2009/7/28 stevertigo stvrtg@gmail.com:
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 1:42 PM, Thomas Daltonthomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
It is the job of the proposer to demonstrate consensus. That has been how it has worked for as long as I've been around.
Hm. Is it then the job then of the officials to decree "there is no consensus?"
Strange, and anyways untrue: Consensus is achieved, not demonstrated.
You have to demonstrate that it has been achieved, usually be giving a link to the discussion where (almost) everyone was in agreement. All you had was a mailing list thread where not many people agreed and very few people participated at all.