rough consensus of what "population"?

[Melinda Shore]

> When there IS a specification, lobbying ("voting") needs to be based
> on familiarity with that spec.

This is a strong argument against voting at all.  I'd really
like to see us improve our decision-making processes so that
voting in working group meetings is kept to a minimum.  This
means that those of us who chair working groups really need
to improve our facilitation skills.

Melinda