[Foundation-l] Community Assembly

[Ray Saintonge]

Geoffrey Plourde wrote:
> The Board simply said that any proposal in this area would come from the community. Power over the community comes from the community. If it would make you happier, the consensus provision can be changed to a 60% majority. 
>
> From: Dan Rosenthal <swatjester at gmail.com>
>
> What will make it unified? A mythical idea of consensus? What is  
> consensus, as determined by the assembly? And what makes you think it  
> would have any authority, after the board rejected the idea of giving  
> the significantly better planned out Wikicouncil idea any authority?
Deciding on consensus or a 60% majority is not about making any one 
person happy.  The best governance systems require the active 
participation of the governed.  In reality the vast majority prefer to 
avoid anything that sounds like politics no matter how much their 
involvement is solicited.

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