At 4:11 PM -0800 on 12/28/99, Alain Farmer wrote:
>> Alain: I agree. Unanimity is often hard to achieve
>> and it only requires one dissenter to bog down the
>> process. Each participant is, in effect, given the
>> power of veto.
>
>Anthony: Which is a very good thing when each
>participant is legally liable for the actions decided
>on.
>
>Alain: We have been over this one many many times.
>What liability are you referring to, Anthony? We are
>not a corporation. We are not a partnership.
I thaught we were discussing Eric's partnership agreement?!
>Alain: Now that the liability issue is out of the way,
>let's move on to the main gist of my post. In my
>humble opinion, we need to be unanimous on the
>fundamentals, and we can settle for majorities of
>varying degrees for the less fundamental issues.
I agree that we should delegate the non-fundamental power to a group using
majorities, and should refrain from using veto on non-fundamental issues.
But if we're going to be a partnership, and the partners in such are
liable, then we need power of veto.
