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<p>Thank you for bringing this to the list. I am new to this
conversation, but I did read the proposed policy and the meeting
notes you included below.</p>
<p>I am confused about section 3.4 Consensus.</p>
<p>The proposed text says, "<span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size:
12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;
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word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); text-decoration-style:
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!important; float: none;">Most of the decisions in the working
group operations and discussions on policy proposals are made
through rough consensus, unless specified otherwise.<span> "</span></span></p>
I could not find a case that was specifie otherwise. Would there
ever be a case?<br>
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I think from 3.4.1 Minor Objections that those are objections where
the person objecting agrees that the advantages of the proposal
outweigh their objections.<br>
I think from 3.4.2 Major objections that they are defined as those
where the person objecting cannot accept the proposal. <br>
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But then I'm confused because it said, "Consensus is reached on a
proposal if the PDWG is able to successfully work through all
objections in this way. It is not necessary for everyone to agree
with the proposal."<br>
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If I were PDWG chair, in order to understand consensus, I would have
to ask each person who spoke at the microphone at a meeting, or on
the mailing list, whether they support the proposal, have a minor
objection, or a major objection. If they described it as a major
objection, it would have to be listed as such somewhere (an issues
list in Git?), and the PDWG or authors would have to explicitly
address that point and come to consensus on whether it could be
accommodated or not, and then the PDWG would have to reach consensus
on whether the accommodation was acceptable. <br>
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But at the end of 3.4.3 Reaching consensus, it says "Consensus is
achieved when everyone consents to the decision of the group." That
still sounds like one person objecting can block a proposal, which
is the opposite of "It is not necessary for everyone to agree."<br>
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Can someone explain this to me a little more?<br>
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Thank you,<br>
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Lee<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 03/08/2018 02:01 PM, Komi Elitcha
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<div class="gmail_default"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Following
Afrinic-27 in Lagos and the policy discussions[1], the
authors of the policy proposal
AFPUB-2017-GEN-002-DRAFT-02[2] would like to encourage
community to submit further comments or suggestions they
may have, while awaiting the next version of the policy
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moz-do-not-send="true">https://afrinic.net/fr/community/policy-development/policy-proposals/2233-afrinic-policy-development-process-bis</a> </font></div>
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Policy Development Process Bis" authors,</font></div>
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