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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 05:30 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 10/8/13 9:20 PM, Loa Andersson wrote:
> FWIW - my personal way of thinking about consensus vd. rough consensus,
> please note that it my personal view not a definition.
> 
> Consensus - An agreement by everyone in a group that a proposed
>             solution is the best of all of all possible solutions
> 
> Rough consensus - An agreement by almost everyone that the proposed

That's a lot like voting, I think.

Melinda

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