On Aug 1, 2013, at 5:32 PM, Dave Crocker <dhc(_at_)dcrocker(_dot_)net> wrote:
Perhaps that doesn't bother other folk very much but the differential result
was so extreme -- as a single-event experiment -- it strongly suggests we
should not call for hand-raising. (The likely explanations for the
difference are pretty straightforward. Whether our community of engineers
wants to believe the explanations or not doesn't matter The data should be
sufficiently compelling.)
I thought this was fascinating too. And there may be some cultural issue at
work here. But letting the negative hums indicate a lack of consensus all by
themselves would have been wrong: that's not how you determine consensus
_either_.
So what do you think should have been done differently?
To be clear:
The other question raised in my mind is why the initial result from
the hum, which did not have a consensus either way, was not
sufficient.
Exactly. This is a point of working group management that should prompt some
concern.
If when the hum comes out indeterminate, you conclude that you do not have
consensus, you are holding a vote.