--- Anthere <anthere9(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
Just a thought... I think setting up an approval
voting limit at simple
majority to conclude a project is supported does not strike me as being
a consensual decision.
I think we still need to think better how to start/decide new projects.
Yes, simple majority is *not* an acceptable level of support. We work by
consensus here and thus must develop proposals that a supermajority of people
support. If only a simple majority supports something, then we must go back to
the people who voted against the issue and ask what else needs to be done to
change their minds.
A simple majority often gives us a majority of the simple.
A bare simple majority can be a symptom of a divided community. I don't
know if going back to "change their minds" is the right approach. That
as often results in people digging in their heels. Even "supermajority"
drags in the language of a system based on divisiveness. The minority
needs to be brought into the decision, and made to feel that they are a
part of it irrespective of their earlier position. It often means that
the majority opinion still needs to be modified.
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