[Noisebridge-discuss] consensus process

Jonas S Karlsson jsk at yesco.org
Thu Oct 2 08:44:47 UTC 2008


On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 1:46 PM, Rachel McConnell <rachel at xtreme.com> wrote:
> I have several takeaways from last night.  I think everyone is aware that we
> made a lot of decisions and the one about the keys was
>  a) not actually a consensus, but this got lost, and
>  b) I changed my mind about what I was OK with last night
>
> I'm happy to go into my reasoning for the below but hopefully it will be
> clear why these are good ideas.
>
> Suggested process guidelines:
>
> 1. We set a time limit for meetings and anything that doesn't get discussed
> within the time limit is pushed off until the next meeting.  I think an hour
> and a half is a reasonable time limit, or an hour.  Two hours seems too
> long, to me.  I don't want to limit discussion time on specific items
> though.
>
> 2. Someone leads the meeting.  Someone records the meeting.  Last night Andy
> and David respectively filled these roles and up to a point it worked very
> well, but more definition will be good.  The leader's role would be to
> introduce the agenda items, keep discussion on topic, and ensure everyone
> gets heard.  The recorder's role is to write down important points and the
> consensus decision, if any.
>
> 3. Once it appears that consensus has been reached, the recorder reads back
> their understanding of it so everyone knows what the Official Record is, and
> has a last chance to object if necessary.

And post it directly on the web as a blog/email? ;-)

> 4. (This is the big one) No decisions on anything should be made at the same
> meeting the idea is introduced at.  It should take at least two meetings,
> one to introduce it and have some initial discussion, and the next to make
> the decision (if it's ready to be made).  We really don't need to rush into
> anything, and people should have time to think things over.  Not to mention
> members who could not make it to the meeting.
>

I like this one. Meanwhile, if a decision is due to be taken at a
meeting, send it
in advance to the  announce list (it'll probably be implied by writing
a record).

/Jonas

>
> Thoughts?
>
> Rachel
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