diff --git a/index.bs b/index.bs index 1a10cf07..8cfede48 100644 --- a/index.bs +++ b/index.bs @@ -1821,16 +1821,21 @@ Charter Refinement The [=charter refinement=] phase concludes when there is a [=Team Decision=] (informed by the work of the [=Chartering Facilitator=]) - either to initiate [=AC Review=] of the [=charter draft=], - or to abandon the proposal. + to either complete charter refinement by initiating [=AC Review=] of the [=charter draft=], + or abandon the proposal. [=Formal Objections=] filed during the [=charter refinement=] phase are specially handled: - * Objections to abandoning the proposal can be appealed only if 5 or more Members, + * Objections to abandoning the proposal or to extending the refinment period can be appealed only if 5 or more Members, through their [=Advisory Committee representative=], - formally object to the decision within 8 weeks of the decision being announced. - In this case, the [=Team=] must either resume charter refinement - or refer the matter to the [=Council=]. + formally object to the decision within 8 weeks of the decision. + In this case, + the [=Team=] must either + abide by their request + if all objections agree on the alternative course of action + (i.e. whether to abandon, extend, or complete charter refinement), + initiate [=AC Review=], + or convene a [=Council=] which then decides the course of action. (No action is required to be taken when fewer than 5 members object.) * Objections to decisions pertaining to the content of the charter, as well as objections to initiating the [=AC Review=],