<p>I feel like if you have to formalize consensus something has gone horribly wrong.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Aug 29, 2011 2:26 PM, "Chris Weiss" <<a href="mailto:cweiss@gmail.com">cweiss@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> Where consensus fails is that it depends, at least a little, on peer<br>
> pressure and hacker-types don't usually fall for peer pressure.<br>> <br>> Where it works is when the right questions are asked and reasoned out,<br>> and this is the hard part. In Far's "I think Emacs sucks" vs "Emacs<br>
> Sucks" example, the latter would be followed with "why, in detail" and<br>> then pick at the details to see if they are relevant to the item at<br>> hand. Sometimes they are, sometimes they are not. When they are not,<br>
> a reasonable person will conceded.<br>> <br>> Of course this assumes that everyone with rights for the vote is a<br>> reasonable person, and this simply is not reality, especially when it<br>> comes to anything that requires a financial outlay. Arch Reactor<br>
> often has consensus, but we don't require it. We do require more than<br>> a simple majority.<br>> <br>> On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 6:38 AM, Hans Fraiponts <<a href="mailto:fraiponts@gmail.com">fraiponts@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Hey,<br>>><br>>> Just interested, does the consensus pattern[1] work in your space?<br>>><br>>> 1) do you use the consensus pattern? For some or all decisions?<br>>> 2) what happens when someone blocks consensus? Is this member expected<br>
>> to reach consensus (by compromise) by next meeting,? Does this ever<br>>> happen?<br>>> 3) do you have the impression most members agree with the consensus pattern?<br>>> 4) Did you develop an alternative for the consensus model?<br>
>><br>>> Thanks for your input,<br>>><br>>> Hans F.<br>>><br>>> 1) <a href="http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/The_Consensus_Pattern">http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/The_Consensus_Pattern</a><br>
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