No, formal consensus usually has the following steps: - broad discussion of the issue at hand - once the discussion moves toward a solution, someone makes a proposal - the facilitator calls for consensus, and asks for questions and concerns- if there are strong concerns, the proposal goes back to the discussion phase to figure out how to address the concerns in the proposal
- those taking part have the option to agree, stand aside, or block you can read about the process here: http://consensus.net/ocaccontents.html Wouter Verhelst wrote:
On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 04:49:52PM -0800, mbc wrote:I think that consensus is a more democratic method of decision making.Ah, consensus doesn't require voting? Cool.