At 00:53 19-11-2013, Roland Perry wrote:
For example, a meeting can agree the need for policy objectives in respect of rolling out IPv6, but could get derailed if there's protracted disagreement about whether to call it "deployment" or "migration". So put that word in square brackets and move on to agree the broad principles, while a subgroup works out which word has, yes I'll use the word, consensus.
At 01:23 19-11-2013, Nurani Nimpuno wrote:
I completely disagree with the comparison. Consensus is not about spending more time finding the right wording that everyone can agree on for that particular detail in that particular paragraph. Consensus is a lot more pragmatic than that. But let's not get into a long discussion about what consensus is.
I'll rewrite the first (quoted) paragraph as: For example, a meeting can agree the need for policy objectives in respect of rolling out IPv6, but could get derailed if there's protracted disagreement about whether to call it "deployment" or "migration". So put that word in square brackets and move on to agree the broad principles, while a subgroup works out which word has, yes I'll use the word, [consensus]. Regards, -sm