On 6/7/18 2:12 PM, Chase Pettet wrote:
My own interpretation of the propose/oppose section was that it was clunky.  It had lived in a half-edited state because it was being iterated on while I talked with Kevin on the talk page and then in email and irc.  Then Kevin left etc.  It also has received (by far) the most critique and cross-fire, which is really interesting. My adaptation was to clarify and get to the spirit of the thing so hopefully people would find it less appealing to tease apart and thereby losing the forrest for the trees

Maybe this is a better lead-in:

Beginning with the good faith assumption that everyone is doing necessary work, If you have concerns about a proposal then help craft an alternative approach.
I like this better!  I would probably just make it two imperative sentences: 

"Begin with the good faith assumption that everyone is doing necessary work.  If you have concerns about a proposal then help craft an alternative approach."


than:

Beginning with the good faith assumption that everyone is doing necessary work, the intention behind this idiom is to reinforce that to oppose an idea or approach is to engage in the crafting of alternatives.

I'm cool w/ either honestly