[57north-discuss] The Last Ever Serious Business Meeting

[Iain R. Learmonth]

On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 03:09:14PM +0100, Martin Evans wrote:
> Please everybody don't get sucked into petty disputes, it's the quickest
> way to destroy what you / we have. Concentrate on the big stuff, why we
> meet etc. Ego's need to be left behind. Does it really matter if the
> meeting is tonight or next week as the general consensus seems to be to
> scrap the monthly meetings. Why not just scrap the meeting all together,
> post the agenda and let people comment on issues they want to have a say
> on. Taking votes online just alienates people particularly if they don't
> win!!!

+1

I propose the following solution: there will not be any more meetings.

If anyone feels that there are issues that need to be discussed, then
discuss them on -discuss. We will make decisions through a "rough consensus"
process. The consensus does not require that all participants agree although
this is, of course, preferred. In general, the dominant view of the members
that care shall prevail. (However, "dominance" is not to be determined on
the basis of volume or persistence, but rather a more general sense of
agreement). Consensus can be determined by a show of hands, humming, or any
other means on which those interested  agree (by rough consensus, of
course). Note that 51% of the working group does not qualify as "rough
consensus" and 99% is better than rough. It is up to the members that care
to determine, via rough consensus, whether or not rough consensus has been
reached.

Iain.

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