On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 12:02 AM, Tony Li <[email protected]> wrote: >> consensus >> n. >> 1 an opinion held by all or most >> 2 general agreement, esp. in opinion > > Here's what another authority has to say about consensus: > > Decisions are made by those who show up. > -- Aaron Sorkin
Tony, While that's a great quote, I'm not convinced that a fictional character on a television show qualifies as an "authority." http://www.westwingtranscripts.com/search.php?flag=getTranscript&id=22&keyword=made%20by%20those%20who%20show%20up#thequery Even if he was an authority, the quote describes voting which our friend Webster defines quite differently than consensus: "A decision by a group on a proposal," not "general agreement." >> Last year, I and most of the rest of the group ignored your >> declaration of consensus on "fix it for IPv6 first" and continued >> focusing solely on approaches which work for IPv4. > > Interesting. I don't recall that. In fact, I've been very > careful to do clear consensus checks. > Care to cite chapter and verse? Since Robin has thoughtfully done all the work for me: http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/rrg/current/msg02477.html I suspect Mad Cow has nothing to do with it. As I do, you would like to see the researchers on the group come together as a more effective team. But voting doesn't forge a team... it splits folks apart. That's why the IETF seeks consensus INSTEAD OF voting. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William D. Herrin ................ [email protected] [email protected] 3005 Crane Dr. ...................... Web: <http://bill.herrin.us/> Falls Church, VA 22042-3004 _______________________________________________ rrg mailing list [email protected] http://www.irtf.org/mailman/listinfo/rrg
