[Noisebridge-discuss] Consensus and the "old ways".

Rachel McConnell rachel at xtreme.com
Fri Oct 2 20:13:59 UTC 2009


Rachel McConnell wrote:
 > * Stay calmer at meetings
> * Not threaten to block things, even as a joke, solely to make a point
> * Accept that we need to take a longer time to decide some items
> * Accept that we'll miss opportunities because we won't be able to
> decide Y/N in time
> * Learn more about how consensus has been done in other places; we
> don't, for example, really use the "I object and disagree, but will not
> actually block this" position, there's a name for it which I've heard
> but don't recall and will have to look up.

I thought of another.

* make a conscious effort not to escalate but to *de-escalate* when I
think someone's being problematic (irrational, idiotic, malicious, etc)



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