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Refactor AC Appeals
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This extracts the 5% confirmation vote, followed by the actual vote into a
separate procedure, invoked by the AC Appeal, making it reusable.

Co-authored-by: Ted Thibodeau Jr <tthibodeau@openlinksw.com>
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frivoal and TallTed committed Jul 24, 2024
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An [=Advisory Committee representative=] initiates an [=appeal=] by sending a request to the [=Team=],
and should also share this request with the [=Advisory Committee=].
The request should say “I appeal this Decision”
The request <em class=rfc2119>should</em> say “I appeal this Decision”
and identify the decision,
and may also include their rationale for appealing the decision.
and <em class=rfc2119>may</em> also include their rationale for [=appealing=] the decision.

Note: See [[DECISION-APPEAL inline]] for a recommendation
on how to communicate an appeal request to the [=Team=] and the [=AC=].

Within one week the [=Team=] <em class="rfc2119">must</em> announce the appeal process
Within one week, the [=Team=] <em class="rfc2119">must</em> initiate the [=appeal=]
in the form of a [=Advisory Committee Override=]
on the proposal to overturn the decision.

The conclusion of the [=Advisory Committee Override=] is final:
the same decision cannot be appealed more than once.

If the [=Advisory Committee Override=]
approves the proposal to overturn the decision,
the proposal <em class=rfc2119>may</em> be returned for additional work,
after which the applicable decision process is re-initiated.

<h3 id="ac-override">
Advisory Committee Override</h3>

An <dfn export>Advisory Committee Override</dfn> is an exceptional two-step procedure
used to resolve certain matters where neither the usual [=consensus=]
process nor its [[#addressing-fo|escalation path]] is sufficient.

Note: Currently, this only applies to [=AC Appeals=].

First, the [=Team=] <em class="rfc2119">must</em> announce the proposal for a [=Advisory Committee Override=]
to the [=Advisory Committee=]
and provide a mechanism for [=Advisory Committee representatives=]
to respond with a statement of positive support for this appeal.
to respond with a statement of positive support for holding a vote.
The archive of these statements <em class="rfc2119">must</em> be [=member-only=].

If, within <span class="time-interval">one week</span> of the Team's announcement,
5% or more of the [=Advisory Committee=] support the appeal request,
the Team <em class="rfc2119">must</em> organize an appeal vote
5% or more of the [=Advisory Committee=] support holding the vote,
the Team <em class="rfc2119">must</em> organize a vote
asking the [=Advisory Committee=]
“Do you approve of the Decision?”
together with links to the decision and the appeal support.
“Do you approve of the Advisory Committee Override proposal?”
together with details about the proposal
and links to support for holding the vote.

The ballot <em class="rfc2119">must</em> allow for three possible responses:
“Approve”,
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(including explicit “abstain” ballots)
by [=Advisory Committee Representatives=]:
* if fewer than 5% participate,
the vote fails.
the proposal is rejected.
* if at least 5% but no more than 15% participate,
and the number of “Approve” ballots exceeds three times (3x) the number of “Reject” ballots,
the vote passes.
the proposal is approved.
* if more than 15% but fewer than 20% participate,
and the number of “Approve” ballots exceeds twice (2x) the number of “Reject” ballots,
the vote passes.
the proposal is approved.
* if 20% or more participate,
and the number of “Approve” ballots exceeds the number of “Reject” ballots,
the vote passes.

If the vote passes,
the decision is overturned.
In that case, there are the following possible next steps:
the proposal is approved.

<ol>
<li>
The proposal is rejected.

<li>
The proposal is returned for additional work,
after which the applicable decision process is re-initiated.
</ol>
Otherwise, the proposal is rejected.

<h2 id="Reports">
W3C Technical Reports</h2>
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