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Title : On Consensus and Humming in the IETF
Author(s) : Pete Resnick
Filename : draft-resnick-on-consensus-01.txt
Pages : 11
Date : 2013-02-13
Abstract:
The IETF has had a long tradition of doing its technical work through
a consensus process, taking into account the different views among
IETF participants and coming to (at least rough) consensus on
technical matters. In particular, the IETF is supposed not to be run
by a "majority rules" philosophy. This is why we engage in rituals
like "humming" instead of voting. However, more and more of our
actions are now indistinguishable from voting, and quite often we are
letting the majority win the day. This document is a collection of
thoughts on what rough consensus is, how we have gotten away from it,
and the things we can do in order to really achieve rough consensus.
Note: This document contains the musings of an individual. Right
now, it is just some rough notes and has lots of holes that need
to be filled in. Even if those holes are filled, in its current
form, it is not intended to be published as an RFC, let alone
being a BCP for a change of IETF policy. If it evolves into such
a thing, great. If it simply sparks discussion as an Internet
Draft, that's a perfectly fine outcome.
The IETF datatracker status page for this draft is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-resnick-on-consensus
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http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-resnick-on-consensus-01
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http://www.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-resnick-on-consensus-01
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