Afternoon Nikita,

Why does there need to be sub-questions ?

If there needs be sub-questions, and they are resolved by only a slim
majority, then do you have the kind of consensus you should need to act ?

Cheers
Joe

On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 1:27 PM, Nikita Popov <nikita....@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 2:03 PM, Joe Watkins <pthre...@pthreads.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Afternoon Lester,
>>
>> >  Is this simply ... Every element of a vote has to achieve 2/3rds?
>>
>> Yes, it is.
>>
>> But before you rubbish that idea as ridiculous, think about what it really
>> means.
>>
>> It doesn't mean that people will continue to open a 2/3 vote and then pin
>> a
>> list of subsidiary decisions onto the voting stage.
>>
>> It does mean that the author of the RFC is forced to open a vote with
>> clear, simple options, that must be acceptable to a real majority for the
>> motion to pass.
>>
>> The aim here is only to raise standards by changing our criteria for
>> acceptance, it's one simple move.
>>
>> It has side effects for RFC authors, obviously, which they may first view
>> as negative, but unarguably has a net positive effect for everyone else.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Joe
>>
>
> Wait ... what?
>
> I assumed that this proposal only pertained to primary RFC acceptance
> votes, not to secondary votes. I don't see how 2/3 majorities make sense
> there. You'd either skew in favor of one option, or you'd end up in a
> situation where an RFC is accepted, but one sub-question has not been
> resolved (with supermajority) towards either option.
>
> Nikita
>

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