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Re: Consensus? #746 3.4 IAOC decision making

2005-01-13 16:09:36
Harald,

Close, but "no".  You don't want to say "some decisions may be
made by voting" since it leaves a loose end about how that
decision is made.  You might say any of 

        "...the IAOC may, by consensus, conclude that it should
        make a particular decision by voting"  or
        
        "...the IAOC chair may decide to resolve a particular
        matter by voting" or
        
        "...if the IAOC concludes that the matter should be
        resolved, rather than continuing discussion until
        consensus can be achieved, the decision will be made by
        voting"

   "..., the decision will be made by voting."

or, any of probably a dozen other things, noting that none of
the above are the same in practical terms.  But please don't say
"some decisions" and leave the question as to how to determine
which are appropriate to fall into "some" completely open.  That
just invites time-wasting procedural haggling.

   john


--On Thursday, 13 January, 2005 23:20 +0100 Harald Tveit
Alvestrand <harald(_at_)alvestrand(_dot_)no> wrote:

It seems that we are now more-or-less agreed that "less is
more" when it comes to quorum, majority rules and so on -
here's a proposed minimum version of what is in section 3.4:

3.4  IAOC Decision Making

   The IAOC attempts to reach all decisions unanimously.  If
unanimity
   cannot be achieved, some decisions may be made by voting.

[...]

OK?





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