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Author: fsmithred
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Subject: Re: [devuan-dev] Nominations for Devuan Council (Re: Notes - Devuan meet Oct. 04/05 2017)
On 10/05/2017 05:03 AM, Jaromil wrote:
>
> At last please keep in mind the LEAD position in Devuan entails of
> 'executive' powers on infrastructure decisions, meaning that all LEADS
> have in custody password accesses to all Devuan infrastructure and can
> grant access to volunteers when this is decided and clearly
> communicated. Also and only in case of controversy LEADS are called to
> express an opinion about it and the majority will enforce this
> decision (as in infrastructure changes, firewall setups and what not)
>



On 10/05/2017 05:50 PM, Daniel Reurich wrote:
> On 06/10/17 04:12, golinux@??? wrote:
>
>>
>> With nextime's absence, the LEADS would actually be four. So I suggest
>> adding one more LEAD so the decisional group would actually be 5.
>
> I disagree as he would only need to weigh in if the other 4 can't build
> consensus. It's not about who does what, but about critical project
> decisions, which should be consensus driven rather then will of the
> majority. This is why with the expansion of the committee I believe we
> also define the rules of the council.
>



Can we reach a consensus on whether to use consensus or majority rule?
I've seen consensus in action in a large group, and it can slow the
arrival to a decision, but it helps keep everyone focused on the common goal.

fsmithred