[Foundation-l] Please REJECT the latin wikinews project. inmediatly

Wed Jun 25 07:37:38 UTC 2008

Mark Williamson wrote:
> Well then, what do we have to do to show we have a consensus? A straw
> poll? Or do we need an angry mob?
>   

It's as much about the decision making process in general.  Angry mobs 
are a product of frustration and a sense of isolation.

Decisions that reflect a snapshot in time may not be the best.  Polls 
that reach an adoption threshold may be adequate to allow action to be 
taken, but it would be best to keep them open indefinitely after they 
have reached that threshold.  If, over an extended period of time, new 
additional votes result in a different decision, that's OK too.

Ec
> 2008/6/22 Jesse Plamondon-Willard:
>   
>> Ray Saintonge wrote:
>>     
>>> Am I wrong to just get more confused about this situation?  The function
>>> of any (sub-)committee is to recommend rather than to decide.
>>> [...]
>>> The committee's recommendations should take
>>> all of these into account and not get overly upset when the community or
>>> the Board occasionally comes to a different conclusion.
>>>       
>> There is no community conclusion to take into account, and the board
>> has neither objected to any of our recommendations nor vetoed any
>> subcommittee decision. A group of users arguing on a mailing list with
>> no agreement or compromise is not a consensus. Should there such a
>> consensus, the policy would of course be updated accordingly.
>>     