[ga-rules] I like Corliss's nudging style

[Eric Dierker <eric@hi-tek.com>]

This ain't me I don't think? But it is good
Peace,
          WG-Review

       [Appendix 18] Procedure for Posting to the List(By Eric,

       1. Deal with the current content, not the person who said it, or
their past history. Dealing in personalities destroys the foundation of
consensus.

       2. Ignore anyone who doesn't comply with 1. (very difficult to
do, I know, but utterly necessary)

       3. Attempt to avoid assuming that person X is motivated by agenda

Y. Ignore any response that attempts to tell you what someone else is
REALLY doing, or what the REAL agenda is. Any such response is not
interested
in consensus, but in persuading you to some political position or
other. In consensus, we shouldn't be concerned with who's agenda is what
-
we should be concerned with community dialogue and generating agreement
on
relevant content where possible. This is not to say that there aren't
agendas operating - just that if we focus on the presented content, what

emerges will be either accepted as consensus statements or not, and the
agenda is irrelevant.

       4. When replying to a message that contains both personality
content and productive content, deal just with the productive content
and
delete the personality content from your reply.

       5. Use the thread headers originally proposed by YJ when making
an original post, with or without the grouping modification I proposed.

       6. Ask ourselves before we post "Does this comment facilitate or
impede the consensus process?" and "Is this post relevant to the thread
topic?"



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