Re: FW: CONSENSUS? [ga] DNSO General Assembly call to change seating rule

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Ken and all remaining assembly members,

  As I am unable to post to the DNSO GA list due to Haralds
selective censorship practices, could you post my response to the list?

PMIW, Ken Stoen wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Stoen [mailto:Ken@orion.pmiw.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 6:09 PM
> To: Thomas Roessler; owner-ga@dnso.org
> Subject: CONSENSUS? [ga] DNSO General Assembly call to change seating
> rule
>
> Hi
>  Let us cut to the chase here.
> Consider this a call to the list.
>
> A: Is there a CONSENSUS on the following issue:
>
> 1) The newly elected board members should take
>    their seats before the general meeting, not after.

Yes I agree.

>
>
> 2) All non-elected members whose terms have been
>    extended beyond their original time should immediately
>    resign.

 Yes I agree.

>
>
> Please reply with yes "I agree"  or "I don't agree"
>
> Ken
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: owner-ga@dnso.org [mailto:owner-ga@dnso.org]On Behalf Of Thomas
> >Roessler
> >Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 7:05 AM
> >To: William X. Walsh
> >Cc: Gomes, Chuck; 'technizmo'; ga@dnso.org
> >Subject: Re: [ga] DNSO General Assembly call to change seating rule
> >
> >
> >On 2000-11-10 05:52:44 -0800, William X. Walsh wrote:
> >
> >> Participation is the responsibility of the participant.
> >> Registering or not registering your vote is not our
> >> responsibility.
> >
> >While this is true, it won't work on mailing lists in general.  If
> >all you want to do is claim rough consensus, post a message with a
> >clear and visible subject, like:
> >
> >       CONSENSUS?  <topic>
> >
> >and give people two or three days to indicate their possible
> >objections.  Normally, you'll quite quickly see whether or not there
> >are strong objections against claiming consensus.  This can also be
> >documented.
> >
> >While, this way, you won't get strong documentation and clear
> >legitimation like with formal votes, it'll be sufficient in
> >situations where time is insufficient for a vote, and at least a
> >rough result should be produced.
> >
> >--
> >Thomas Roessler                         <roessler@does-not-exist.org>
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