[GRASS-PSC] Re: GRASS PSC

[Michael Barton]

I agree with much of this thread and so won't copy it all yet again below.

With respect to voting, the kind of voting that Markus suggested (-1, -0, 0,
+0, +1) can be useful as a way to quickly get a consensus or find out if one
is not yet achievable. -0 and +0 express some degree of preference; +1 and
-1 indicate that the voter is willing to shoulder the responsibility to
achieve the end result.

Many things don't need a vote. Those that could most benefit are probably
the minor items where it would simply help to get people's opinion. The
major items need discussion and consensus.

Michael
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School of Human Evolution & Social Change
Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity
Arizona State University

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> From: Paul Kelly <paul-grass at stjohnspoint.co.uk>
> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:14:43 +0000 (GMT)
> To: Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com>
> Cc: Paul Kelly <paul-grass at stjohnspoint.co.uk>, Helena Mitasova
> <hmitaso at unity.ncsu.edu>, <debeaudette at ucdavis.edu>, Scott Mitchell
> <smitch at mac.com>, Maciej Sieczka <tutey at o2.pl>, Markus Neteler
> <neteler.osgeo at gmail.com>, Michael Barton <michael.barton at asu.edu>, Hamish
> Bowman <hamish_nospam at yahoo.com>, Massimiliano Cannata
> <massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch>, Brad Douglas <rez at touchofmadness.com>
> Subject: Re: GRASS PSC
> 
> 
> Agreed. I hope people can see where I'm coming from that if everything
> continues to work as it does, there really should be very rarely a need to
> vote on anything. Voting by its nature is divisive and I don't like it. I
> think discussion until a consensus is reached is the best way forward, and
> having to vote on anything will be a serious last resort, a recognition
> that we have failed to agree. In that light I don't think devising
> intricate voting procedures is something we should be spending a lot of
> time on at the minute.
> 
> A GRASS-PSC mailing list is a basic requirement though, I think. We could
> copy this thread into the archive once it is set up.
> 
> Paul