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Re: Last Call: <draft-resnick-on-consensus-05.txt> (On Consensus and Humming in the IETF) to Informational RFC

Melinda Shore <melinda.shore@gmail.com> Wed, 09 October 2013 17:22 UTC

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Subject: Re: Last Call: <draft-resnick-on-consensus-05.txt> (On Consensus and Humming in the IETF) to Informational RFC
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On 10/9/13 4:35 AM, Ted Lemon wrote:
> On Oct 9, 2013, at 1:30 AM, Melinda Shore <melinda.shore@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>> Rough consensus - An agreement by almost everyone that the
>>> proposed

>> That's a lot like voting, I think.

> It's worse than voting, because it encourages people to invite their
> friends to sway the consensus. 

Excellent point.

Melinda

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