> Steve> Better skills for handling interpersonal conflict can > never > Steve> be a bad thing. However, the Technical Committee exists > as a > Steve> decision-making body of last resort, when consensus is not > Steve> possible (because two parties have incompatible goals, or > Steve> because discussion is not converging on agreement fast > enough > Steve> to matter). > > I think that Debian does need a decision making body of last resort. > I personally think these communication skills are critical for such a > body. I agree. We do need a final decision body. I was thinking it might help if the TC process helped the people involved in the issue had a better chance of feeling like their positions were understood and that hopefully increases the chance they believe the final decision was fair. But mostly I was hoping that sharing & discussing conflict resolution techniques would help us avoid needing to send issues to the TC. Diane
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