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Title : On Consensus and Humming in the IETF
Author : Pete Resnick
Filename : draft-resnick-on-consensus-07.txt
Pages : 18
Date : 2014-04-15
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 explains some features of rough consensus,
what is not rough consensus, how we have gotten away from it, how we
might think about it differently, and the things we can do in order
to really achieve rough consensus.
Note: This document is quite consciously being put forward as
Informational. It does not propose to change any IETF processes
and is therefore not a BCP. It is simply a collection of
principles, hopefully around which the IETF can come to (at least
rough) consensus.
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