RE: [wg-c] Restatement of the compromise consensus

["Roeland M.J. Meyer" <rmeyer@mhsc.com>]

I'll chime in with agreement also. I also share Mikki's incredulousness.
If Dave, myself, Mikki, Tony, plus a few others, can share this view,
then we are certainly somewhat close to consensus.<grin> Those who chose
to disagree, haven't been following the debates the past few yarns.

> Behalf Of Mikki Barry
> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 1999 7:05 AM
> To: Dave Crocker
> Cc: Milton Mueller
>
> At 12:03 PM +0100 9/23/99, Dave Crocker wrote:
> >I normally try to edit down the message I'm responding to, to focus
> >on the specific parts triggering the response.  In this case I'm
> >including the whole message to underscore a point I consider quite
> >significant:
> >
> >One of the ways to determine the presence of a true rough consensus
> >for a controversial topic is the see whether participants with a
> >history of very different perspectives agree in this particular case.
> >
> >Hence I want to comment that Milton's note matches my perception of
> >the situation and presence of rough consensus EXACTLY.
>
> I find it absolutely remarkable that in a case where people who have
> traditionally been on opposite sides of the fence (i.e. myself and
> Milton "vs." Dave etc.) actually agree on something, that it can
> STILL be held up and claimed that there be a lack of consensus.  It
> seems as if the roll out of new gTLDs is being hijacked by a small
> faction even more radical than we are :-)
>