On 11/06/2013 09:24 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
I'm wondering if the translation of this is: 'it's OK in this case because I
(mostly) agree with the outcome', which of course will inevitably lead
(someday) to: 'if we ever do a non-consensus decision, and I'm on the losing
side of that one, I won't be anywhere near as happy that we threw out that
particular baby'.
Not really. It's just that my experience has been that
1) it's absolutely the case that the IETF does not reach
all "management" decisions through consensus decision-
making processes, and 2) it is impossible to reach consensus
among thousands of people of diverse backgrounds on nearly
any non-trivial matter on which reasonable people can
disagree, and relying on the ability to do so leads to
either calcification or disingenuous wording of questions.
Melinda