Hi Bill,
While that's a great quote, I'm not convinced that a fictional character on a television show qualifies as an "authority."
Actually, Aaron Sorkin was the writer. ;-)
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."
Ok, fine. I don't want to quibble with you. We're voting.
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.
The IETF (and RRG) seek _rough_ consensus. The fact that they do so by a show of hands, a hum, or a doodle poll is merely a matter of mechanism. It's all just voting.
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