I agree consensus is a core value, and I think that word makes sense to use when describing the important practice of building consensus.
However, I also agree that the term, used as a type of vote, as in "consensus vote" is confusing and ambiguous. I would be in favor of updating the docs around voting to avoid using "consensus" to describe a kind of vote, but I would suggest keeping the word around to describe the value and importance of consensus building, prior to and during a vote. On Thu, Oct 31, 2024, 21:56 Keith N. McKenna <keith.mcke...@comcast.net.invalid> wrote: > On 2024-10-31 at 19:17, "Dave Fisher" <w...@apache.org> wrote: > >> On Oct 31, 2024, at 2:28 PM, Craig Russell <apache....@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> I would be in favor of removing "consensus" from our documentation. > >> > >> It has a general meaning of "group agreement" which is not how we use it > here. > >> > >> I would propose using "unanimous" instead of "consensus" as there seems > to > be no ambiguity about unanimity. > > > >Consensus is a great term and is what we do. We don’t do unanimity, we > find > an acceptable path by working towards Consensus. We should avoid Votes if > at > all possible. > > > >To me Consensus is a Core value of the ASF and without it I have no > interest > in the Foundation. > > > >Best, > >Dave > > > > +1 from me > > Regards > Keith > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > >
