rough consensus of what "population"?

Bound, Jim Jim.Bound at hp.com
Mon Mar 24 11:57:33 CET 2003


I agree with Dave as note to chairs.  Do you want us to do ACKs like
this?
Thanks
/jim

 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Crocker [mailto:dhc at dcrocker.net] 
> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 11:57 AM
> To: problem-statement at alvestrand.no
> Subject: rough consensus of what "population"?
> 
> 
> While waiting to hear the proper venue for discussing solutions:
> 
> 
> I think that the process of assessing rough consensus should 
> be limited to those who are familiar with the details of a 
> specification.
> 
> When there is no specification, everyone can argue and lobby 
> for their favorite concepts, paradigms, etc.
> 
> When there IS a specification, lobbying ("voting") needs to 
> be based on familiarity with that spec.
> 
> So when rough consensus is being assessed on a spec, the 
> chair should first ask who has read the spec and should then 
> ask only those people to do the humming.
> 
> This relies on individual honesty, but I think that is acceptable.
> 
> d/
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