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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