Re: Consensus Development

[Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>]

Jeff Williams allegedly said:
> 

[...]

> >   Well, no: it traditionally refers to an election with a simple
> > majority.  If 50% plus 1 person vote yea, the measure is passed.
> 
>   And that represents a consensus in my estimation, unless my math
> is bad.

I don't know about your math, but your understanding of the meaning 
of the word "consensus" is off the mark.  From my dictionary:

"consensus n. general agreement in opinion."

50% + 1 person describes general *disagreement*.

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