Alain: Consensus is not the equivalent of Unanimity.
In my opinion, a consensus is quite similar to a
majority except that dissenting views and other
concerns of minorities are taken into account in
the final decision. A consensus is thus the best
(majority) compromise ... [cutting Alain
At 7:53 PM -0800 on 11/9/99, Alain Farmer wrote:
Alain: Consensus is not the equivalent of Unanimity.
In my opinion, a consensus is quite similar to a
majority except that dissenting views and other
concerns of minorities are taken into account in
the final decision. A consensus is thus the
At 7:00 PM -0800 on 11/5/99, Alain Farmer wrote:
Alain: Consensus is not the equivalent of Unanimity.
In my opinion, a consensus is quite similar to a
majority except that dissenting views and other
concerns of minorities are taken into account in the
final decision. A consensus is thus the best
Eric: Because some people will have different levels
of commitment and interest. Also metaCard might not
want to distribute its engine to everyone? (Scott?).
We can work out ways for this to be interesting to
metaCard as a charitable deduction, and I am happy to
do the research needed on that.
