Recent discussions on various lists have led me to think about 'Consensus Process' as an area of possible effort for comdev. People are not born knowing how to operate a consensus process, and some discussions suggest to me that the communities might benefit from something written down as a aid memoire or training device.
I am carefully *not* characterizing the current situation, anywhere at ASF, as some sort of farcical failure in this area. I just think that reinforcement would be good. I'm sure that I could find some references on this subject, but I'm more inclined to type up a somewhat personal introduction to consensus process and see if anyone thinks that it's worth further work and eventual publication. I'll stop here for now in case anyone thinks that this is an idea of monumental stupidity, and, if not, I'll send along a draft in a day or three.
