Re: understanding consensus

[Peter Murray <pem@po.cwru.edu>]

On Fri, 27 Dec 1996, Christopher Ambler wrote:
> As to the rest, the lurkers, they are urged to speak up, but nobody
> can force them. If consensus is made by 20 people when only 20
> people care to speak, then so be it, no?

I have a few comments to make, but was waiting to get through all of the
current messages to avoid posting duplicate comments; I have a one hundred
and fifty left to go.  (Taking a break at Christmas certainly didn't help
either...)

And, quite honestly, if some other list members followed the same principle,
this mailing list would be quite a bit more productive.  That along with some
other common list etiquette...cut out most of the included text, make your
comments concise and ONCE, etc.


Peter

PS: Who know?  Someone else might have said the same thing in the 150
messages left to go...
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