Gert and all, There is no such thing in fact as "Rough Consensus", never has been. Such a concept is ephemeral at best. If consensus is measured in an open and transparent manner for all effected, than real consensus can be legitimately claimed.. Gert Doering wrote:
Hi,
On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 10:53:58AM +0100, Jon Lawrence wrote:
As to the structure for changing policies (in the RIPE region) I believe that you simply post a possible 'new policy' to this group - perhaps contacting the WG-chairs before hand - and if there is enough support for the policy then it you present it at the next RIPE meeting. If there is support for the policy at the meeting then it will enter somekind of discussion phase prior to being accepted as policy - I'm sure Gert et all will put me right on this :)
That's mostly the way it works today.
Someone has an itch about the current policy, and proposes a change to the list.
The list discusses the proposal.
"Most of the people are in favour of it" -> the proposal is formalized, and re-circulated on the list (and discussed in the RIPE meetings).
If we have "rough consensus" that this is the way to go forward, it's incorporated into the existing policy.
A somewhat more formal policy process is, right now, being worked upon, and we're waiting for a formal policy proposal on the policy process to-be from Rob Blokzijl :-)
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