On 8/1/13 6:25 PM, Melinda Shore wrote: > On 8/1/13 1:29 AM, joel jaeggli wrote: >> Consensus for any particular outcome is in the end a judgment call. > Well, yes and no, but this situation strikes me as odd, and probably > a mistake on the part of the chairs. If you can't tell whether or > not you've got consensus, you don't have consensus. Yes agree The distinction of none or any variant of something else is a judgement call. > It sounds like > they were treating the hum as a vote in the first place (which we > do entirely too often). I see nothing wrong with taking the temperature of the room. further exposition on the mailing list might be a discriminator that would be easier to identify the positions and what action should therefore occur. > > Melinda >