Re: Re: [sig-policy] Re: Decicion
> .As I know,there ara always some persons who oppose each
> proposal,no matter the proposal is relative to him or not.But
> sometimes the chair seems to be hard to decide whether the
> proposal reaches the consensus or not.So I hope we can reach
> consensus about the definition of "Consensus" at first.
we've been through this in the other rirs, the ietf, nanog, ...
if we could have a fixed algorithm, we would not need humans
involved. think of it as job security for humans :-).
but, as you point out in another message, this one clearly
lacked consensus.
and, as chanki so well illustrates, the process clearly needs
work if one special interest thinks it can impose its will on
the vast majority by bluster.
> Another question is if a proposal does not reach consensus,
> does it mean there is no problem at all or the proposal is
> not worthy to continue discussion.
i like the way this works in arin, the rir which seems to have
the most formalized process. if there was essentially zero
support for the proposal, it is gently put to sleep. if there
was support, and especially if the non-support said things like
"if only X than it would be supportable," more work clearly
needs to be done and, after it is reworked, expect to see it
before the members again.
randy