Hi Steve, On Mon, May 05 2025, Steve George wrote:
> Voting result: > - 45% (22 votes) voted to pass the GCD > - 14% voted to disapprove > - 41% abstained by not voting > > This GCD is withdrawn as it didn't achieve full consensus: > > "The GCD is accepted if (1) at least 25% of all team members–as of the start > of the “Deliberation Period”–send a reply, and (2) no one disapproves. In > other cases, the GCD is withdrawn" (from GCD 001)↩ Please forgive me for chiming in. I am an outsider and don't care one way or the other, but the standard for approval seems high. It may not be wise, or common, to count abstentions as votes against. Please also allow me to commend you for your observation, which accompanied your vote against, that "[you] don't think the deliberations on this have gone well either from a group dynamics or technical perspective." I agree. I derive great hope for the future from your distinction between the group dynamics and the technical perspective. They are different things. Furthermore, Vagrant Cascadian, who voted "accept," and Simon Tournier, who voted against, explored some aspects of those group dynamics in what I think could be a set of foundational messages about good decision making as a group. The Guix project is a great group of folks. I am hopeful the project will figure it out. Kind regards, Felix P.S. Empathy and justice are each other's opposites.
