I just want to know which solution the majority of people want to some of
these issues, so I know what to go hack on. I'd rather avoid spending a lot
of time fixing bugs in the implementation that no one wants, unless I like
it enough to use it in spite of all of you:) I'm not trying to suggest we
use a vote to compel anyone to action. I was just pointing out that it would
be a good way to poll the community for consensus on contentious issues.

If the better idea is siloing decisions in small rooms and keeping the
broader community out of the final conversation whenever a topic is
contentious, that sounds like a problem to me... just saying. Ultimately the
board steers the brand, but it probably helps the board steer the brand to
know what the consumers of the brand actually want:)

2011/5/9 Stéphane Rollandin <lecteur at zogotounga.net>

> My opinion on this is:
>
> If a problem is hairy and people disagree on options, discussing it at
> lengths in big threads that may repeat what has already been said, it means
> that a lot of work is needed to understand the issue from all its relevant
> dimensions; involved people, the one who write posts about it, have specific
> point of views and if no agreement can be reached, it is because it is
> difficult to grok the point of view of someone else, or to explain
> convincingly why it is maybe not an interesting point of view.
>
> Anyway. The last thing I would like in such a situation is a community
> vote. Because a vote does not explain anything, a vote does not tell if the
> voter understand anything whatsoever about the problem being discussed, a
> vote does not give any clue about the voter motivation and involvement. The
> vote does not bring anything constructive, so why bother ?
>
>
> my 2 cents,
>
> Stef
>
>


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Casey Ransberger
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