<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 12:31 AM, James Sundquist <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sundquistjames@gmail.com" target="_blank">sundquistjames@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><div class="h5">Also announced at today's meeting. This is the current draft of this consensus item, which I welcome any number of variations on. Time is on our side, because this will be a great thing once it is fleshed out. The basic concept is: <div>
<br></div><div>The Fellowship will be tracked by the Treasurer at the weekly meeting ala Noisetor, with dedicated funds of $2,000 per month.</div><div>The Fellowship draws from the general fund.</div>......<br><div class="im">
Selections will be made by general community approval, but not by consensus.<br></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br clear="all"></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I am curious about this line. Is there a reason why you wouldn't want to use the consensus model for granting money? How would you know what "general community approval" is? - Consensus has some defined measurement (the item is discussed for two weeks - no member blocks), so what new measurement are you proposing?<br>
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