Common use of Securing Approval Clause in Contracts

Securing Approval. To secure an approval, a contributor must solicit votes, then tally votes, and finally report the result. Soliciting Votes To solicit votes, a contributor must circulate a single message with all of these details: the identity of the project the complete text of the proposal the voting standard required the date of the deadline Casting Votes Contributors may vote by replying to a message soliciting votes using the same communication system. Messages like “I approve.”, “I vote in favor.”, and “▇▇▇” count as votes in favor. Messages like “I oppose.”, “I vote against.”, and “Nay” count as votes against. Tallying Votes To tally votes, the contributor who solicited votes must ensure that each vote message is circulated. If the communication system enables forwarding messages verbatim, such as by forwarding e-mail, the contributor must forward vote messages verbatim. If a voting contributor circulates their vote themself, the contributor soliciting votes need not circulate it again.