Re: Trying to invent a way of determining consensus

2006-01-10 Thread Sam Hartman
I strongly disagree with David's characterization of the IETF, his characterization of how things should work, his claim that the problem he has identified should be fixed and the proposed solution. Consider this a vote of wrong direction. If it becomes apparent that David is attracting

Re: Trying to invent a way of determining consensus

2006-01-09 Thread Brian E Carpenter
... Anyone who agrees with the CfC statement, and doesn't say anything, is fine, because the CfC doesn't need or want their support. The CfC will stand or fall based upon the size of the disagree and replied group. That's pretty much how I've seen IETF consensus work over the years. As

Re: Trying to invent a way of determining consensus

2006-01-07 Thread JFC (Jefsey) Morfin
Sandy, experience shows that you would only create more traffic. The smart people who support the statement will not answer your call, but will comment what those who object will answer. As I doubt you can word a statement in such a way people who object may simply answer no. There are

Trying to invent a way of determining consensus

2006-01-06 Thread Sandy Wills
Are you guys taking turns, saying the same thing over and over again? For the record, I'm not taking sides in any of the current questions about ASCII/Word/AmiPro/etc, or DKIM, or the other discussions filling my inbox. I'm trying to come up with a way for the participants in those