The (eventual) AC vote on progression is a simple majority vote — where there is one vote per AC representative (and one AC rep per Member). (The vote technical

The (eventual) AC vote on progression is a simple majority vote — where there is one vote per AC representative (and one AC rep per Member). (The vote technically only happens if an appeal is launched with 5% of the AC in support, which requires one or more Formal Objections — but will almost certainly happen in this case.) The EFF is the only person/org in that list of people who are Members. The rest — effectively — have no say. The Director practically cannot go against the majority of the AC (as they can just amend the Process to remove the Director's veto). You'll need to convince a lot more Members to vote against it. I see no evidence of MS having done anything underhand here — this is simply a case of a lot (quite possibly a majority) of Members wanting something a lot of people disagree with.