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

["William X. Walsh" <william@userfriendly.com>]

Hello Ken,

Agree with both positions.

Saturday, November 11, 2000, 2:49:35 AM, you 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.


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


> 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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 William                            mailto:william@userfriendly.com


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