not get a vote from them. We should come up with a way to "pause" a membership from "our side" if a fedi member is unresponsive so we can continue to make progress. They can always come back.

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mayel referenced this issue

2026-03-09 08:49:57 +00:00

Voting rights and fedi individual members #689

fauno commented

2026-03-09 15:54:15 +00:00

how do we define inactivity?

for instance:

not having voted on last .... resolutions
not paying membership dues for .... months
not maintaining recipes properly

how do we define inactivity? for instance: * not having voted on last .... resolutions * not paying membership dues for .... months * not maintaining recipes properly

3wordchant commented

2026-03-10 17:49:44 +00:00

not having voted on last .... resolutions

not paying membership dues for .... months

Seems great. Cyberia has something similar:

voting members who fail to attend 2 regular Congresses without excuse are removed as voting members
https://wiki.cyberia.club/hypha/congress_and_the_board/bylaws

Although I vaguely remember Forest saying there was some problem with it in practice.

not maintaining recipes properly

Seems maybe like this should / would trigger offboarding as a maintainer, not necessarily federation member, to me personally.

> * not having voted on last .... resolutions > * not paying membership dues for .... months Seems great. [Cyberia](https://cyberia.club) has something similar: > voting members who fail to attend 2 regular Congresses without excuse are removed as voting members > https://wiki.cyberia.club/hypha/congress_and_the_board/bylaws Although I vaguely remember Forest saying there was some problem with it in practice. > not maintaining recipes properly Seems maybe like this should / would trigger offboarding as a maintainer, not necessarily federation member, to me personally.

ineiti commented

2026-03-22 14:54:54 +00:00

How are votes defined? If you say:

for the next 2 weeks
if the "yes" are more than the "no"

the inactive members are not a problem, no?

How are votes defined? If you say: * for the next 2 weeks * if the "yes" are more than the "no" the inactive members are not a problem, no?

decentral1se commented

2026-03-22 17:44:41 +00:00

How are votes defined?

https://docs.coopcloud.tech/federation/proposals/federation/#decision-making

the inactive members are not a problem, no?

From #690 (comment)

Some fedi members are inactive for some time. Large votes are stalled if we can not get a vote from them.

Stalled votes are a problem.

> How are votes defined? https://docs.coopcloud.tech/federation/proposals/federation/#decision-making > the inactive members are not a problem, no? From https://git.coopcloud.tech/toolshed/organising/issues/690#issue-5695 > Some fedi members are inactive for some time. Large votes are stalled if we can not get a vote from them. Stalled votes are a problem.

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