[governance] FINAL? DRAFT statement on enhanced cooperation

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 12/11/2010, at 9:22 AM, Izumi AIZU wrote:

> While our poll is to ask you to support the statement entirely, and we did
> not have the luxury of asking you section by section, please vote
> if you are more less satisfied with the current text or not, and IF you do
> support it with some reservation, please express that on the list specifically
> so that we can recognize if there is "rough" consensus or not, and if we feel
> appropriate we may make final adjustment [at our discretion].

I strongly agree.

Also, if you would like polls on future statements to be put in a more piecemeal fashion so that you can say "I agree to this part but not this part", let me know.  Technically this is possible, and in fact Izumi suggested we do that this time.

My main reason for not wanting to is that if we allow people to opt out of all the most controversial points, we can end up with a bland, lowest-common-denominator statement.  It is better (in my opinion) that those who signal agreement with the statement accept it warts and all, even if there are parts they would have preferred to leave out.

-- Jeremy (almost not here)

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