[governance] Revised Draft IGC Statement #DRM in HTML5

[Chaitanya Dhareshwar]

Wouldnt polling be a viable mechanism to get consensus data?

-C


On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 10:34 PM, Avri Doria <avri at ella.com> wrote:

>
> On 8 Jun 2013, at 12:52, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro wrote:
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> > What we will do is organise a poll on the matter.
>
>
> when did polling, i.e. voting, become the way we made consensus calls?
>
> from the  CHARTER:
>
> > The IGC will work on the basis of consensus as much as is possible. When
> complete consensus cannot be reached the coordinators will be jointly
> empowered to call rough consensus. Rough consensus, for the purposes of the
> IGC, is defined as the point at which an overwhelming majority of the IGC
> appears to agree with a position with any dissenting minority view having
> been well discussed and respected. Rough consensus can only be called after
> a serious attempt has been made to accommodate minority points of view.
> > When both coordinators agree that it is necessary to make a rough
> consensus call, the coordinator will announce the text of the consensus
> decision on the mailing list and allow for at least fourty eight (48) hours
> of final discussion. As discussed under the role of the appeals team, a
> rough consensus call can be appealed to the appeals team.
>
> I do not find the word Poll anywhere in the charter.
>
> avri
>
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