>>>>> "Sandy" == Sandy Wills <sandy@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Sandy> Gray, Eric wrote:
>> It is useful sometimes to differentiate those who have no stake
>> in a particular issue from those who are not paying attention.
Sandy> (rest of post snipped)
Sandy> Here I must become two-faced.
Sandy> Personally, I agree with you. Often, there are many
Sandy> shades of grey between the white and black binary choices.
Sandy> Often, being able to communicate those shades of grey will
Sandy> be essential to creating a usable compromise.
Agreed.
Sandy> Unfortunately, there seems to be a religious dogma
Sandy> among the long-time IETF participants that they never take
Sandy> votes. All they do is judge rough or smooth concensus, and
Sandy> that reduces our options to simple binary choices.
I'm very confused here; as far as I can tell judging consensus works
much better with things in the middle than any sort of votes.
--Sam
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