Juried Application of the 'Has Consensus' Label

qwertyone commented 6 years ago

The Problem

Label Management is a key component of managing the process for the group. However, it is too open for individual members to tag proposals with important governance state labels. As a matter of governance, the 'Has Consensus' tag clearly indicates the following:

time for the open review of a written proposal has been provided for useful and specific feedback
a group of people from the collective have read and reviewed the proposal during a regular governance meeting #47
comments are reviewed during this meeting for merit and discussion
questions are raised occur during this meeting
that the actions written in the proposal are to be carried further upon acceptance
further changes to the proposal are written with a new proposal to carry things forward

Considering these 6 facts, this label plays an important role and should be restricted in use. No single person should have the ability to either undo or apply this label except after this regularly occurring open meeting that has been set aside for this purpose.

Group proposal

The application of the 'has consensus' occurs immediately after the proposal review during the regular governance meeting, in the presence of members from the collective. The tag is specifically applied by the person charged with the review meeting, not a role.

This wording will be introduced into the proposal process outline at the end of the next consensus period. Remedies to address such behavior outside of the normal flow will be discussed further and introduced into the Code of Conduct.

Implications

Better management of the group governance process is an immediate benefit whereby individuals do not undermine the momentum of the group through time consumption strategies. More proposals shall be closed as a result and future efforts can be traced to the evolution of work already performed.

Additionally, most likely the result of miscommunications and misunderstandings, conflicts of opinions and approaches between members will be prevented with the strict control of access of this particular tag. It removes the ability of individuals having the ability to meddle in regular flow of the larger group's agreed-to procedures and prevents future false accusations.

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neilthemathguy commented 6 years ago

As per title Juried Application of the 'Has Consensus', could you complete the proposal description with section Person or People Who Added the Proposal to GitHub It would be helpful to list the members that comprises the jury.

Thanks!

markwhiting commented 6 years ago

More information remains unofficial, and hence does not hold up consensus. You're welcome to revise this over the next 24.

neilthemathguy commented 6 years ago

Thanks. Do you know who are the group members official/unofficial associated with this proposal?

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