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Title : On Consensus and Humming in the IETF
Author(s) : Pete Resnick
Filename : draft-resnick-on-consensus-03.txt
Pages : 14
Date : 2013-09-29
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 rule" 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, without consideration of minority
concerns. 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 still likely has many holes that need to be filled in.
Even if those holes are filled, it's not clear that it should be
published as an RFC, and certainly is not intended in its current
form to be 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.
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