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

[Dave Crocker <dcrocker@brandenburg.com>]

At 03:04 PM 9/23/99 , Mikki Barry wrote:
>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 :-)

That's why a productive consensus process, like that used in the IETF, 
refers to it as "rough" consensus.  The word "rough" has two 
meanings:  approximate and difficult.  Of course, both apply.

More importantly is that the measure is of "strongly dominant" 
consensus.  The mere presence of some who disagree is not sufficient.

d/

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