SUO: RE: Charter vs. Consensus
Hi Jim
It seems to me that true consensus easily changes charters. Let's not
make some pretense of being non-anarchical by appealing to Roberts, and
IEEE rulings if we are going to flout the charter.
MW-3 suggests that a charter is a constitution or contract.
The charter codifies consensus and can be used as a shepherds crook for
keeping us focused and proceeding vaguely in the same direction.
YMMV,
-Eric
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jim.s3@juno.com [mailto:jim.s3@juno.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 6:54 AM
> To: standard-upper-ontology@ieee.org
> Subject: SUO: Charter vs. Consensus
>
>
> All,
>
> Consensus is what matters. The PAR Scope and Purpose really
> doesn't matter that much. It shouldn't prevent us from doing
anything,
> or force us to do anything else. If and when we finish a document
with
> enough consensus to pass an IEEE ballot, if it doesn't match the Scope
> and Purpose, we simple amend it or submit a new one.
>
> Jim
>
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