On 9/1/06, Anthony wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:
On 9/1/06, Angela beesley@gmail.com wrote:
Perhaps consensus polling should be tried instead.
Perhaps we should stop calling it consensus in those places where there is no desire to find a solution everyone can agree upon.
The phrase that's always used is "rough consensus", a recognition of the fact that it may well be impossible to please everyone, or at least highly impractical.
Consensus polling however has seemed to me like an excellent idea, since I heard about it from Angela a while ago. It helps to give some structure to consensus finding, without being as rigid or as blunt as a poll, and is very flexible.
I think it would have great potential on the projects and would be very interested in helping anyone who wants to try it out.