On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 1:20 PM Tollef Fog Heen <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > We don't have any form of decision making process on mailing lists. As > > others have mentioned, when we make a project-wide vote (like DPL > > elections or a GR), then that's co-ordinated by the project secretary. > > I think the word «formal» is missing from the paragraph above (and even > in that case, things like proposing GRs and amendmends to ballot options > do happen on mailing lists, so it's a bit in the eye of the > beholder). :-) Quite a lot of decisions are made every day on mailing > lists (and IRC, Matrix, in person, and in a whole lot of other arenas) > they're just a lot less formal than GRs. > > (As a more general comment to the suggestion to use liquidfeedback, I'm > not sure what problem is being addressed. I think figuring that out > first is rather important.) > LiquidFeedback is a tool designed for collaborative decision making. It seems that there is some research behind it as well: https://interaktive-demokratie.org/research.en.html I don't claim that I understand these topics. I just have a feeling that it might be useful for a group of people that try to make decisions collaboratively, and it might be better than using ad-hoc tools and methods. I am not sure that it does actually work, and that it does work as expected, but I am willing to give it a try and to find it out. Henry Ford, who industrialized the production of cars, is quoted to have said: "If I would have asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses." My point is: let's give LiquidFeedback a try and see whether it is worth, whether it solves any problems, etc. We can't know without trying it. We don't need to invent and develop it (which might take a huge effort), we just need to install it and give it a try, which is feasible in my opinion.
