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 For more information see the `reno documentation`_.
 
 .. _`reno documentation`: http://docs.openstack.org/developer/reno/usage.html
+
+...get a decision on something?
+-------------------------------
+
+You have an issue and would like a decision to be made. First, make sure
+that the issue hasn't already been addressed, by looking at documentation,
+bugs, specifications, or asking. Information and links can be found on the
+`Ironic wiki`_ page.
+
+There are several ways to solicit comments and opinions:
+
+* bringing it up at the `weekly Ironic meeting`_
+* bringing it up on IRC_
+* bringing it up on the `mailing list`_ (add "[Ironic]" to the Subject of the
+  email)
+
+If there are enough core folks at the weekly meeting, after discussing an
+issue, voting could happen and a decision could be made.
+The problem with IRC or the weekly meeting is that feedback will only
+come from the people that are actually present.
+
+To inform (and solicit feedback from) more people about an issue,
+the preferred process is:
+
+#. bring it up on the mailing list
+#. after some period of time has elapsed (and depending on the
+   thread activity), someone should propose a solution via gerrit.
+   (E.g. the person that started the thread if no one else steps up.)
+   The proposal should be made in the the git repository that is associated
+   with the issue. (For instance, this decision process was proposed as a
+   documentation patch to the ironic repository.)
+#. In the email thread, don't forget to provide a link to the proposed patch!
+#. The discussion then moves to the proposed patch. If this is a big
+   decision, we could declare that some percentage of the cores should
+   vote on it before landing it.
+
+(This process was suggested in an email thread about
+`process for making decisions`_.)
+
+.. _Ironic wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Ironic
+.. _weekly Ironic meeting: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Meetings/Ironic
+.. _IRC: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Ironic#IRC
+.. _mailing list: http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
+.. _process for making decisions: http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2016-May/095460.html